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Dhaka, (Daily Star): Rescuers pulled out six more bodies from the debris of Rana Plaza in Savar early Wednesday, eight days into the collapse of the nine-storey building.
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Pairing Superlift with OME front springs? Which shocks?
I just got a new daily driver (an old 1985 Mercedes 300SD) and I can finally start turning my Jeep into a weekend rig instead of a road hog.
I want 35" tires. No way around it!
I also have an ARB Bull Bar that will go on this thing once it is lifted and I know that sucker weighs enough to really affect the front stance. I also want to get a Sagauro rear bumper and carrier but they aren't making them right now.
I am going to go with a 4" Superlift and I need some help figuring out how to get another 1.5" in the front and the back.
I like the idea of using OME HD front springs but I don't know if that's the best route and I also don't know which shocks I need to run with that height setup. I'd love some help on that.
As for the rear, I'm just going to use Rusty's 2" spacers (might cut them down some depending on the rear bumper or not) to get a little more lift but also I don't know which shocks I should run back there.
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Re: Pairing Superlift with OME front springs? Which shocks?
I have the 4" superlift kit with the HD ome front springs and shocks. i removed the spring spacer pack that comes with the superlift kit for the standard springs but would fit them if i used a bullbar or winch, fitted JBL upper control arm but will change them out for rocky road arms because the strut hits the suspention upright at full droop, the rear i used the standard 4" superlift springs with a 1.5" spacer and the superlift remote res shocks that i would like to change out for longer custom bilsteins, wkeels are 17x9 MT sidebiter 4.5" backspace, 33x12.5 MT ATZ tires, 35 will probably need a bit of trimming.
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All good info.
When you say JBL uppers do you mean JBA? I've never heard of JBL. I had planned on getting the JBA upper control arms though, they look pretty stout.
Thanks again for the update. I'm planning on running my stock wheels with 1.5" wheel spacers all around.
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Sorry JBA control arms, changing them out because they are shorter than stock giving a negative caster angle and the strut now hits the suspention upright at full droop causing a loud banging when you go over bumps, RR control arms the stock length will give a neutral caster angle but more space for the strut,will post photo when assembled but still waiting for shipment from US. http://www.flickr.com/photos/wkjeep/
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If you want longer you'll have to look at either bilstein 12's or Fox 12's depending on the extra height and travel you get. You can get procomps at that length as well but they are a bit soft.
35's will need a bit of trimming, depending on what bumpers or steel bars you are gpoing to use. Also the pinchweld area needs to be clearanced further than normal.
All doable though!
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The Victims of Pornography
Posted on Oct 11, 2009
By Chris Hedges
This excerpt is taken from Chris Hedges' newest book, "Empire of Illusion: The End of Literacy and the Triumph of Spectacle."
The Pink Cross booth has a table of anti-porn tracts and is set up in the far corner of the Sands Expo convention centre in Las Vegas. It is an unlikely participant at the annual Adult Video News (AVN) expo. Pink Cross is a Christian outreach program for women in the porn industry, run by ex-porn star Shelley Lubben.
In a convention exalting the pornography industry, Lubben's table is not overrun with visitors, most of whom are male and middle-aged with cameras around their necks. The few men who make it to the far corner of the convention centre look curiously at its pink banner and walk past. The expo is filled with more alluring fare. There are numerous booths for porn producers and distributors, many with women in tiny skirts and bras who, often clinging to stripper poles, gyrate and bend over and spread their legs for groups of men. They simulate masturbation and flash their breasts for crowds of onlookers. Huge banners hang from the ceiling promoting new releases such as Slutty and Sluttier 6.
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A local escort service, VegasGirls, has a booth about 100 feet from Pink Cross. There is a homemade wooden wheel with a flipper that looks like a middle-school shop project on its table. Those who spin the wheel can get various discounts or even a free visit by a "stripper" to their hotel room. Small, glossy cards are fanned out on the table, showing women in evocative poses and not much clothing, all with a first name, the agency's phone number and the phrase "actual photo" emblazoned on the side of the card.
"You want to take a picture of my boobs, then you have to take my card," a woman in front of the booth tells a camera-wielding, middle-aged man.
"If I call this number, is it you who will come?" he asks.
"Here, baby," she says, giving him the card. "I will come."
Many of the booths at the Sands Expo feature well-known porn stars. There are long lines of men waiting for a signed photo and the chance to have a picture with stars from the Wicked Pictures studio, including Kaylani Lei, Kirsten Price and Jessica Drake. The men usually wrap their arms around the women for the photo, always taken by a friend or someone in line. As they hug the women's waists, the women sometimes playfully grab the man's crotch or lick their lips. Huge plasma screens placed in the booths run nonstop porn, often featuring the stars having anal sex with multiple partners or giving blow jobs. The sheer volume of porn blasted throughout the convention floor by the sea of giant screens becomes, very quickly, numbing.
The porn films are not about sex. Sex is airbrushed and digitally washed out of the films. There is no acting because none of the women are permitted to have what amounts to a personality.
The one emotion they are allowed to display is an unquenchable desire to satisfy men, especially if that desire involves the women's physical and emotional degradation. The lighting in the films is harsh and clinical. Pubic hair is shaved off to give the women the look of young girls or rubber dolls. Porn, which advertises itself as sex, is a bizarre, bleached pantomime of sex. The acts onscreen are beyond human endurance. The scenarios are absurd. The manicured and groomed bodies, the huge artificial breasts, the pouting, oversized lips, the erections that never go down, and the sculpted bodies are unreal. Makeup and production mask blemishes. There are no beads of sweat, no wrinkle lines, no human imperfections. Sex is reduced to a narrow spectrum of sterilized dimensions. It does not include the dank smell of human bodies, the thump of a pulse, taste, breath—or tenderness. Those in the films are puppets, packaged female commodities. They have no honest emotions, are devoid of authentic human beauty and resemble plastic. Pornography does not promote sex, if one defines sex as a shared act between two partners. It promotes masturbation. It promotes the solitary auto-arousal that precludes intimacy and love. Pornography is about getting yourself off at someone else's expense.
"I was addicted to porn for two years," says Scott Smith, 29, from Cleveland, Tenn., who is at the Pink Cross booth. He first watched Internet porn as a college student.
"I started out once a day, usually at night, when my roommate wasn't there," Smith says. "You try and hide it. Then I started watching it several times a day. I would only watch it long enough to masturbate. I never got why they make these long features since I would always turn it off when I was done."
