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|April 6th, 2008, 09:10 PM
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I'm a civil servant, as in working for your friendly state government. I'm not liking it as much as I used to, so I'm on short time. Decisions in a bureaucratic organization aren't based on logic, and I can't deal with it anymore. It can't even be explained.
Some good advice to some people. DON'T base what you think you might want to do on money alone, and stay in a field where you can move around. I currently make good coin, have a killer pension (unheard of) and tits benefits, but I hate it. Really hate it. Really fucking hate it. And I can't go anywhere else and do the same thing. So I'm off to school this summer for a few semesters. I'll be making less money for a bit, but you can't put a price on happiness or your sanity.
There's a balance you have to maintain. Don't pimp yourself out over money. You have to be content also.
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|April 6th, 2008, 09:12 PM
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It's what happens when a Radiological Health Engineer decides that they want to try something else after 15 years.
It's challenging - about 70% IT and 30% 6 Sigma/Lean work.
Build flexibility into your education and attitude. I started off in automotive and quickly shifted to defense (still at GM). After moving a few too many times for a young family with kids, I went to a local electric utility. Stable (compared to the autos), but limiting: slow growth (now contraction), regulated environment, culture, etc...
What I'd tell a young person is to look into nuclear power (the ultimate renewable energy). There are a lot of new plants on the drawing board, and all of us experienced nuclear guys are getting older (hint, hint)...
This is the Pub. Leave common sense at the door.
|April 6th, 2008, 09:14 PM
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my advice to you.
dont do it! there is no jobs around here and 98% of shops are a joke and you will mean nothing to them. young techs are a dime a dozen. you can and will be replaced at any time!
i have been with the same company for 6 years and have seen my year to date fall big time, and my benefits are a joke! i was paying 35 bucks a week for crappy insurance and now i am paying 55 bucks a week for even more crappy insurance!
my boss says i am lucky to be working.
|April 7th, 2008, 09:38 AM
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Finishing up my Fire Science/Basic EMT Associate in Applied Science Degree. I will be done next Fall. If I cannot find a job in that field, I will most likely be moving out of State. So I started packing early
|April 7th, 2008, 09:50 AM
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ME, powertrain design for Ford. I have done a lot of crap in the last 8 years… 4 years manufacturing; helical gears, AL cases (wet and dry machining), laser welding, clutch drums, sub assemblies and final assembly… Then 4 years in powertrain design; auto trans systems, auto trans calibration and diesel engine calibration. I start my new job next month as a systems engineer on a true global program. I believe this is the future of US automakers, which is why I took the job. Daily interaction with Germany, Thailand and China.
My advice would be bio-med. It is growing fast. It combines the engineering you want to do with the medical demands the market needs. Kettering has a great program, so does MTU and Purdue.
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|April 7th, 2008, 10:01 AM
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I am a salesman for an ESOP Wholesale Lumber company. I started doing transportation and logistics, and have moved into sales full time. While it is a struggle with the economy currently I have still managed to increase my sales month after month, and when things turn around I will be in a great position.
That being said, while it is depressing to hear others struggle, this industry is quickly resetting itself. People that joined the game because it was lucrative are now leaving further securing the position we have as a company.
|April 7th, 2008, 10:09 AM
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My fiance holds a degree in graphic design, and she's making more money as a dog groomer than she'd get as a designer.
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I am anti-education.... I am still going to school for "CAD" at OCC but I have had a job I wanted since I was 19. I design car engine stuff for faster than normal production cars. I'm still not sure where I want to go from here but it is definately up, just not sure in which direction... we'll see.
|April 7th, 2008, 10:11 AM
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Started as a Systems Admin for a smaller Tier 2 automotive supplier. Did that for a couple years and moved into the engineering department as a Project Engineer for automotive projects and some government/defense type side projects. Did that for a couple of years and realized the automotive industry is teh suck and not worth the headache.
Now I'm a Network Admin for a non-automotive company (golf club/accessory manufacturer/distributor) that actually makes money. Plus a driving range and par 3 on site. Little to no stress and all the golf balls I want to hit for free with whatever club(s) I want. ('8
My advice - stay away from the automotive industry. Government - either working directly or indirectly - is where the money is at right now.
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|April 7th, 2008, 10:40 AM
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More of our product is coming in from overseas every day. It used to be because of the strength of the dollar. Now it is broken pretty evenly across the board based on cost of labor/production, lack of political bullshit, and the availability of 'virgin' trees elsewhere.
|April 7th, 2008, 10:47 AM
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the GIS type jobs that practically require a Dual Masters with the BLM based upon the experience/quals they seek start out making some 40% less than I currently do working for a local township... (or at least that's what I was finding last year when I was heavily looking for work)
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over the years as company's began to scale back on their advertising and print costs things have become much tighter. agencies cannot charge what they used to and they began to downsize and streamline their departments. many good colleagues of mine found themselves out of work in the cold as a result. also this brought on the big pay drop for those who were riding the wave of unchecked corporate spending.
it's an ever evolving position and most of those looking to graphic design only want to sit at a computer and do nothing else. Years ago this business was very predictable. now it's day to day or week to week. no longer do the schools teach how to manipulate the clientele when it comes to design and 96% of the kids looking for jobs are too smart-mouthed to shut up, listen and learn.
it has become hard to break into the field now. I don't look at any resume with less than 5 years experience as it is not worth the headache to try and teach someone who doesn't want to learn, really doesn't want to work, and only wants time off and a paycheck.
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GREENSBORO, N.C. – The University of Pittsburgh's track and field sprinter Carvin Nkanata has been named the Atlantic Coast Conference Male Performer of the Week for a record-breaking performance at the Nittany Lion Challenge.
Nkanata highlighted the competition in the 400-meter dash, breaking the meet record and matching the current NCAA top time of 46.36. Nkanata set a season best en route to finishing first in the 400-meter.
The Summersville, S.C., native was five-tenths of a second off his personal best time of 46.31 set in 2013 at the SPIRE Invitational.
"Carvin has been more focused because it's his senior year," head coach Alonzo Webb said. "He's been really focused on all the little things, and has done everything that has been asked of him. He's really been working hard and putting in the extra time. I'm not surprised with his latest performance and we expect that from him, because he's one of the top sprinters in the country returning from last year.
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About 30,000 people attend the American Quilter's Society's Quilt Week each year. Beautiful weather could lift that figure higher this year, although attendance numbers aren't finalized.
But who are the quilt enthusiasts who grace Paducah with their presence each spring? The answer may surprise you.
"We get a little bit of everything here," said Bonnie Browning, the show's executive director. "There are men, women, all ages, all nationalities. There's a little bit of everything."
Just one look at the visitors to the city during Quilt Week shows just how eclectic the crowd is. This year alone, the show featured entries from 41 states and 10 countries. And in recent years, a different demographic - a younger set of people, along with the usual crowd â " has started making its way to the convention center.
"We've been reaching younger people, and we added modern quilting awards because newer quilters like to see that," Browning said. "The popularity of art quilts have also changed things."
Every person at Quilt Week has a different story. There are the retirees who visit yearly with four of their closest friends and move from fabric sale to fabric sale, but there are so many others.
James and Sally Mueller, who hail from Michigan, are enjoying retirement by traveling in their RV. They hit Paducah just in time for Quilt Week.
"We go to museums all over the country, and we travel so much," James Mueller said, while snapping pictures of his favorite quilts at the Convention Center on Friday afternoon. "These quilts are simply stunning. They're extraordinary. It's fun to look at them."
Kylie Clark, 19, of Clarksville, Tenn., attended with her mother on Friday. The two drove up for just the day, but Clark said the show's cutting-edge vendors caught her eye. Kimberly Hall, 32, of Salem, Mo., said she quilts as a hobby. Even though she's decades younger than the average visitor to Quilt Week, she still finds inspiration in the exhibits.
"I look, and I think I can do a lot of the stuff I see," Hall said. "The quilts are so beautiful. Anyone who appreciates art can appreciate the quilt show."
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The top performers in our review are Chamberlain Premium Whisper Drive, the Gold Award winner; Chamberlain Ultra Quiet, the Silver Award winner; and LiftMaster 8550 Elite Series, the Bronze Award winner. Here s more on choosing a garage door opener to meet your needs, along with details on how we arrived at our ranking of 10 products.