Smith says the images crippled his ability to be intimate. He could not distinguish between the fantasy of porn and the reality of relationships. "Porn messes with the way you think of women," he says. "You want the women you are with to be like the women in porn. I was scared to get involved in a relationship. I did not know how extensive the damage was. I did not want to hurt anyone. I kept away from women."
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When human beings are commodities to be bought and sold….
Like human organ trafficing….
flesh and sex for sale…....
It doesn't matter….it's human beings for sale.
This is what the problem is for those who don't get it… What is being bartered is a human being.
It seems that somehow it takes something from the individual human being for sale.
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"Most porn is perverted(men with men, women with
Wildly untrue. I've played a bunch of online first-person "shooters" in my life, and never have I for even one instant thought "Oh yeah, time to rock and roll and kill everybody in 'Doom'-like fashion!"
This kind of theme has been echoed many times, the most recent of memory to me being the book-burning of J.K. Rowling's "Harry Potter" books by Midwestern and Mid-Atlantic evangelical christian groups who worried over the influence of the main character's use of magic and the future habits and views of their children.
You might want to think your idea over.
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I am quite late to this discussion I'm afraid, but feel compelled to comment. I've read through most, but not all, of the previous comments, and as usual, am dismayed by the arguments.
Several commenters used the argument that abuse to women is rampant throughout society, so why pick on porn? Others presented a similar argument, only paralleling labor issues, rather than women's issues. Neither struck me as particularly strong.
It is startling to me that one could imply that speaking up about the abuses of the sex industry are unimportant because it is happening elsewhere. What is the point? Because it's everywhere, why point it out at all? In my memory, I've read numerous articles on labor abuses, human rights abuses, the abuse of women, and so on, and hardly anyone gets their shorts into a bundle if I want to speak out about sweat shops. Most people put on their appropriate shocked faces and vow to shop more responsibly, or at least they have the guts to say they don't really care. Either way, they take a stand that is related to the abuse, not whether or not the abuse is in fact happening.
When it comes down to it, people are quite terrified to take a stand on the sex industry. To be against it puts one in the awkward position of being uptight, churchy, or suffering from a quaint morality that has no place in the modern world. To be FOR the sex industry means one is "cool" with their sexuality. And because we get wrapped up in the psycho-sexual meaning of our position (no pun intended), we miss the point entirely.
The point Mr. Hedges is making, as many before him have (complete with mountains of evidence, from testimony to peer reviewed studies), is that in our quest to be cool with our sexuality, we are sacrificing the well-being of others and we either just don't care, or are bullied into not caring.
What if we took sex out of the equation? What if it were just a labor issue? If we overlaid this conversation onto one of sweat shop labor, a simplified version would look like this.
The evidence of low pay and abuse is presented. The response? "That's bad, we should do something about that, and in the meantime I'll be sure to buy my t-shirts only from companies who guarantee decent work conditions." OR "Hey, work abuse happens everywhere, so what? Let them make my t-shirts so I can be comfortable and get on with my day." OR "I don't care, they chose that job, it's not my problem, just as long as I get my t-shirt."
How does it sound now? Remove sex from the equation, and suddenly it's all a little clearer.
I'm not going to spend hours linking to the evidence, but I've seen enough to know that the anecdotes Hedges presents are consistent with the actual. Honestly, watch one or two porn movies and that is all the evidence one needs should one choose to use their mental faculties while doing so. Also, I think it's quite valid to consider whether one would want a loved one to enter the sex industry, regulated or not. If I don't want my precious daughter to do something, there is much evidence in that by itself. Sure, I don't want her working at Wal-Mart either, but I wouldn't worry for her safety and her soul.
I speak up, because this issue should be addressed without people's personal issues around sex entering the argument.
By Mickey, October 20, 2009 at 11:46 pm Link to this comment
My wife might have commented here but she's too busy in the kitchen cooking me dinner.
By Irene, October 16, 2009 at 12:45 pm Link to this comment
I agree completely with the writer. What man would like to open a porographic magazine or see a similar film with his sister, daughter, wife or mother in it. Those women have such relationships to other men. Porn is sad and no woman wants sex 'all day long', whoever said that has never had friction burn.
By Big Tony, October 15, 2009 at 8:09 am Link to this comment
Gmonst wrote: "One final thing, one will find a much greater variety of body types than they will ever see in any fashion magazine or in advertising which uses sexuality to sell the product. One can find short, tall, skinny, and fat women in porn. Women of all shapes, sizes, and ages can be found in porn. That is a far cry from the mainstream uses of sexuality to sell. I honestly feel that my porn viewing has given me a greater appreciation of the beauty that is the female form in all its variety."
I agree with this point, and I'm glad you made it. I've found porn to be a good tonic to the common depiction or perception of what a 'sexual woman' is supposed to be in mainstream society.
By ricky webb, October 14, 2009 at 11:19 am Link to this comment
so the thumpers are leaving the potter tirade and revisiting an old standard.
how busy was the 'save-your-soul' booth again? there's money in porn. i know there are exceptions; i've read those books too when i was still idealistic and thumping. but it's a business decision.
talk about intellectually dishonest. if you don't like porn, don't watch it. why must the religious right always bang the war drum and whine about losing their nation? it was never yours. give a control freaks a platform and a cause and then explain to the congregation why atheism is on the rise…
change the method, change the suit. take the last dime from the collection plate. it's dollar night at the naughty bar. where's your pastor?
glass houses, hypocrites.
oh, and thanks for reading. lol
By frank1569, October 13, 2009 at 4:10 pm Link to this comment
"What does it say about our culture that cruelty is so easy to market?"
Er - "Saw 1,2,3,4,5,6,and 7." Over $700 million box office domestic and counting…
If watching porn causes mental and behavioral changes - which it obviously does - then watching torture-tainment (or lots of violence, generally,) does the same thing. And, guess what? Watching lots of romance fantasy causes changes, too - how many end up disappointed their marriage wasn't like 'the movies'? The divorce rate remains around 60%, so…
By Rob, October 13, 2009 at 11:55 am Link to this comment
Porn serves as the canary in the coal mine. The more it grows, the more men and women sink into the abyss of self degradation and addiction. Addiction to porn is no better or worse than addiction to heroin. It ruins generations and places those who subscribe to it in the very bottom rung of society. We see it as well in our advertising and occasionally the way we dress and treat our children. It's as if most have given up on the idea of having a little bit of class in their lives.
By GW=MCHammered, October 13, 2009 at 9:14 am Link to this comment
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My lawyers, my 3 spouses' psychologists and psychiatrists all concurred that elements of the medical and legal systems are quagmire with healthcare's relentless misdiagnosis and misprescribing, and the justice system allowing the psychologically stressed and mentally ill too much legal influence on the public. I've read at Truthdig where others have experienced the same.
All these ladies were hard working, wonderful women until years misdiagnosis and misprescribing snapped them. And all I did is what any caring spouse would do - I stuck by them until I couldn't anymore. As one crisis counselor (a spouse's) told me, "Most people can't do what you did. They run instead. And leave the sufferer to the streets, to the prisons, or to die." Now to me, that's vile pornography. BTW, we had health insurance and I won each time in court yet still lost all.
My current lady came about this in reverse - she thought she was crazy but was found absolutely sane. Decades of escalating emotional and physical abuse by her husband made her feel crazy. I hope others screwed by these sometimes obscene systems post their stories. Thanks for listening.
By Jean Gerard, October 12, 2009 at 8:17 pm Link to this comment
Long, tortured, interesting, important discussion.
By Dar, October 12, 2009 at 7:17 pm Link to this comment
I think many here are over-reacting and misunderstanding Mr.Hedges' point.
The point is about excess and de-humanization and extreme hedonism, all hallmarks of modern Western society.
The proliferation of porn, even onto mainstream entertainment, is a symptom of that.
That sex and masturbation are natural, is obvious, but so is eating, but that doesn't justify gluttony.
The same people who have no problem with the current state of the pornography industry, probably also feel that spending $600 on the iPhone if fine and that Paris Hilton is a great thespian.
Again, it'sall about excess and extreme hedonism and the "lowest-common-denominator" mentality.
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Rocket explodes over Kodiak
An Advanced Hypersonic Weapon flight test exploded over Kodiak Island shortly after launch early Monday morning, according to the Department of Defense.
The military weaponry is one of several new technologies being developed and tested as part of its Conventional Prompt Global Strike Program, conducted by the U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command/Army Forces Strategic Command, the DOD said in a written release.
Maureen Schumann, a DOD spokeswoman, says the program aims to give the U.S. the ability to strike anywhere in the world within an hour.
"This was the first launch from Kodiak," Schumann said. "It was only the second flight test of the Advanced Hypersonic Weapon."
Schumann says the first, which took off from Hawaii in 2011, was a success. The launch this morning was not.
The Kodiak flight test took off from the Kodiak Launch Complex just after midnight. It was headed toward the Marshall Islands – about 2100 nautical miles southwest of Honolulu, Hawaii – when just four seconds after liftoff, the flight was terminated. KMXT, Kodiak's public radio station, reports the resulting explosion could be heard more than 10 miles from the launch site.
"We made the decision, based on pubic safety, to terminate the launch, so I wouldn't begin to speculate what would happen if we didn't," Schumann said.
Falling debris caused some damage to the Kodiak Launch Complex, but Schumann says no one was injured. She says the initial risk to the surrounding area was minimal.
"There was no risk," Schumann said. "This was a glide vehicle that was lifted via booster or launch system, so there were no warheads or anything on the launch vehicle."
Schumann says Monday's launch was the second flight test of the Advanced Hypersonic Weapon. The Kodiak flight test was heading for the Army's Reagan Test Site in the Kwajalein Atoll, about 3,500 miles away, Schumann said.
The DOD said program officials are conducting an investigation into the "flight anomaly" that cut Monday's test short. The conclusion of the investigation will inform any future decisions on further tests.


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text: On Tuesday, NRA-backed Senate Bill 301 introduced by state Senator John Bulloch (R-11), was referred to the state Senate Committee on Natural Resources and the Environment. SB 301 would allow Georgians to use lawfully-possessed silencers (also referred to as suppressors) on firearms for hunting.While silencers/suppressors do not eliminate the sound of a firearm, they do reduce the muzzle report of a firearm much in the same way that a muffler reduces exhaust noise from a car or truck. There are many benefits to silencers/suppressors: (1) they increase accuracy, (2) make shooting more enjoyable by lessening felt recoil and reducing muzzle blast, (3) protect shootersâ hearing and (4) help reduce noise pollution.


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New Colorado Aspen Tree Oil Painting by Niki Gulley
To purchase "Aspen Concerto," please contact the Good Art Company in Fredericksburg, TX. http://www.goodartcompany.com/gac/.
New Colorado Aspen Tree Oil Painting by Niki Gulley
New Colorado Aspen Tree Oil Painting
"Reclining Thoughts" New Textured Aspen oil painting
Textured Aspen Paintings series
"Seasonal Shifts, Autumn" ©2012 Niki Gulley
12″ x 12″ textured oil on canvas
If interested in more information on pricing and purchasing, please e-mail Niki Gulley.
Adopt – a – Art Show for Niki Gulley and Scott Williams
This pastel along with several others will be available at our "Adopt – a – Art" party on Dec. 7th and 8th. As some of you may know, we are planning to move to a larger studio space and while we would love to take all of our precious friends with us, we would rather not move everything and start with a clean studio space. Consequently, we are going to do something this year that we have never done before and may never do again, we are going to have an adoption weekend. There will be nominal fees associated with some of these to cover the care and feeding of them over the years and all of our little friends will be available for viewing, ready to go to new homes. We hope that you can make it!
Featured Artist, Niki Gulley, at Spring Gallery Walk, Dallas
textured oil painting • 36″ x 48″
With "Colorful Transformation," I wanted to focus on brilliant color and simple shapes to see if I could communicate the excitement I feel when surrounded by nature. Using energetic diagonal strokes and thick, textured paint, I hope you get a sense of the motion in the leaves and the power of nature to invigorate your spirit. I just love how this piece captured that essence!
For more information on this birch painting, contact American Fine Art Gallery in Dallas, (American Fine Art.) And please stop by the gallery on April 21st where I will be the featured artist as part of Dallas' Spring Gallery Walk. I will be there from 6-8 pm and would love to meet you! American Fine Art will be unveiling more than a dozen of my new large textured oil paintings, with subjects ranging from aspen and birch trees, to uplifting sunflower fields, and peaceful water lilies, and I can't wait to hear your feedback.
Time Passages oil painting of White Rock Lake by Niki Gulley
This intriguing art of White Rock Lake and many other paintings by Niki Gulley
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Oakbrook Fine Art Invitational – this weekend
The Chicago Botanic Garden is always beautiful, but in this pastel I wanted to capture it on a perfect autumn day when the native grasses and fall foliage have turned their vibrant autumn colors. I like this view looking across the peaceful lake towards the carillon chiming in the distance, playing in time with the trickling sounds of the wind flickering the fall leaves.