Chances are, you don't think much about your garage door opener unless it is overly loud or giving you problems. Garage door openers have become a standard convenience since their invention in the 1920s, but it wasn't until the mid-1980s that they became a staple in garages across the country. Today, garage door openers are readily available at retail hardware stores like Home Depot or Lowe's, and you can even purchase them online from sites like Amazon.com and have them delivered to your doorstep.
Garage door openers have improved greatly over the past nine decades, with the best improvements made in safety features and noise reduction. There was a time when the room above or next to the garage was a no-sleep zone. Garage door openers were so noisy and clunky they disrupted everything around them. The latest units, highlighted in our garage door opener reviews, are smooth operators practically silent and very easy to install and use. In our comparison, you can find reviews of the best garage door openers available as well as articles about garage door openers.
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The best garage door opener is the one you install and then never have to think about again. After that, it fades into the background of your life, offering years and years of hassle-free service.
Some of the best garage door openers offer special features like a backup power source or a timer that will automatically close the door behind you at a predetermined time that you set. While the door openers in our lineup vary in terms of power, noise and efficiency, they are all effective in the all-important task of letting you come and go with the simple push of a button, and without thinking about it. Here are the criteria we used to rank the top garage door openers:
Opener Design
We looked for wireless garage door openers that had the power to lift the heaviest doors, and we found that the 1/2-horsepower motors are best suited for standard aluminum sectional doors used on most homes built from 1990 to today. The 3/4-horsepower garage door opener motors are capable of lifting wooden doors up to 550 pounds. Each opener is capable of opening a standard 7-foot door, and extension kits are available if your door is taller.
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Good customer service is important for any product. It is especially important for the class of garage door openers we considered. We looked primarily at garage door openers designed to be installed by a homeowner, not a professional door company, so it's vital the product you choose offers its own layer of customer support.
Even if you consider yourself to be pretty handy, you are sure to have questions at some point along the way. We looked for companies that respond to any inquiries and for resources such as a downloadable manual to help with your install.
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We identified the best garage door openers on the market. The best options are the Chamberlain Premium Whisper Drive, Chamberlain Ultra Quiet and LiftMaster 8550. All of them are trusty garage door openers, but each has different features.
The Chamberlain Premium Whisper Drive is an efficient, reliable garage door opener in every situation. It comes with a backup battery system that will work in a power outage. The Chamberlain Ultra Quiet has a preinstalled timer that will close your garage door automatically. This automatic garage door opener functionality will give you peace of mind, and you won't have to worry about whether you left the garage door open. The LiftMaster 8550 comes with a 3/4-horsepower motor that can lift heavy doors of all types, from gatehouse to standard sectional doors.
The warranties on these units tend to be quite generous. It s normal for the motor warranty to extend for the lifetime of your ownership of the opener. However, only the Sommer Direct Drive garage door opener has a lifetime warranty for the motor, lift system and parts, giving it the most generous warranty package of any product in our lineup.
Your next garage door opener will likely last for years. Whether those years are carefree or plagued by calls to your local repairperson depends on the choice you make now. You can compare garage door openers using our in-depth reviews, which will help you choose the best one for you and your garage door type.


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The most response I've ever gotten from my Empty Nest column was when I wrote about putting Holly Dog to sleep.ĀThe second most response was when I wrote about one-room schools.
Heavens to Betsy!
The stories poured forth like water from a school-yard well—clear and fresh.ĀLarry Jones from Putnam County, Missouri, wrote of his one-room school experience, "Not all grades were taught each year."
He was in grades in the following sequence: 1,2,3,4,6,5,8, and 7. The experience didn't hurt Larry any.ĀHe wound up getting a college degree and teaching high school at Moulton.ĀFrom there, he got a doctorate and was a college professor for 30 years.Ā
Larry points out that country school kids typically out-performed consolidated school kids.Ā"Hearing everything eight times" evidently hadĀ good results.
I received an invitation to attend the reunion of the Liberty School, a one-room school previously south of Floris in Davis County.ĀI jumped at the chance.
Not only was the reunion a potluck (great eating), but Floris is one of my favorite towns. It reminds me of a pristine mountain village.
Stories abound while eating (the ham balls, fruit pie, and orange cake were to die for).
Richard Carlson: He was the only one in his class from the first through the eighth grade.ĀHe started school when he was 4 years old.ĀThe only reason he started at such a young age was to keep the school open.ĀLater, when he was a senior at the consolidated school, he wasn't even old enough to drive.
Hot lunch program: On Friday, everyone brought a peeled potato.ĀFrances Blew, the teacher, boiled the potatoes on the school's coal stove, and then hand mashed them.Ā That was their hot lunch, and what a treat it was.ĀMrs. Blew's mashed potatoes were like eating ice cream.
Danny Orona: Danny's old white dog, Mike, followed Danny to school and got in the outhouse — down in the hole — and couldn't get out. The kids were beside themselves.ĀThe teacher found a crowbar in the trunk of her car, and pried the seat off. What a mess!ĀMike had a grand time chasing the kids as they screeched and ran for dear life.
One of the kids rode an old ugly horse to school.ĀDanny painted "Pineapple Princess" on the horses' hindquarters.Ā"Pineapple Princess" was the name of a popular song back then by Annette Funicello. The rider of the horse didn't appreciate Danny's humor.
Frances Blew, now 83, was present for the reunion.ĀShe taught for seven terms at the Liberty School, from 1954 to 1961.ĀFrances believed that the "seat of education was just below the hip bone."ĀIn actuality, she only raised her hand to one child.ĀAnd he had it coming.
One of the biggest treats for the school was the arrival of chocolate milk in cartons.ĀIt was like "seventh heaven." Some ornery boys broke into the school in the dead of night to do nothing but drink chocolate milk.
Another great treat for the students was when it became "their turn" to go home with the teacher.ĀThe teacher lived in Belknap, which had a skating rink.ĀNothing quite compared to spending the night at the teacher's house and roller skating.
Ron Mace: His father contributed an acre of his 80 acres for the Liberty School building.
Many of the one-room schools, as with the Liberty School, have been torn down.ĀDavis County alone had 100 one-room schools. Sometimes referred to as "free-range kids," the students of these one-room pillars of education, have a wealth of memories.
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Mark Clarke, a former Tory parliamentary candidate, was ousted while the three candidates he was backing were defeated. Mr Clarke had been part of a plan orchestrated by City alderman Matthew Richardson, executive director of Right-wing organisation the Young Britons' Foundation, to get a slate of candidates elected.
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The Atlanta Braves and the New York Mets will meet on the field at Citi Field on Sunday in a battle of division rivals.
The Braves will give the ball to starter Julio Teheran in this one. Righthander Teheran is 3-1 this season with a 3.99 ERA.
Teheran's opponent in this one will be Shaun Marcum. The Mets righthander has a 6.31 ERA to go along with a 0-4 record this season.
Atlanta was a 6-0 winner in its last match on the road against the Mets. They won as -154 favorites, while the total score of 6 made winners of UNDER bettors.
Current streak:
Atlanta has won 8 straight games.
New York has lost 5 straight games.
Team records:
Atlanta: 30-18 SU
New York: 17-29 SU
Atlanta most recently:
When playing on Sunday are 5-5
Before playing Toronto are 8-2
After playing NY Mets are 7-3
After a win are 8-2
New York most recently:
When playing on Sunday are 7-3
Before playing NY Yankees are 3-7
After playing Atlanta are 1-9
After a loss are 2-8
A few trends to consider:
Atlanta is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games
Atlanta is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing on the road against NY Mets
Atlanta is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games when playing NY Mets
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Atlanta's last 5 games when playing NY Mets
The total has gone OVER in 4 of NY Mets's last 5 games when playing Atlanta
The total has gone UNDER in 7 of NY Mets's last 10 games
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of NY Mets's last 6 games at home
NY Mets are 1-5 SU in its last 6 games when playing Atlanta
Next up:
Atlanta at Toronto, Monday, May 27
NY Mets home to NY Yankees, Monday, May 27


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News, opinions, commentary, history and a little creative writing from a proud African-American transwoman about the world around her.
Friday, August 29, 2008
Happy Birthday, Michael!
Today is Michael Jackson's 50th Birthday!
It kind of blows me away that the shy kid I met at a Houston hotel when my dad's station was sponsoring a 'Meet the Jackson 5' contest' is now a few years from qualifying for senior discounts.
He's had a long, innovative and ground breaking career and will go down in history as one of our legendary artists.
Posted by Monica Roberts at 6:47 PM
Labels: birthday, favorite artists, music
2 comments:
- Polar said...
It's easy to make Michael Jackson jokes, but "off the wall", "Thriller", and "Bad", not to mention the early J5 hits, were no jokes. Let's hope he still has some music in him yet.
- Monica Roberts said...
And neither was 'Off The Wall', 'Thriller' or 'Bad'.
He just needs to hurry up and hookup with Quincy for that album that will remind us why we loved his music so much.
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Mac Gems: Trickster tracks your recently used items
When using your Mac, it's common to open files you previously worked with. This obvious workflow trait is what led Apple, many years ago, to add an Open Recent submenu to application File menus, as well as a Recent Items submenu (containing sections for applications, documents, and servers) to the Apple Menu.
But these submenus aren't nearly as useful as they could be. An application's Open Recent menu contains only the last few documents used in that particular app, while the Apple Menu's submenu offers an unfiltered list of all documents used across all apps. Similarly, the Applications section of the Apple Menu's Recent Items menu includes all apps, including some that launch at login that you may never actually interact with.
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If you find these recent-item menus useful, but you wish they were smarter, you're the target audience for the $10 Trickster (Mac App Store link), a nifty menu-bar utility that's more flexible and capable than OS X's built-in options.
Trickster monitors your Mac, watching for any file, folder, or app you open or that is modified. Click Trickster's systemwide menu-bar icon, and you get a window listing, by default, all those recent items; any Finder labels you've applied to items are reflected in the color of each item's name in the list. Double-click any item to open it, or drag it out of the Trickster window to work with it just as if you were dragging the item's icon in the Finder.
You can sort the list alphabetically or by date/time (most-recently accessed at the top), and you can choose between two views: Compact, which shows just each item's name and icon, or Expanded, which displays a larger preview icon for each item along with as much of the item's file path as will fit given your chosen window width. In either view, you can hover the pointer over an item to see its full file path.
Trickster keeps items in the list for the period of time you specify in Trickster's preferences. You can also opt to display only items you specifically open, omitting items modified or created by background processes or by other means. Trickster also provides a filter-style search field that makes it easy to quickly find any item in the list.
These views and features alone are enough to make Trickster a dramatic improvement over OS X's built-in Recent features. Who hasn't looked at two similarly named items in an Open Recent list and wondered which is really the most-recent--or where each is located? And who hasn't stared at a long list of recent files, wishing you could instead quickly search that list?
But what makes Trickster especially useful are filters, which are listed down the left-hand side of the Trickster window. Filters are additional views that display only items that fit specific criteria. They're sort of a cross between OS X's Recent menus and the Finder's Smart Folders--with easier access to both. The utility provides several stock filters, including ones that display just applications, documents, folders, images, videos, music files, files in your Downloads folder, and files in your Dropbox folder, respectively. There's also a useful Flagged filter: You can manually flag any item in any Trickster view; all flagged files appear in the Flagged list.
Right-click any filter's icon and choose Edit Filter, and you can tweak that filter to further refine what it displays. For example, I've configured the Documents filter to exclude any file inside ~/Application Support so Trickster doesn't list the myriad application-support files that are regularly created and modified. You can also create new filters to display items that match your specific criteria; Trickster lets you choose from a selection of roughly 50 icons to make your custom filters easier to find in the filter list.
Whether creating a filter or editing an existing one, Trickster provides a nice variety of filter options. For each filter, you can choose to list only particular types of files (documents, images, videos, and so on); files with particular extensions; items in particular folders; or items with particular text in their names. You can also exclude folders--for example, the Dropbox Apps folder, which for many people is full of files used mainly by iOS apps--and limit a filter to show only flagged files that match the filter's criteria. When creating or editing a filter, you can drag a file into the the filter-criteria window to see if that file would be detected by your current filter rules.
These filters work well, although they do have some limitations. For example, you can set matching extensions and file types, but you can't exclude particular file types from a given filter. You can, however, use the master File Tracking Settings--which affect Trickster's tracking as a whole--to choose which folders and volumes the utility watches, as well as to whitelist particular item names, and to exclude particular extensions, paths, and names. This is also where you add non-startup volumes--by default, Trickster is configured to watch only your startup drive.
As I mentioned above, you can double-click any item in a list to open that item. But Trickster offers a slew of other actions, too. Select an item and press Spacebar to view a Quick Look preview of the item. Right-click any item, or click the Action (gear-icon) button to the right of the item's name, and the resulting menu lets you copy the item's path to the clipboard; open it with a different app; share it via email, Messages, or AirDrop (OS X 10.8 only); move the original to the Trash; remove the item from the current list; add it to Evernote (if installed); process it with OS X services; and more. You can also use this menu to quickly exclude the item--or all items like it, or any of its enclosing folders--from the current filter view. One option I wasn't able to get to work was the Show In Finder command (or its Command+Return shortcut).


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If you like blue cheese, you'll love the flavorful surprise inside these moist hamburgers from Dee Dee Mitchell of Longmont, Colorado. "They're so filling that just a serving of tangy coleslaw on the side makes for a hearty meal."
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- 1/2 pound sliced fresh mushrooms
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 1-1/2 pounds lean ground beef (90% lean)
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cumin
- 1/2 teaspoon paprika
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon chili powder
- 1/4 teaspoon pepper
- Pinch cayenne pepper
- 2 ounces crumbled blue cheese
- 2/3 cup barbecue sauce
- 4 onion rolls or hamburger buns, split
- In a skillet, saute mushrooms in butter for 2-3 minutes or until tender. Set aside and keep warm.
- In a bowl, combine the beef and seasonings just until mixed. Shape into eight thin patties. Sprinkle half of the patties with blue cheese; top with remaining patties and press edges firmly to seal.
- Grill, uncovered, over medium-hot heat for 3 minutes on each side. Brush with some of the barbecue sauce. Grill 10-12 minutes longer or until juices run clear, basting and turning occasionally. Drain the mushrooms. Serve burgers on rolls topped with mushrooms. Yield: 4 servings.
Originally published as Blues Burgers in Quick Cooking March/April 1998, p21
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UPDATE 1-Quebec heading for provincial election, separatists lead
By Randall Palmer
OTTAWA Feb 20 (Reuters) - Quebec's two largest opposition parties said they would vote against the provincial budget that was introduced on Thursday, assuring a spring election, the French branch of CBC television reported.
The separatist Parti Quebecois currently heads a minority government and has a comfortable lead in the polls, and it might well call an election on its own in the next two weeks, before it is brought down in a vote on its budget. In either case, an election by mid-April is likely.
The budget projected deficits of C$2.50 billion ($2.27 billion) for 2013-14 and C$1.75 billion for 2014-15, with a balanced budget in 2015-16, unchanged from the projections the government gave in November.
If the Parti Quebecois decided not to call an election on its own, it would need the support of either the Quebec Liberals and the Coalition Avenir Quebec, and French CBC said both said they would vote against it.
"This wasn't really a budget speech but rather an election speech," Liberal leader Philippe Couillard declared in reaction.
The Parti Quebecois, which would like to take the mainly French-speaking province out of Canada, won a minority of seats in the 2012 election with just under 32 percent of the vote.
An online panel survey by the polling firm CROP, published on Tuesday by La Presse newspaper, put the Parti Quebecois at 40 percent. The survey had the Quebec Liberals at 34 percent and the Coalition Avenir Quebec at 16 percent. Continued...


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Jazz vocalist and pianist Vanessa Morris will perform a selection of original compositions, jazz standards, and spirituals from the African-American folklore tradition.
Morris's repertoire is as eclectic as are her influences. Her duo with Scott Sandvik started as an in-depth study of African-American folklore, branching from a class that Sandvik taught at NEC. Their improvisations were based on ear transcriptions of field-recorded a cappella black folk singing that included "surge" style hymns, spirituals, hollers, and blues. Their CD Lead Me to the Rock earned acclaim for its "consummate skill—Scott Sandvik is an outstanding guitar player and Vanessa Morris is a stunning singer—and deep commitment … great beauty" (Musical Traditions Magazine). Since then, the duo has widened their repertoire, but their approach is the same: in-depth study of whatever style of music or composer has struck their fancy. Recently this list includes the music of Carla Bley, Harry Nilsson, Nina Simone, and Jack Bruce.