If you're in the Chicago area, stop by my booth at the Oakbrook Fine Art Invitational to see "Sounds of Autumn" and more of my recent paintings. oakbrookcenter.com
To learn how to paint with pastels, join me in my Adult Art Lessons, Playing with Color, this fall. Classes fill up quickly, so visit my classes tab for more information.


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S/C S2000...what does this trap at ???? w/310whp
"stock"cobra ..or so he says...I lost to this ????
320whp Evo....We tied....
It doesnt add up. The mustang is supposed to trap at around 112mph right ? I thought the evo and s2k trapped around that too w/ those mods. I beat or tied all but the cobra so now I am confused. I was hoping on my 21psi map I'd trap around 110-112mph, is this reasonable ? Opinions please.


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It wasn't quite a banana skin, but it was as near as you could get. It was so near to a banana skin, in fact, that it's quite hard to believe that Mazher Mahmood hadn't swapped his "fake sheikh" robes for a dull, grey suit. It's hard to believe that he, or perhaps a young colleague also posing as a very helpful civil servant, hadn't sidled up to the minister, at a pre-Budget meeting at the Treasury, and whispered a phrase that included the words "ambient air temperature" and "tax".
When George Osborne announced, in March, in a voice that sounded as if he was explaining something complicated to very small children, that he was going to "address borderline anomalies" in tax on "hot takeaway products", he probably thought that this was a sensible way to raise some cash. He probably didn't think that the next day's newspapers would ignore most of the details in a long and boring Budget, and fill their pages with giant pasties.
He certainly didn't realise, when a Labour MP asked him when he'd last bought a pasty from Greggs, and he said he couldn't remember, that this would be a very bad thing. If he'd thought about it, he might have said that he hadn't actually been to Greggs, because Tory chancellors of the exchequer who were also sons of baronets tended not to go to Greggs, but that there were some very nice private members' clubs where you could, for example, get a good steak pie. If he had said this, he would at least have acknowledged that pastry was a central part of British life, and one that people of all backgrounds could enjoy in different ways, but in different ways that would raise a bit of tax.
Unfortunately, he answered the question as if pastry was something which, in the scheme of things, and particularly in the scheme of more than a trillion pound debt, was a little bit trivial.
His boss, who has worked in PR, didn't. His boss, who certainly looks as if he enjoys a good steak pie in a private members' club, could even remember eating a Cornish pasty. His memory, it's true, was a bit fuzzy, since the pasty shop he said he'd bought it from didn't seem to exist. But he did understand that it was important, if you were from a privileged background, to pretend that you sometimes did the same things as people who weren't.
That, for example, is why you might have to be the only person wearing a "lounge suit" at a wedding where everyone else was in morning dress, because you wouldn't want to be photographed in top hat and tails.
But even his boss probably didn't think that that tiny clause about "hot takeaway products" would unleash what you might call a Cornish Spring. It started, in Birmingham, with British Baker. It soon spread to the National Association of Master Bakers, and then the Cornish Pasty Association, and then The Sun. On 26 April, the chief executive of Greggs presented a petition to Downing Street.
"We come here today," he told the crowds outside, "with peaceful intentions, but resolute determination to fight to the bitter end." What "ordinary hard-working people" needed, he said, was "higher aspiration", not "higher prices".
On Monday, they won. On Monday, the Chancellor wrote a letter to the Treasury select committee, saying that what was hot was now not.
"What we've done," said the Treasury minister, looking very fed up, "is listen to representations we've received". They had, he said, had "a consultation process". There would, he said, be no VAT to pay on pasties, as long as they were not "kept warm".
The bakers are happy. Greggs' shareholders are happy. The "ordinary hard-working" people who manage to nip to Greggs in their very short lunch break are happy. And Labour MPs are very, very happy. The change in policy, said the shadow chief secretary to the Treasury, was a "total and utter shambles".
In this, it was very much like last week's employment reform plan, which the shadow business secretary described as a "complete and utter shambles".
It was also like the Budget, which Ed Miliband, who went to Greggs to buy sausage rolls with Ed Balls, called as an "omnishambles". When politicians find a word they like, they tend to use it quite a lot. So is it? Is it a complete, and total, and utter, shambles? Well, on its own it probably isn't. On its own, it was a muddle about hot food that a government wanted to make into a different muddle, but when it proved too much of a hot potato (or even a lukewarm pasty) decided to change it back. We're all allowed, at least sometimes, to change our minds.
But the pasty U-turn isn't on its own. The pasty U-turn was announced at the same time as a U-turn about VAT on "static caravans", and followed a U-turn about VAT on restoration work on churches. That's three U-turns from one Budget, and when the U-turn on caps on tax relief for charities is announced in the autumn, as MPs think it will, that will be four. And these U-turns follow the one on child benefit, and the one on jump jets, and the one about free school milk, and the one about free books in schools, and the one about school sports. They follow the one about anonymity for rape suspects, and the one about automatic sentences for carrying a knife, and the one about coastguards, and the one about forests, and were announced at the same time as the one about secret courts.
That's quite a lot of U-turns from a government that's only been in power for two years. It's also a lot of U-turns from a government whose members gave the impression that they were the grown-ups who were going to clear up the mess the children had left behind.
Governments like to look busy. If they can't spend money, they tinker. This government has tinkered more than most, but it seems to have decided to do thinking after, and tinkering first. It seems to be remarkably relaxed about its tinkering, and remarkably relaxed about its U-turns. It doesn't seem to think that any of it is all that important. It doesn't, in fact, seem to care about anything very much, except a big cost-cutting programme it calls a "plan". What it cares about is that this plan will do what it said it would do, which is work.
Unfortunately, it looks as though it won't. Unfortunately, it looks as though cutting costs just creates more costs and doesn't create the thing a shrinking economy needs, which is growth. Nobody seems to know what will. Ed Miliband says he does, but saying "jobs and growth" isn't the same as creating them. George Osborne said he did, but a double-dip recession probably isn't the best way to persuade people that your plan will work. If little things aren't working, it may not matter all that much, but if something big isn't working, you should probably try something else. You could call your new policy Plan B. You could call it a U-turn.
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An opportunity for patrons to get to know one another before a performance with a group dinner at a local restaurant.