On this concert Morris performs with Sandvik, as well as bassist Jon Dreyer, drummer Miki Matsukialto, and NEC alumni: saxophonist James Merenda '91, leader of the jazz septet The Masked Marvels; trumpeter Tom Duprey '88 M.M., who performs in TickleJuice with Merenda as well as freelancing widely; and guitarist David Hawthorne '89 M.M., '91 M.M.
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March 30, 2010 :: Tags: iran, travels :: 6 Comments
Isn't this amazing? I avoided going to Iran for over 32 years, and now within six or seven months, have visited Iran twice. All I can say is the hospitality you see in Iran, is second to none. Pictures below are a mix of family pictures, parties, and celebration of the Iranian new year among my family in Iran.
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I love the iran pictures! Nice surprise on an audio website!
Hello Mehran,
I am very glad I accidentally reached you website. You life story, photographs, etc all makes very interesting reading. I cannot but feel there is a story, a movie somewhere??
Thanks also for Tehran's pictures. It portrays a different snapshot than what we are meant to understand….
Hi there,
I'm just amazed as I ran into your website unintentionally and found out you're an Iranian Audiophile with that much of experience and stuff. I wish we had you here in Iran as a part of Hi-Fi society.
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By AMELIA MORRISON HIPPS
The Wilson Post
Wilson County Commissioners approved the fiscal year 2013-2014 budgets for the county and Board of Education Monday night by a vote of 21-3, after a motion to include $99,000 back into it for a Tourism Department failed.
The $42,201,029 county general fund budget includes a 2.5 percent raise for all county employees, except for elected officials. By the same vote for the budget, 21-3, the commission also approved leaving the tax rate at $2.5704 for the coming year.
The most expensive line items in the countys general fund budget are: sheriffs department at $9,466,200; civil defense at $8,349,651; jail at $7,161,181; other charges at $2,695,121; county buildings at $1,617,536; and property assessor at $1,080,570.
The Highway/Public Works Fund, which is primarily the road department, has a budget of $8,333,783, with a capital outlay budget of $1,597,000.
The BOEs General Purpose School Funds budget was approved at $114,444,463 and its General Debt Service Fund at $13,451,072.
The only votes against the budget and tax rate were from District 8 Commissioner Frank Bush, District 3 Commissioner Fred Weston, and District 13 Commissioner Clint Thomas. District 11 Commissioner Jim Bradshaw was absent.
Before the vote on the budget, Bush proposed a resolution that would have tied pay raises for county commissioners to the same percentage given by the state to local constitutional officers.
However, the motion failed by a vote of 2-22, with only Weston joining Bush in voting in favor of it.
District 14 Commissioner Jeff Joines was the most vocal against the resolution, saying, Theres nothing not right about this.
Why would we put ourselves on a pay plan when we wont put the employees on one? Joines asked, referring to a proposal earlier this year that would have created a structured pay plan for all county employees.
District 21 Commissioner Eugene Murray proposed an amendment to add $99,000 for a Tourism Department into the budget. He said $45,000 would go for salary, which an additional $25,000 for benefits, leaving $29,000 for operating expenses.
District 6 Commissioner Kenny Reich noted that without a Tourism Department, tourism money spent in the county was up $539,000. Murray countered that part of that could be attributed to the fact that the economy is better this year than last.
Clint Thomas, District 13 commissioner, added that while tourism dollars are up, we should ask what did we miss because we dont have a tourism department? In addition, Thomas wondered why no one brought forth any issues with the department in 2012 so they could be resolved before the decision was made to eliminate it all together.
Commissioner Mike Justice of District 15, who is chair of the Budget Committee, said he wanted to see a job description and that until that happens, I feel were still throwing money at something we really dont understand.
Several commissioners urged not filling the position until after the proposed arena at the James A. Ward Agricultural Center is approved and built. District 17 Commissioner Gary Keith urged waiting until 2013 is complete and comparing the numbers from this year to last year before any decision is made.
Despite Murray and Thomas both stating that funding the department would be an investment in our future, the measure failed by a vote of 9-15.
Voting in favor of adding the $99,000 to the budget for a Tourism Department were: Weston, Bush, Thomas, Murray, District 5s Jerry McFarland, District 9s Sara Patton, District 10s Nathan Clariday, District 19s William Glover and District 16s Jason Brockman, who seconded Murrays motion.
In other business, the county commission approved:A resolution to provide assistance to low-income elderly residents of the county by means of an additional $100 through a property tax relief grant for those 65 and older who meet certain income criteria. The resolution passed 23-1, with Clariday casting the only no vote, saying he has seen some abuse of the program, which currently gives $50 in property tax relief. Unanimously approved a resolution to affirm and support It Can Wait National Day of Action, the nationwide No Texting While Driving movement and the proclamation of Sept. 19, 2013, as No Text On Board-Pledge Day.
By SABRINA GARRETT
The Wilson Post
To quote Mary Poppins, supercalifragilisticexpialidocious was the only word elaborate enough to describe the 2013 Wilson County Fair, said Wilson County Promotions President Hale Moss.
The fair had recording-breaking attendance this number surpassing the 545,945 guests who attended in 2011. This years 589,229 guests ventured from near and far to Taste the Fun (the theme of this years fair), ride the rides and participate in contests and pageants at the 2013 Wilson County Fair.
A representative of the fair office said they had a busy weekend, with 57,490 attendees on Friday and 123,953 on Saturday. Even folks who did not attend this weekend expected colossal numbers on Saturday, when traffic was backed up on I-40 and Maddox Simpson with families in route to the fair.
The fair kicked-off on Friday, Aug. 16, with a weekend of fun. The Ms. Tennessee Senior America Pageant was held on Saturday, Aug. 17 in the Opry Pavilion and was won by Mt. Juliets Deborah Williams. On Sunday, the crowds were Wild About Hair at the inaugural beauty and design competition. Asante Salon and Day Spa placed first, second and third in the competition. Stylists Kim Bush, Jennie Walpole, Rachel Beechboard, Ashley Laude and Nikki Womack gladly accepted the honors. The Wild About Hair Peoples Choice Award went to the stylists at Lookers Salon.
More than 20 young ladies ages 16 to 21 competed in the Fairest of the Fair pageant on Monday evening, but Friendship Christian student Mikayla Taylor walked away with the crown. Although she had many responsibilities on Tuesday, Taylor arrived at the arena for the Great Give-away drawing at 8:30 p.m. She selected from a cylinder full of over 500,000 raffle tickets the prize ticket which belonged to Robert Fugate of Lebanon. Fugate passed up on the assortment of vehicles in favor of a John Deere tractor.
On Wednesday night, country superstar John Michael Montgomery performed a free concert for fans, courtesy of Tony Bates and Bates Ford.
Although the funnel cake stands and rides have packed up and gone away locals are still buzzing about the fair excitement and eagerly anticipating another grand event in 2014.
I think that it was an event where the stars aligned. The weather was great and it was a fabulous showcase of everything that Wilson County is. All of our friends and neighbors came to check it out, Moss said, adding a special thank you to volunteers and public safety and law enforcement agencies. Hats off to the volunteers and those agencies that kept us safe and the traffic moving. It was a great community effort.
By SABRINA GARRETT
The Wilson Post
Lebanon is among the sites being considered for a new manufacturing plant for gun-maker Remington Arms.
It was reported earlier this week that Remington was looking at sites in the Middle Tennessee area, more specifically, those around Nashville, for a potential corporate relocation or expansion since elected officials in New York, where one of the companys plants is based, have passed new gun-control legislation in recent months.
Local officials were mum regarding the prospect of Remington moving here. G.C. Hixson, executive director of the Joint Economic & Community Development Board of Wilson County, said he could not comment regarding the gun manufacturers intentions.
Relocation to the area would potentially bring hundreds or even more than a thousand new jobs. The plant, based in Ilion, N.Y., reportedly employees 1,200.