Upcoming Events
Thursday, November 1, 2012 at 6:00 PM
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Hosts: Bill and Marilyn Hubbard
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For those unaware, Cory Jreamz, AKA The Black Ernest Hemingway, is an emerging poet, emcee, director and screenwriter who hails from the southern rap mecca that is Houston, Texas.
Invictus is his latest offering, a six-track EP soundtracked by Sun Araw, Fergus Martin, TREYSHAWN and Vince Campos with no guest appearances. "Howl", "Alive" and "Nina" are choice selections.
Jreamz is currently working on a new project titled The Lonely Painter, which has no official release date as of yet. Stay tuned, and hit the young lord with a follow on Twitter in the meantime: @CoryJreamz.
(Watch the official visual for "Alive" below.)
01. Alive
02. Howl
03. Nina
04. Pressure
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Grades: Lithuania
- Students who study with any of Messiah's approved off campus study programs will receive letter grades for their academic courses.
- The same pass/fail policy applies for students who are studying off campus as for those who are studying in Grantham (see policy outlined below).
- The following conversion is used to assign grades for coursework completed at LCC International University:
A 93-100 A- 90-92 B+ 87-89 B 83-86 B- 80-82 C+ 77-79 C 73-76 C- 70-72 D+ 67-69 D 60-66 F 59 or below
Course Credits:
Courses listed on LCC's website indicate that they are 6 or 3 credits. Courses that are designated as:
- 6 credits will actually come back to Messiah as 3 credits.
- 3 credits will come back to Messiah as 1.5 credits.
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During their college careers, students may take a maximum of four courses on a pass/fail (P/F) basis with these conditions:
- Such a course must be from a discipline other than those required for the student's major or minor.
- Courses fulfilling requirements for a major, minor, or general education may not be used.
- Students may declare their intention to take a course under the Pass/Fail option when they register or through the first calendar week of classes at the beginning of the new term. Students may also select to return to the letter grade system during this same time period. The selection cannot be changed after the first calendar week of classes.
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The hardest thing for an international side to do is to play like a club side, with that same unity and cohesion, the ability to attack and defend as one.
Even as they went out, after two hours of heroic effort, Jurgen Klinsmann's United States showed that they managed this better than almost anyone else.
Despite the quarter-final line-up, which will include Belgium but not the US, this has been a tournament of overachievers so far, of teams who have found a shared way of playing to take them beyond the limits of their combined individual resources. Costa Rica, who have reached the last eight, are the standard-bearers of these sides but the United States, who produced yet another stirring performance in defeat, have been just as impressive.
That is how the least talented team in Group G got to this stage, managing to scrap their way past Germany, Portugal and Ghana with three admirably cussed, focused performances, just like the one they produced last night.
Klinsmann, who spent much of his playing career in England, has inculcated a playing style recognisable to fans of the British club game.
The United States play hard, high up the pitch, snapping into tackles, not holding onto possession for much longer than they need to and moving the ball wide and forward as briskly as possible. They do what any good football team does and play to the strengths of the players that they have.
The approach is not just enjoyable but efficient. It has produced more from his players than any other approach would and so Klinsmann took it with him to Salvador, against a Belgian side with far more talent but far less cohesion.
Belgium v USA - player ratings
Belgium v USA - player ratings
1/27 Thibaut Courtois: 6
A spectator for much of the game, but made crucial save to deny Clint Dempsey in extra time.
2/27 Toby Alderweireld: 6
Good on the ball and never looked in much danger defensively, until the late US onslaught.
3/27 Daniel Van Buyten: 6
Another impressive performance from the veteran – excellent reading of the game made up for lack of pace.
4/27 Vincent Kompany: 5
Largely comfortable, and looked to have recovered from groin injury. Nearly won it in the 90th minute with bundled effort. Booked in first-half.
5/27 Jan Vertonghen: 7
Belgium's most potent attacking threat for much of the game – lots of surging runs, and a number of dangerous crosses and decent attempts on target.
6/27 Axel Witsel: 6
Disciplined in front of the back four, and barely wasted a pass.
7/27 Marouane Fellaini: 5
One of those performances from the Manchester United man where you're not really sure what his role is. Offered no attacking threat and saw little of the ball.
8/27 Kevin De Bruyne: 6
Took his goal clinically and had a few decent shots from range. Sometimes a little wasteful with his final ball but a good performance overall.
9/27 Dries Mertens: 5
Wasteful with the opportunities that fell his way and taken off after an hour.
10/27 Eden Hazard: 6
Started in menacing mood and went on plenty of dangerous runs early on, but faded after the interval and taken off in extra time.
11/27 Divock Origi: 6
Should have scored in the very first minute, and missed a couple of other clear-cut chances. But carried a threat with his pace and movement, before being taken off at the end of normal time.
12/27 Kevin Mirallas: 6
Came on after an hour and made a real difference with his pace, instantly giving the Belgians a greater cutting edge.
13/27 Romelu Lukaku: 7
Made immediate impression with excellent work to set up De Bruyne's goal within minutes of coming on, and took his goal wonderfully. Unlucky not to score again with a couple of decent efforts, and a lot sharper than in Belgium's first couple of games.
14/27 Tim Howard: 8
Superb from the Everton keeper - made save after save to deny Belgium, and didn't deserve to be on the losing side.
15/27 Fabian Johnson: 5
Got forward to good effect before limping off after half an hour.
16/27 Matt Besler: 7
Put in some crunching tackles and last-ditch tackles, and dominant in the air. A little exposed in extra time as USA went for the equaliser.
17/27 Omar Gonzalez: 6
Almost as impressive as his centre-back partner Besler - won some important headers and more than his fair share of tackles.
18/27 DaMarcus Beasley: 7
Crucial clearance to deny Fellaini a first-half tap-in, and impressive knack of defending one moment and bombing forward the next. Caught out by Lukaku for De Bruyne's goal.
19/27 Geoff Cameron: 6
An imposing performance from the Stoke man, with some robust challenges. Booked for cynical foul on Mertens.
20/27 Michael Bradley: 6
Gave the ball away a few times, but tigerish in the tackle and got forward well to support Clint Dempsey.
21/27 Jermaine Jones: 7
Tireless display – allowed the Belgian midfielders no time on the ball, and broke into the box on a couple of occasions. So unlucky not to equalise in extra time.
22/27 Graham Zusi: 4
Gave the ball away too often and let Vertonghen get beyond him on a number of occasions. Surprising he lasted 70 minutes before being hauled off.
23/27 Alejandro Bedoya: 6
Tracked back impressively, and provided protection to Beasley, before coming off in extra time.