Remington Arms Company was founded in 1816 by Eliphalet Remington and is one of the nations oldest continuously operating manufacturers, according to information on the companys website. Headquartered in Madison, N.C., Remington designs, produces and sells sporting goods for the hunting and shooting sports markets, as well as military, government and law enforcement markets.
The Company had revenues in 2004 of approximately $393 million and distributes its products throughout the U.S. and in more than 55 foreign countries.
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LEBANON -- A suspect in an early Monday morning stabbing in Head Homes has been identified, and Lebanon Police Department is asking for the publics help to locate the man.
The suspect is identified as Adrian Lopez, 23, of 165 Hunters Creek Blvd., Lebanon, said Chief Scott Bowen in a news release. The incident occurred about 2:30 a.m., Monday, Aug. 26, at #2 Head Homes.
Bowen said the victim remains in Vanderbilt University Medical Center where he was listed in stable condition and able to communicate.
By SABRINA GARRETT
The Wilson Post
More than 375 TRW Automotive hourly employees went on strike late Sunday night seeking better pay and benefits.
A number of those workers have been on the picket line outside the plant located on Baddour Parkway in Lebanon since the strike began.
A UAW (International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America) representative who preferred to not be named said that employees simply want their employer to listen to their concerns.
When the economy took a fall, a lot of cuts were made in 2008 to make the company profitable and more competitive and these workers took those cuts, he explained, adding that the companys CEO John C. Plant earned an estimated base salary of $26 million in 2012. They have come back in five years they have made a comeback and made this company profitable and competitive. All these employees want is a fair share.
He added that employees were up in arms over a proposed contract that included new overtime pay rates and health insurance increases.
Local 343 UAW Chairman Mike Hollingsworth was in agreement with his fellow members opinions on the cuts. These workers deserve more, he said.
TRW employee Wayne Cripps was among those on strike and said that retirement plans and insurance benefits weighed heavy on his mind.
It is unfair, he said. We will be out here as long as it takes.
TRW officials, in a statement issued Monday, said they are continuing to negotiate with the union in good faith and are working to reach an agreement to end the strike. Officials said beyond that, they would not discuss the negotiations, noting that was between them and the union representatives.
TRWs website noted that the company, with headquarters in Livonia, Mich., had sales in 2012 of $16.4 billion.
Wilson Countys unemployment rate for July dropped 0.2 percent to 6.7, down from Junes rate of 6.9 percent. The latest figures put Wilson third in the top 10 counties in Tennessee with the lowest unemployment for July.
The figures were released this week by the Tennessee Department of Labor & Workforce Development.
Wilson had a labor force of 64,890 with 60,560 employed and 4,330 unemployed, according to the report.
Twenty-four years since the revival of the football program, Cumberland kicks off the 2013 season Thursday evening at Tennessee Tech.
Kickoff is set for 7 p.m. at Tucker Stadium. Live radio coverage begins at 6:30 p.m. on WANT FM-98.9 and around the world on the Internet at www.gocumberlandathletics.com.
First year head coach Donnie Suber wrapped up an abbreviated fall camp last week and turned the focus to Tennessee Tech -- a team he called, the Oregon of the Ohio Valley Conference.
ATHENS -- Shauna Gilpin, Rhianne Parsons and Olivia Chu each scored and handed out an assist, as 13th-ranked Cumberland scored three times in the first half en route to a 3-2 victory over Tennessee Wesleyan Wednesday afternoon.
The Bulldogs (1-0-0) led the NAIA in total goals and ranked second nationally in goals per game last season. The club looked well on its way to another strong offensive performance, with Chu, Rhianne Parsons and Sammy Groves all scoring in the first half, including just three minutes apart on the Parsons and Groves tallies late in the second. CU took a 3-0 advantage to halftime.
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It took a little while to get Venus back on her feet but once she was well enough, our veterinarian team got straight to work on her little ruptured eye. Sadly, the eye was so far gone that it had to be removed and once it was, Venus was like a brand new girl. She is now so happy, healthy, and just loves life. She is all healed up from surgery and she's already having fun and batting around toys. Venus is so well adjusted and gets around very well. She just loves people and can't wait to start her life over again with a wonderful, loving family that will never let her go. Come on in and meet our little Venus, and please consider giving her the wonderful new life that she deserves!


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Screen Captures can later be saved, mailed and viewed in your phone.
On preferences menu, user can select whether or not to show mouse pointer within the screen capture. This feature is particularly useful when user wants to highlight a certain location of a screen Capture. By default, this feature is on.
In order to move mouse pointer for area selection or screen shot start/end point selection, a mouse pad will be prompt to user in phone screen. Pad also reacts to click/double click events.
In View Mode, user can simply slide finger horizontally to view next/previous screen shots available in memory.
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I'm trying to export an animation from a file into another, which has the same mesh but different animation.
What i would like to achieve is, having all the animations in the same file.
for example to have idle[1-10], jump[11-20]
I have used the save animation feature but once i load the animation on the main max file it gets some glitches on the transition between animations.
I should be able to make a stepped transition but i cant seem to get it working, it doesnt change the curve when i apply step curve.
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Podcast: Designing Powerful and Interactive Web Applications, an interview with David Malouf and Bill Scott
December 5th, 2006
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BSAL #6: Designing Powerful and Interactive Web Applications, an interview with David Malouf and Bill Scott (21mb, 45m)
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In this interview, my colleague Joshua Porter and I talk with David Malouf, Senior User Experience Designer at Symbol Technologies, and Bill Scott, Ajax Evangelist and Design Manager for Yahoo's recently released Design Pattern Library. We discuss Rich Internet Application development, Ajax, and other important issues surrounding the creation of sophisticated web apps.
David and Bill will be teaching their one-day workshop, Designing Powerful Web Applications with AJAX and RIAs at the upcoming UIE Web App Summit in Monterey, CA in January. Their workshop was a big hit at the UI11 conference and I'm expecting it will sell out at the Summit.
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Encapsulation is the process by which an object's internal components and behavioral details are hidden from calling code. Only that which should be exposed is exposed, making objects self-contained black boxes to the outside world. Many languages support encapsulation by supplying visibility modifiers (e.g., private) and constructs such as inner classes.
Unfortunately, JavaScript offers very little in the encapsulation department. While there are certain tricks that can wrap protected code in closures (see Module Pattern), many have disadvantages that compromise code flexibility and extensibility.
Instead of using closure-based encapsulation, which often makes object-oriented inheritance difficult, many libraries and code-bases opt to mark private properties and functions with an underscore prepend. This convention makes inspecting the properties and functions easy within browser debuggers.
var Person = function(first, last){
// private properties _first, _last, and _id
this._first = first;
this._last = last;
this._id = this._generateId();
Person.prototype = {
getId : function(){
return this._id;
getFirstName: function(){
return this._first;
getLastName : function(){
return this._last;
// private function to generate an id for this object
_generateId : function(){
return new Date().getTime().toString();
This convention is commonplace, similar to naming constants in uppercase. The downside is that private properties and functions can still be accessed, thus breaking encapsulation because of careless coding.
The dynamic nature of JavaScript allows for a free-for-all environment where a developer can do whatever he or she wants. Consider the following:
var person = new Person("Bob", "Someguy");
console.log(person._first); // logs "Bob"
This appears all fine and well, but now we've coupled our code to the
Person implementation. Any change to the internals -- the category of change encapsulation should protect us against -- could break calling code.
var Person = function(first, last){
this._firstName = first; // property change
this._lastName = last; // property change
this._id = this._generateId();
// ...
var person = new Person("Bob", "Someguy");
console.log(person._first); // logs "undefined"
These bugs can be difficult to track, especially since the application code may not have changed...an updated external library or resource, in which
Person may be defined, is all that it takes. The best defense against such couplings is to avoid breaking encapsulation. If a property or method is marked as private, do not access, modify, or invoke it. The overhead in rethinking the architecture and design is almost always less than the cost of dealing with the consequences of breaking encapsulation.
In other words: "Developers don't let developers break encapsulation."
As troublesome as accessing private properties can be in JavaScript, there is another much more insidious practice that seems commonly accepted: method stealing.
The methods Function.prototype.call and Function.protoype.apply are integral to modern libraries and code-bases by allowing a method to inject a custom context (this reference) into the execution scope. Without these capabilities the reliance on closures to achieve the same effect would be too cumbersome.