24/27 Clint Dempsey: 6
Good effort on goal in first-half, and toiled all game to try and sniff out a half-chance. Came very close to equalising in extra time.
25/27 DeAndre Yedlin: 7
Came on after half an hour for the injured Johnson and made instant impression with excellent bursts forwards. Never stopped running, and put in some great challenges.
26/27 Chris Wondolowski: 5
Brought on after 70 minutes, and missed glorious chance to win it for the USA in the 90th minute. Offered little thereafter.
27/27 Julian Green: 6
Came on at half-time in extra time, and scored with his first touch. Looked dangerous whenever he got on the ball.
The United States eventually faded but they gave Belgium one of the contests of the tournament, all relentless pressure from the start. Clint Dempsey had their best chance of the first half after he and Michael Bradley chased the Belgian defence off the ball and forced a save from Thibaut Courtois.
Bradley, playing in an advanced midfield role, typified the approach. He is a not a desperately subtle player but he has run further than anyone else at the tournament, and he charged around last night with unquestionable commitment to his team and his manager, not allowing Axel Witsel, Marouane Fellaini or even Vincent Kompany a minute to settle and pick their passes.
Dempsey and Bradley are two of the most experienced players – along with DaMarcus Beasley, who was relentless, selfless and energetic at left-back last night.
But the strength of the Klinsmann vision is not just evident in those players who have worked with him for the longest. Every man in his squad buys into his approach, which is more than can be said of some teams in Brazil.
DeAndre Yedlin, the 20-year-old Seattle Sounders right-back, arrived at this World Cup with just a few minutes of international football to his name and yet when he came on for the injured Fabian Johnson he was excellent, tearing down the right flank, crossing to make openings for Dempsey and Graham Zusi, and dealing impeccably with Eden Hazard – a better player than he will ever have faced before – on the Belgian left-wing.
Even as Belgium started to assert themselves – for the fourth match in a row, they needed second-half substitutes to improve, suggesting that Marc Wilmots is incapable of picking the correct first XI – the United States hung on.
Omar Gonzalez and Matt Besler had even more defending to do than they did in the group matches and yet, against a growing Belgian storm, Tim Howard produced one of the goalkeeping performances of the tournament with a dozen saves, many of them excellent.
Howard, immense as he was all game, could do nothing about Kevin de Bruyne and Romelu Lukaku's goals in extra-time, and the United States are out, but not many teams in Brazil – including some who have progressed to the quarter-finals – have produced anything as admirable and impressive as this.
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… Occasionally crashes are so large that they are outliers even from the power law distribution, says Didier Sornette of ETH Zurich. Their specialness makes them predictable, says Sornette, who calls the standout events "dragon-kings."
Sornette and his colleagues argue that understanding dragon-kings [very large crashes] may help economists spot markets teetering toward crashes. Out-of-control growth can be one sign of an approaching dragon-king. When herding behavior among investors amps up, a stock's or index's growth rate can increase faster than exponentially, leading to more herding, Sornette says. This positive feedback among investors, the same sort of feedback that concentrates the wealth of kings, brings the system to a tipping point. About two-thirds of the time, a crash results, Sornette wrote in a 2009 paper online at arXiv.org.
Mitigating disasters by hunting down Dragon Kings: Forecasting natural or economic disasters by identifying statistical anomalies
This review focuses on elucidating how Dragon Kings are created and can be detected. It also gives an overview of their empirical evidence in abnormal rainfall, hurricanes, and sudden events such as landslides and snow avalanches. The authors also outline the limitations of this sort of statistical analysis. For example, despite being sometimes interpreted as featuring characteristic events of Dragon Kings, great earthquakes may not be formally confirmed as such.
Finally, the authors share their views on the importance of devising prediction models that could become the basis for Dragon Kings simulators. These could be designed to help interpret the warning signs of complex systems evolving from their safe equilibrium into extreme events such as the subprime crisis, and to steer them into sustainability and ultimately avoid such crisis.
Mitigating disasters by hunting down Dragon Kings: Forecasting natural or economic disasters by identifying statistical anomalies
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Now's the time to start a savings plan
April is financial literacy month, and what a better way to celebrate than starting a savings plan.
No matter your stage of life, it's important to have savings: Whether it's for a special purchase, a college education, your first home, retirement, or an emergency fund. But just how do you get started and stay on course? Here are a few tips to help you reach your savings goal.
- Create a budget. The first step toward taking control of your financial life is to evaluate how much money you take in and how much money you spend.
- Pay yourself first. Consider a payroll savings plan where a certain amount goes directly into your savings account each payday.
- Get to know the value of compound interest. It's the interest you earn on your initial investment plus all the interest that accumulates over time. It makes your investment grow at a faster rate than simple interest, which is interest earned only on your original investment.
- Keep it going. If you get a raise at work, bank it. If you pay off your car, bank the monthly payments. If you're not sure you'll remember to make the deposits, consider automated transfers from your checking account to your savings or investment account. That way you never even notice it. If you were able to live on less before, you can continue to.
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I'm breaking my E36 M3 Evolution Coupe. It's a 1997 on an R plate, with 99600 miles on the clock. I'm breaking 3.2litre 321hp standard twin vanos engine (with ancillaries), gearbox, full vader leather interior, full set of sunflower wheels x5 with good Michelin Pilot sport tyres (1 rear needs replacing, exhaust, Rear axle and most other bits.
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Chanel Le Vernis Nail Colour in #521 Rose Cache
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Friday, December 23, 2011
Urban Outfitters Filigree Jewelry Hook in White ; How I organize my jewelry: Before & After
The first picture is of my jewelry holder I made out of an Abercrombie box, push pins, paper clips, tape, and magazine cut-outs. I made my own jewelry holder, because at the time, I would rather spend my money on clothes and accessories rather than organizers. I really love the one I made when I first created it (about 2 years ago), and I still do to this day, but I wanted something really classy and chic to match with my other jewelry holders so I decided to purchase one. I've been eyeing the Filigree Jewelry Hook at Urban Outfitters so I decided to finally purchase it. I love my new Jewelry holder from Urban Outfitters. It's really simple, yet really chic. I added some pink roses at the top so it could be more girly and pretty :) The pink roses is actually a headband I made last year, but i don't wear it anymore, so I thought i would add it to my jewelry holder, and it's a really nice touch. I might add more of my earrings onto the hooks later but for now my earrings are on my bird cage jewelry holder.