Just as some properties should be hidden, so too should some methods. Given our prior example,
Person.prototype._generateId() might function as an inadequate UUID generator. A clever developer notices that another available method
Book.prototype._setUUID() sets a
this._id property on all Book objects whose value is much more unique across space and time than
var Book = function(title, author){
this._title = title;
this._author = author;
this._id = null;
Book.prototype = {
getId : function(){
return this._id;
getTitle : function(){
return this._title;
getAuthor : function(){
return this._author;
_setUUID : function(){
var result = '';
for(var i=0; i<32; i++)
result += Math.floor(Math.random()*16).toString(16);
this._id = result;
In return, the developer has chosen to "steal" this behavior from
Book for
Person and modify
Person.prototype._generateId() to invoke
var Person = function(first, last){
// private properties _first, _last, and _id
this._first = first;
this._last = last;
this._id = null;
Person.prototype = {
getId : function(){
return this._id;
getFirstName: function(){
return this._first;
getLastName : function(){
return this._last;
// private function to generate an id for this object
_generateId : function(){
// sets this._id withing _setUUID()
Again this works...ostensibly so, by having
this._id set by
Book.prototype._setUUID(). The design is brittle, however, because
Book's internals can be refactored unbeknownst to
Person, thus breaking
Person objects. If
Book.prototype._setUUID() is refactored to set
this._uuid rather than
this._id then all
Person.prototype.getId() invocations will return undefined. With one myopic decision we broke our application because it was easier to break encapsulation rather than rethink the design.
There is not much of a conclusion except do not break encapsulation. In fact, apply the Golden Rule while coding: treat other code as you wish yours would be treated. Any API deficiencies should be brought to the original author, not hacked apart to make it usable for one use case or instance. The maintenance headache down the road is just not worth it.


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- //Home
- //Music
- //Reviews
- //Supersuckers
You know that rule of comedy that dictates that something that may not be funny initially becomes increasingly hilarious upon excessive repetition? It's the backbone of every Saturday Night Live catchphrase, and it's the Austin, Texas-based Supersuckers' new method of creating liner notes. After 10 years of unabashed supercharged alt-country-slash-rock-'n'-roll, the 'Suckers have taken that rule to its most vulgar conclusion: Their new album, Motherfuckers Be Trippin' features liner notes that contain 78 instances of the word "motherfuckin'" (and variations thereof). By the time the liner notes end with a shout out to "all the little motherfuckers that make motherfucking so motherfuckin' great", it's obvious that this is the album layout that band has been working toward their whole career, and you're either with the Supersuckers or against them. (Bonus points to the band for using "motherfuck" as a noun, verb, and adjective in the above sentence.)
While it's hard to say whether the Supersuckers are the kind of band who throws "motherfucker" around with reckless abandon or just a parody of those bands, either way, they've got a wicked sense of humor and have no time for those who take their rock too seriously. They've even got non-vulgar jokes. They helpfully note on the album cover "Parental Advisory: Explicit Title". Well, no shit, guys. And their record label's motto is, "It's not hi-fi, it's not low-fi, it's Mid-Fi and it's pretty good." That also doubles as an apt description of the band, who just wants to have fun rocking your socks off.
Motherfuckers Be Trippin'
US: 22 Apr 2003
UK: Available as import
The Supersuckers (lead singer/bassist Eddie Spaghetti, guitarist Dan "Thunder" Bolton, guitarist Rontrose Heathman, and drummer Dancing Eagle) have positioned themselves as the unlikely love child of insane pop metaller Andrew W.K. and alt-country bar band mainstays the Bottlerockets on Motherfuckers Be Trippin'. While some may fail to see the humor in their rampant use of "motherfuckin'", there's no denying the appeal in their latest batch of songs. (Finally, we get to the music.) "Rock-n-Roll Records (Ain't Sellin' This Year)" opens with a huge motherfuckin' (sorry) guitar riff and rocks non-stop from there. Guitarists Bolton and Heathman never met a power chord they didn't like, a point they prove time and again on each of Motherfuckers Be Trippin''s tracks. Selling records isn't the Supersuckers top priority—honoring the rock is job one. "Rock Your Ass" does exactly that, too, melding the most fun elements of rock—handclaps, big guitars, and commands to party ("Grab a drink and chug-a-lug / Have some sex / And take some drugs", demands Spaghetti)—into what amounts to the album's manifesto. Is there a band out there that has less use for subtlety that the Supersuckers?
After the album's two opening gems, there's nowhere to go but down, and Spaghetti and Co. seem to acknowledge this on "Pretty Fucked Up", their take on the '80s power ballad ("She used to be pretty / But now she's just pretty fucked up"). This song also shines on a light on the shortcomings in Spaghetti's raspy voice when he isn't singing about drinking, rocking, or otherwise carousing.
Fortunately, those moments are few and far between, as the band dives back into their element on the middle third of the album. "The Fight Song" could be a lost kid brother to AC/DC's "Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap". Bolton's and Heathman's guitars battle each other across the speakers, and it's an early contender for Song Most Likely to Be Playing If You Get a Black Eye This Year. Meanwhile, "Bruises to Prove It" posits battle scars are a badge of honor, and the opposites-attract "Bubblegum and Beer" veers close to pop territory.
If the front half of Motherfuckers Be Trippin' is all about fighting and good times, side-B is soaked in cheap booze and regret. "Sleepy Vampire" opens with a dusty guitar intro that marks the band's closest alt-country approximation (Spaghetti Western? jokes a rock critic for the millionth time . . .), and it's also the only time the band stops to catch their collective breath—musically and lyrically. It's back to the blistering pace for "A Good Night for Drinkin'" and "Damn My Soul", with the former notable as the only track that views booze as a bad thing: "The thing that kills won't let you die". Who could have guessed a man named Eddie Spaghetti was capable of such introspection? Introspection is not their forte—as if that hasn't been made abundantly clear to this point—but only once does the band's over-the-top sense of humor fail them: "Someday I Will Kill You". Drunken boastin' and brawlin' is good-natured; but murder? Not so much. As if it weren't enough, "Someday I Will Kill You" is their most embarrassing '80s hair metal track. Memo to Spaghetti: Stick to the bumfights and the high octane roots-rock riffs.
Intentional or not, Motherfuckers Be Trippin''s greatest contribution may be that it dissolves the line between cock rock homage and parody. Thanks to the Supersuckers, listeners can now enjoy both simultaneously. Can any band start nearly every guitar solo with a shout of "Let's go!" and brag about their fists' and livers' abilities with a straight face and not have an arched eyebrow? If you can find this album (perhaps no small feat), it's worth a listen to see what the answer is.
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Merry morning after, one and all. I hope those of you who celebrate Christmas had a wonderful day, and I hope everyone else had a nice relaxing weekend.
The winter holidays mark more than just the end of the year for gamers; they mark the end of the 4th quarter game release extravaganza, too. Every year game publishers pack the last months of the year with more releases than the average gamer has time to play (or money to buy, for that matter).
But maybe you've got some time off this week, and maybe you've got a handful of gift cards from relatives who know you're a gamer but don't know enough to risk buying a particular title. So what should you pick up? With the wisdom of 20-20 hindsight I wanted to highlight some of the best games of the quarter.
Let's start with the Nintendo Wii. This one is easy: the Wii had one huge holiday release: The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword. When game design legend Shigeru Miyamoto first did a demo of Skyward Sword at E3 2010, it didn't go so well. The controls weren't responsive and even though Miyamoto reassured the audience that there was some kind of interference on stage, the game existed under a stigma from that moment pretty much up to release. The good news is that Skyward Sword does control nicely and it provides an epic adventure for Zelda lovers. If you're a Wii owner, this is the must-have title to get.
Next up let's talk about shooters. FPS fans probably already know what I'm going to say; this fall was all about the fight between Battlefield 3 and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3. I'm not going to pick a 'winner' between these two: honestly I'm not a big fan of online shooters. I have friends who are, though, and they tell me that Battlefield 3 is the game to get if you're into team-based mulitplayer shooters that are a bit slower and more strategic, and MW3 is the way to go for a single player campaign full of over-the-top set-piece moments, and/or fast paced frantic multi-player matches. Both these games are cross-platform, so take your pick of PC, Xbox 360 or PS3.