Monday, December 19, 2011
Holiday Outfits
Look #1 Bold in Red
Coat and top are from H&M
Skirt, earrings and black booties are from F21
tights are from Target
Look #2 Classicly Chic
Top, earrings, black booties, Coat, and skirt are from F21
tights are from Target
Look #3 Lovely in Lace
Lace Dress from Lulu's
Skirt found in my sister's room XP
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Black booties are from F21
Song by Les Loups - Amicus (Dominic Pierce Mix)
Friday, December 9, 2011
How I style: Cowl Neck Sweaters
Cowl neck sweaters are my favorite clothing piece to wear in the Winter and/or fall time. They are very comfy and chic. Try to find a cowl neck sweater that has a big cowl neck, so you are able to wear it really slouchy like a scarf or you could fold it over (: In the video, I show you two ways you can wear your cowl neck sweater. I took all of the pictures myself.
Look #1: Fold it Over
Cowl Neck Sweater & tights are from Target
Turquoise beanie is from F21
Pink Skirt is from H&M
Boots are from ASOS
Look #2: Wear the cowl neck sweater slouchy like a scarf
Cowl Neck Sweater, tights, and floral skirt are from Target
Belt &Coat is from F21
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Bring out the gimps
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Upshot recorded their new album in a dungeon. Tim Colman reports.
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Rapping with accuracy, speed and rhythm is difficult at the best of times. Try dropping the verse backwards and the difficulty rises dramatically. Upshot's MC Brass obviously likes a challenge because he attempted the feat on Breathe, a track from the Sydney group's debut album, Make It Happen.
"It took him a long time to get it together," says keyboard player Paul Johannessen. "He was sending his neighbours mad: they must have thought he was a complete maniac, sitting in his room going over it over and over."
If that wasn't hard enough, the home recording studio used by the group wasn't exactly built for comfort.
"I was living in this massive house in Marrickville," Johannessen says. "You couldn't really record a vocal in any of the rooms because there was too much room sound.
"There was this wine cellar, though, which had been dug into the foundations of the bedroom I was living in. I sealed it off a little bit with some soundproofing and you had to climb down this trapdoor into this little room.
"I'd leave the rappers down there and go into another room with the computer and listen to what they did. It was really hot in the summer, which pissed them off. Then in the winter the foundations weren't totally sealed, so you'd get a couple of inches of water in there if it rained.
"You really got an intensity from the session when you asked them to do it again and again. We called it the gimp room."
The result of the gimp sessions is the group's debut album, a collection of hip-hop, funk and party grooves. Its creation mirrors the group's evolving nature.
"Upshot is a bit of a wild animal compared to some bands," Johannessen says. "The original line-up is not around any more. In the world of hip-hop MCs, it has an extra logistical element to it. Some people don't even have diaries, so it's kind of interesting trying to get them to show up at the right time."
This fluid line-up centres around Johannessen, his brother Martin on saxophone and Michael Iveson on drums. The line-up allows Upshot plenty of scope for improvisation.
A recent tour to Melbourne with Sydney's Kid Confucius and Perth's Salamander proved an active audience isn't even essential.
"It was the gig no one expected very much of, the Sunday night at the end of a long tour," Johannessen says. "There would have only been 50 punters, but there were 30 people in all the bands. That night just went on and on.
"The sound guy kicked all the locals out of the pub and we just kept going until about six in the morning with huge three- and four-piece brass sections and all these musicians.
"It was a night I'll never forget. It was a wooden room in the back of the hotel and all the drums and horns sounded so good [because of] the natural acoustics. You can't plan something like that."


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Citation: N/A Interpretive Summary: All animal and plant tissues contain many different types of fats. Until recently the least studied group of fats was the sphingolipids. The name sphingolipid was given to these fats because, like the Egyptian Sphinx, they are very mysterious. Recently, the sphingolipids have become the focus of an intense research effort to understand their role in nutrition and disease. It is now clear that sphingolipids are important dietary fat and that changes in the way sphingolipids are made and broken down dramatically affect the way cells behave in both plants and animals. Sphingolipids are also known to play an important role in the onset and development of diseases including liver disease, kidney disease, neurological disorders, and cancer. There are also chemicals produced by molds which occur on plants, including corn, that have been shown to alter the formation of sphingolipids in both plants and animals. Thus, plant diseases caused by some molds may be mediated by changes in sphingolipids induced by the mold toxins. This information opens the door to development of strategies to prevent certain plant diseases by preventing the changes in sphingolipids.
Technical Abstract: Although sphingosine was discovered over 100 years ago, there was relatively little interest in long-chain base backbones of sphingolipids until they were found to be potent inhibitors of protein kinase C. This raised the possibility that cells utilize hydrolysis products of sphingolipids to regulate cell behavior in analogy to the lipid second messengers that are derived from phosphoglycerolipids. Subsequent studies have uncovered other systems that are affected by sphingosine, and have found that N-acylsphingosines and sphingosine 1-phosphate, and probably other metabolites are involved in cell signaling. Furthermore, a number of potent mycotoxins have recently been shown to act via disruption of long-chain base metabolism, and long chain bases have been directly linked to the etiology of diseases that range in symptoms from neurotoxicity, hepatotoxicity, nephrotoxicity, and immunotoxicity to cancer.


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Indian Chicken Curry Recipe
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- 8 bone-in chicken breast halves, skinless
- salt and pepper to taste
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 2 onions, peeled and quartered
- 1 teaspoon finely chopped fresh ginger root
- 1 teaspoon crushed garlic
- 1 tablespoon hot (Madras) curry powder
- 1 (15 ounce) can tomato sauce
- 1 (10 ounce) can coconut milk
- 4 whole cloves
- 4 pods cardamom
- 1 cinnamon stick
- salt to taste
- Rinse chicken and pat dry; season with salt and pepper to taste. Heat oil in a large skillet over medium high heat, then saute chicken until browned. Remove chicken from skillet and set aside.
- Saute onions in skillet until translucent; add ginger and garlic and saute until fragrant, then stir in curry powder.
- Return chicken to skillet and add tomato sauce, coconut milk, cloves, cardamom and cinnamon stick. Season with salt to taste and stir all together.
- Reduce heat to low and simmer until chicken is tender and cooked through, about 20 to 25 minutes.
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Map of the Week: ShotHotspot
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Map of the Week: ShotHotspot
Why we like it: ShotHotspot plots geotagged photos from around the web onto the Google Maps JavaScript API. Drawing on sites such as Panoramio and Flickr, it allows users to search and find good places to take photos.
Users start with a Places Autocomplete powered search.