One of my favorite games from this season is a Playstation 3 exclusive: Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception. Developer Naughty Dog's goal with the Uncharted series is to bring back the days of Saturday afternoon adventure matinees. These games mix combat and puzzle solving into a story-driven adventure with a cast of characters that I, at least, have really come to care about. I was sure that Drake's Deception was going to be my personal game of the year.
And then The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim arrived. Developer Bethesda has been making Elder Scrolls games since 1994 and Skyrim is the best one yet. It's an epic adventure in a Norse-inspired world bedeviled by dragons. This is an RPG that you can play pretty much any way you want to. I've known people that focused on the main quest line and got through the game in about 30 hours, and I know people who've crossed the 100 hour mark and are still going strong. There's a huge world full of side quests and quest lines, lore to uncover and secrets to explore. You can enjoy Skyrim on the PC, Xbox 360 or PS3.
The last big release of the season was Bioware's Star Wars: The Old Republic. This one is PC only, and it's an Massively Multiplayer Online game with a monthly subscription fee of $13-$15/month, depending on how many months you pay for up-front. SW:TOR was hyped like mad in the run-up to release, and it turns out the hype was, in my opinion, justified. If you've never played an MMO SW:TOR is a great place to start, assuming you're a fan of Star Wars in general. If you're an old hand at the genre you'll find yet another well-thought out world to explore. Bioware didn't redefine the genre; many of the mechanics will feel very familiar. But they did manage to accomplish their goal of adding a compelling story (a bunch of them, actually) to an MMO. SW:TOR manages to be solo-friendly while still providing great multiplayer challenges as early as level 10.
So that's my list of the cream of the gaming crop from the fourth quarter 2011. Any of these games are worth spending a gift certificate or two on. But did I miss your favorite? Let's use the comments to keep the list going.
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Colombia Floods Spur Inflation Bets Citigroup Calls Overdone
Growing bets Colombia will miss its inflation target for the first time since 2008 are a signal to Citigroup Inc. and Corp. Financiera Colombiana SA that traders are overestimating how much floods will push up food prices.
The gap between yields on the government's inflation-indexed bonds due 2013 and similar-maturity fixed-rate debt, a gauge of annual consumer price increase expectations known as the breakeven rate, has soared to 431 basis points, or 4.31 percentage points, from 249 on Oct. 27. It touched 473 on Jan. 7, the widest since March and above the central bank's target inflation range of 2 percent to 4 percent for this year.
Wagers on faster inflation mounted after floods that left at least 300 dead in the South American country choked off farmers' supply routes, driving up food costs and sparking the biggest monthly jump in consumer prices in 10 months. Traders are overreacting to December's 0.65 percent inflation rate because price increases will ease as the flood waters retreat, said Andres Pardo, head analyst at financial services holding company Corp. Financiera Colombiana, known as Corficolombiana.
"Investors are failing to take into account that the rise in food prices is temporary," Pardo said in a telephone interview from Bogota. It's a "good moment" to start selling the inflation-linked bonds due in 2013 after they returned 1.9 percent in the past two months, compared with an 0.8 percent loss on the fixed-rate securities, he said.
Rising food prices are also helping push traders' inflation estimates higher in Brazil, Latin America's biggest economy.
The difference between yields on the country's two-year inflation linked bonds and fixed-rate securities widened to 6.62 percentage points yesterday, the most since November 2008. In Mexico, the yield gap between similar securities fell to 3.86 percentage point from a five-month high of 4.28 percentage point on Jan. 20.
Colombia's central bank kept its benchmark interest rate at a record low 3 percent for a ninth straight meeting yesterday as bank General Manager Jose Dario Uribe called the food price increases "transitory."
"Inflation expectations seem to have reacted in an exaggerated manner at the transitory effect in food prices," Uribe said after the policy meeting.
The 0.65 percent increase in consumer prices in December was more than double the median forecast for 0.3 percent among analysts surveyed by Bloomberg. Food prices climbed 1.7 percent, the most since at least 2009. The annual inflation rate jumped to 3.2 percent, the highest in more than a year.
'Spiraling' Market
Agriculture Minister Juan Camilo Restrepo said last month that food prices will continue to rise in the first quarter after the worst flooding in three decades wiped out some crops. Rafael Mejia, president of the Colombian Agriculture Society, estimates food prices will rise 5.7 percent this year, with a 3.8 percent increase in the first three months.
"When the market enters into a negative mood it runs into stop-loss levels and before you know it, it's spiraling," said Munir Jalil, chief economist at Citigroup's Colombia unit.
Monthly inflation will peak in February at 1.06 percent, driving the annual rate to 3.7 percent, Jalil forecasts. He expects inflation to end this year at 3.6 percent.
Economists have raised their forecast for year-end inflation to 3.6 percent, according to the median of 21 estimates published Jan. 27 by Citigroup. The median forecast was 3.25 percent in the December survey. Analysts see an 80 percent chance the central bank will reach its 2011 inflation target, Citigroup's survey shows. That's the lowest level since March, which had it at 77 percent.
January Inflation
Colombia's inflation-linked bonds due in 2013 have climbed 0.87 centavo since the end of October to 107.540 centavos per peso, pushing the yield down 72 basis points to 1.62 percent. Yields on the fixed-rate bond climbed 102 basis points during that period to 5.93 percent.
Daniel Lozano, an analyst at brokerage Serfinco SA in Bogota, said investors should consider starting to sell the inflation-linked debt due 2013 to lock in profits.
"The market is betting on very high inflation in January, but with those returns there is a big risk people will take profit at any moment," wiping out gains, he said. "I don't think people are taking that market risk into consideration."
January's inflation report, scheduled for release Feb. 5, will give investors a better picture of how the floods affected food prices, said Camilo Contreras, a fixed-income analyst at Bogota-based brokerage Ultrabursatiles SA.
Economists estimate consumer prices climbed 0.9 percent last month, the most in almost three years, according to the median of 19 estimates compiled by Bloomberg. The annual rate rose to 3.4 percent, analysts forecast.
Room for Gains
Juan Carlos Hernandez, a fixed-income trader at Miami-based brokerage Tradewire Securities, predicts further gains in inflation-linked bonds, known as UVRs, because monthly inflation will quicken through March and maybe into April.
"There is still room for profit," Hernandez said. He recommends investors buy UVR bonds due 2013 and 2015.
Francisco Chaves, a fixed-income analyst at Bogota-based brokerage Corredores Asociados SA, said the gap between fixed and inflation-linked yields may continue to widen on higher international food prices.
"Inflation is an issue that may remain for some time," Chaves said. "In that case UVR bonds would remain attractive as a refuge."
'Avoid Suicide'
World food prices rose to a record in December on higher sugar, grain and oilseed costs, the United Nations said, exceeding levels reached in 2008 that sparked deadly riots from Haiti to Egypt. An index of 55 food commodities tracked by the Food and Agriculture Organization increased for a sixth month to 214.7 points, above the previous all-time high of 213.5 in June 2008, the Rome-based UN agency said in a report last month.
While Citigroup's Jalil recommends investors buy fixed-rate securities as a bet the yield gap will narrow, he says it's best to wait for the January inflation report to come out first.
"The big question, which is creating so much noise, is how January inflation will come in," Jalil said. "You want to gauge market sentiment first, to avoid suicide."
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Saturday October 27, 2012
BedBug Central and bedbugFree members will join forces to donate bed bug treatment services and products to those in need.
LAWRENCEVILLE, N.J.—As this holiday season quickly approaches BedBug Central once again prepares to partner with bedbugFREE pest management firms across the country as they so graciously donate bed bug treatment and services to those in need.
Taking the Bite out of the Holidays was created by research entomologist, Jeff White of Bed Bug Central, a free information resource to the public and pest professional concerning bed bugs and bed bug related issues and treatment methods.
The event began in 2009 with seven companies donating more than $40,000 in bed bug treatment services to those in need through. In 2010, the amount of participating companies nearly quadrupled. In 2010, 27 companies donated more than $300,000 worth of services across the nation for the annual holiday charity event.
White created the holiday charity after seeing first-hand how difficult it can be for non-profits and individuals in need to obtain effective bed bug services.
"The holiday season is a time of giving and we know firsthand how difficult and expensive bed bugs can be to eliminate," says White. "Therefore we want to help in any way we can and provide some relief to those in need and let them focus on enjoying the holiday's with family and friends. If we have accomplished this than we have succeeded at our goal!"
In order to reach as many needy individuals and charities as possible, BedBug Central enlists the help of its bedbugFREE network, a network of like-minded companies that agree with philosophies and treatment methods of Bed Bug Central.
BedBug Central's President and CEO, Phil Cooper, is thrilled that Taking the Bite out of the Holidays is expanding each year and aiding more individuals in need.
"There is no better feeling than helping those in need," says Cooper. "We are extremely thankful for the support of our bedbugFREE members and their generous donations of products, services and time during the holiday season."


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I have been donating for a while give when I can but how do they get your phone number and when you move they still follow you I don't mine giving from my heart but I like every dime to go where it should but on second hand I guess the staff has to get paid as well. Now Im confuse about should I help Im have to place this ? in God hands he will tell me if this money going where they say Amen. ps it unfair to ask me to rate a place I don't fully know about
I considered donating until I read the salary of the CEO...$409K. Half of that at least should go to the Bibles. Keeping in line w his peers! Glad I read the reviews. The CEO professes to be a Christain I'm sure.
Review from Guidestar
Consistent in providing top quality material in every language, including Braille for the blind. Wonderful outreach and provider of top quality materials.
There is no organization on the planet as precious as the American Bible Society. As a young Christian I remember my mother and I going to 7th and Walnut Street in Philadelphia to buy Bibles and tracts for our street outreach.
Today we serve Women Veterans and Active Duty Service Women. No greater organization on the Planet.
Review from Guidestar
Due to negative reviews on both this website and Charity Navigator, I called ABS several months ago and asked them to remove my name and address from their mailing list. 3 months later I am still receiving mail from ABS. I have called at least 3 times asking them to remove my name and address from their mailing list, but they cannot seem to accomplish this simple task. I will be calling again Monday, 1/28/13, asking for the fourth time to be removed from ABS' mailing list.
I have recently been more thoroughly informed about the mission and work of American Bible Society and am very pleased to support the organization! They are doing incredible work in the Democratic Republic of the Congo with their She's My Sister initiative, which seeks to bring physical and spiritual healing to women who have been affected by war violence and trauma. American Bible Society sees that spiritual needs are just as important as physical needs, and this is what drives their worldwide missions.
I became involved with American Bible Society (ABS) over the course of this summer, and I was blown away by the work they're doing. They go above and beyond in their mission to bring the life-changing power of God's Word to people around the world, and they're genuine about it. These people love what they do and who they serve, and they really do all they can to make sure ABS accomplishes what it needs to.
I have donated on several occasions and had already written the check when I decided to review their CEO salaries. Much to by chagrin, I discovered they make $400k +. The rationale provided was that it is in line with what others make. No more .................................
Review from CharityNavigator
ABS has become one the most innovative and creative Christian ministries in the world. They are a world leader in Bible translation, printing, distribution, electronic distribution and engagement, and many holistic ministry partnerships. There is no other ministry which does everything ABS does!
I think the work that ABS is doing is critically needed. There are only a few other organizations that are pioneering to help open God's Word where it doesn't exist. I know, first hand, the obstacles to overcome for this work are substantial. Their latest annual report (http://digital.americanbible.org/stewardship/2011/index.html) demonstrates historical good work, and seeing experimentation and innovation with new technologies, they're doing even better things to help the Gospel be discovered through the Bible.


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2014 Tallboy LT Aluminum 29er
For the upcoming mtb season rapidly upon us Santa Cruz engineers adequately equipped the Tallboy Long Travel model with a solid 135mm worth of rear travel and is designed the same as the carbon brother with having 130mm to 150mm front fork options in mind. The head tube angle was slacked out from the first generation Tallboy by 1.5 degrees and the seat tube has been slackened as well by a 1/2 degree from where the original ride's stand. This will definitely put the Santa Cruz Tallboy models in the All Mountain platform or category of 29er mountain bikes.
Some classic aluminum 29er mtb features like hydro-formed top and down tubes, tapered head tube, 142 X 12mm rear through axle. Except they have elected to stick with a traditional standard threaded bottom bracket for both Tallboy models of these long travel 29er bikes. Here is what they had to say, "we think this is still the best, most user friendly, widely compatible, globally serviceable way to install a bottom bracket."
By Santa Cruz changing the lower link making it offset has opened it up for better clearance for bigger twenty niner all-mountain rear tires that become available. The chain stays are just at 17.9 inches in length. They have recessed the grease ports for the lower link to protect them underneath the frame. The pivot axles have collet style hardware and the frames have continuous cable housing mounts for dropper seat posts. The new models of 29er mountain bikes also have ISCG05 tab mounts.
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Tallboy Long Travel SPX 2×10 Complete, $4450.00
We have articles as well here at 29er-Cafe on Santa Cruz's other version, that is well clad in full Carbon Fiber.
Specs For the LT SPX Model
|Frame Material:
|Santa Cruz VPP
|Santa Cruz lifetime sealed bearings
|Rear Travel:
|135 mm
|Rear Shock:
|Fox Float RP23
|1.125 – 1.5 mm Cane Creek 10
|Rock-Shox Sector Gold
|Front Travel:
|140 mm
|Rear Axle:
|12 x 142 mm
|WTB Frequency Team i23 TCS
|front: Dt-Swiss 350, rear: DT-Swiss 350
|14/15 gauge DT Swiss
|Front Derailleur:
|Shimano M781 (XT) 10-speed
|Front Derailleur Mount:
|34.9 mm direct-mount
|Rear Derailleur:
|Shimano M780 SGS (XT) 10-speed
|Shimano M660 (XT) 10spd
|Shimano M552 (XT)
|Chain Rings:
|42 / 32 / 24t
|Bottom Bracket:
|Shimano XT
|Brake Levers:
|Brake Calipers:
|Rear Rotor:
|160 mm
|Front Rotor:
|180 mm
|Easton EC 70 flat 720mm
|Handlebar Width:
|680 mm
|Handlebar Rise:
|Lizard Skin Charger
|Truvativ AKA
|Stem Length:
|90 mm
|Shimano HG74
|11 / 36t Shimano XT HG81 (10-speed)
|Maxxis High Roller
|Tire Size:
|29 in x 2.25 in
|Valve Stem:
|Reverb Stealth
|Seatpost Diameter:
|30.9 mm
|Seatpost Length:
|350 mm
|Seat Collar:
|34.9 mm
|WTB Volt Race
|[size Medium] 29.71 lbs
|Recommended Use:
|cross country, all mountain
|Manufacturer Warranty:
|2 years on the frame


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October 26, 2010 McDaniel women scored wins Oct. 23 in field hockey, soccer and volleyball.
Katie Corson scored in the 25th minute to lift McDaniel to a 1-0 field hockey victory Oct. 23 over Washington (Md.) in Centennial Conference (CC) field hockey action.
In Centennial Conference (CC) volleyball action, Kristen Nuckles recorded 10 kills, 23 assists and 17 digs to lead McDaniel Oct. 23 to a 3-1 victory over Washington (Md.).
Rachael Hurst scored the lone goal of the game, lifting McDaniel Oct. 23 to a 1-0 Centennial Conference (CC) women's soccer victory over Washington (Md.).
For more sports, go to McDaniel Athletics.


text: Welcome, very nice map! I wish Ohio was green! Duty to retreat is arguable as it pertains to safely retreat. I am not turning my back on a BG because I have a duty to retreat. I also am not going to try to run away backwards, I am not that coordinated.


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You know also the landgrave's reputation in the matter of morality, and that he is nearly sixty.
The imperial minister's judgment upon the landgrave was too severe.
The landgrave, fearing to behold the failure of his project of conciliation, nodded assent to Zwingle's explanation.
The landgrave received me with all grace, favour, and distinction.
She would be calm and self-possessed; perhaps this man, sent to her by the landgrave, had something still to say to her.
The drawing-room was delicious that May afternoon—the next after the musicale at landgrave's.
He did not, however, thereby break his alliance with the landgrave, nor declare war on the League of Schmalkalde.
"Let them not smear your mouths with honey," said the landgrave.
The landgrave on the contrary seconded the opinion of the majority.
The landgrave was not such a dull-witted old soldier after all.