Once you select an area ShotHotspot shows you a map of that area, and where all the pictures were taken. It uses the MarkerClusterer and InfoBox utility libraries to organize the information.
Once you are there, you can use drawing tools to create your own custom search area.
And when you zoom to the area you want to visit, you can get directions to the location you've selected. Notice too they use the Static Maps API to display thumbnails.
This is a great resource for finding places to take pictures.
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Comfort Inn And Suites Griffin
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With a stay at Comfort Inn And Suites Griffin in Griffin, you'll be within the region of Atlanta Motor Speedway and Prime Community Park Secret Garden.
Make yourself at home in one of the 43 air-conditioned rooms featuring refrigerators and microwaves. Complimentary wireless Internet access keeps you connected, and cable programming is available for your entertainment. Bathrooms feature shower/tub combinations, complimentary toiletries, and hair dryers. Conveniences include desks and complimentary newspapers, as well as phones with free local calls.
Take advantage of recreation opportunities such as a 24-hour fitness center, or other amenities including complimentary wireless Internet access and a television in a common area.
A complimentary buffet breakfast is served daily.
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Featured amenities include complimentary wired Internet access, a 24-hour business center, and complimentary newspapers in the lobby. Free self parking is available onsite.
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- Free self parking
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- Free newspapers in lobby
- Safe-deposit box at front desk
- RV, bus, truck parking
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- 24-hour front desk
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- Roll-in shower
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- Free breakfast
- Free WiFi
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- Television in common areas
- Free wired high-speed Internet
- Number of floors - 2
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Music by Sarah Kirkland Snider and More Set for SPCO's Liquid Music Series, 2/26-27
Growing up outside of Detroit in a family of musical evangelists, Worden studied multiple instruments (her father is an acclaimed accordionist and mother an organist). She became equally passionate about classical and Motown, later pursuing a degree in Opera at the University of North Texas where she wrote and recorded original material for the first time. After moving to New York by way of Moscow, Worden recorded three albums before joining the ranks of Sufjan Stevens' Illinoisemakers. She then expanded her musical Education further by studying composition under Padma Newsome (Clogs, The National), and turned out several scores for off-Broadway productions.
Worden's artistry seems to transcend music itself. On stage she evokes as much Martha Graham as Edith Piaf, and can be found collaborating with visual artists (Matthew Ritchie) and filmmakers (Matthew Barney, Murat Eyuboglu) alike. Where worlds are colliding, there is a Shara; a zeitgeist for a growing movement of experimental musicians eager to bend the borders of artistry and genre.
Having recently moved to urban Detroit, planted a garden and given birth to a son, Worden's latest offering, All Things Will Unwind, draws inspiration from the motor city itself. More folk inspired than much of her recent work the new album addresses the juxtaposition of life and death, class and race, pantries and politics-as heard through the mesmerizing lullaby of a new mother.
yMusic: Hailed by NPR's Fred Child as "one of the groups that has really helped to shape the future of classical music," yMusic is a group of young performers actively engaged and equally comfortable in the overlapping classical and pop music worlds. The "six hip virtuosi" (Time Out NY) play a unique combination of instruments; the chamber ensemble is comprised of a traditional string trio as well as flute, clarinet and trumpet. This exciting composite of sounds has sparked a burgeoning repertoire of commissions from some of today's most important artists. Annie Clark (St. Vincent), Shara Worden (My Brightest Diamond) and Ryan Lott (Son Lux), a select group of indie rock luminaries, have crafted instrumental works specifically for the ensemble. On its debut album, Beautiful Mechanical, yMusic pairs these compositions with pieces by Judd Greenstein, Sarah Kirkland Snider, and Gabriel Kahane. Beautiful Mechanical was recently named Time Out New York's #1 Classical Record of 2011.
In addition to its work as a chamber ensemble, yMusic serves as a ready-made collaborative unit for artists interested in expanding their sonic palette on recordings and in performance. In March of 2010, the ensemble served as the instrumental cornerstone for Gabriel Kahane's Lincoln Center debut at American Songbook. The following month, the group served as artist-in-residence at the MusicNow Festival in Cincinnati. In addition to performing its own set, it joined St. Vincent and Justin Vernon (Bon Iver) for collaborative performances in the historic Memorial Hall. In both instances, yMusic was invited back the following year to accompany Shara Worden (My Brightest Diamond) and debut a commissioned work by Richard Reed Parry (Arcade Fire). Members of yMusic also perform in The Long Count, a multimedia song-cycle written by The National's Aaron and Bryce Dessner and visual artist, Matthew Ritchie. Co-commissioned by the Krannert Center and the Brooklyn Academy of Music, The Long Count features guests vocalists Kim and Kelley Deal, Shara Worden and Matt Berninger and was performed during the 2009 Next Wave Festival with subsequent performances at the 2011 Holland Festival and in 2012 at The Barbican Centre, London.
yMusic was created in 2008 and its members have toured and recorded with top artists across genre lines such as Bon Iver, Bjork, Peter Gabriel, Antony and the Johnsons, Ryuichi Sakamoto, The National, Rufus Wainwright, Grizzly Bear, Meredith Monk, Yo-Yo Ma, The New York Philharmonic, David Byrne and Sufjan Stevens. The ensemble is featured on Son Lux's We Are Rising and My Brightest Diamond's All Things Will Unwind.
Liquid Music is a new concert series presented by The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra that seeks to expand the world of classical music through innovative new projects, boundary-defying artists, and unique presentation formats. Liquid Music performances invite adventurous audiences of all ages to discover the new and the fascinating among the kaleidoscopic landscape of classical music today. The inaugural season (2012-13) features regional and world premieres by Laurie Anderson, Reid Anderson (The Bad Plus), Ben Frost, Shara Worden (My Brightest Diamond), yMusic, Valgeir Sigurðsson, Ian Ding, Ashley Bathgate (Bang on a Can All-Stars), Ted Hearne, Zola Jesus, Stephen Prutsman, Jace Clayton (DJ/rupture), Ensemble 61, and more.


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The 28-year-old three-time world champion, six-time European champion and seven-time national champion is Britain's most successful gymnast, and there has been much talk over her possible retirement since she finally added an Olympic medal to her collection last year in the uneven bars.
She has already dismissed the possibility of competing at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics and there is strong speculation she will end her career today at Chobham Academy, a new school which opens next month in East Village, the new residential development on the site of the London 2012 Athletes' Village.
Tweddle, from Cheshire, won Commonwealth Games gold in Manchester in 2002 and performed at the top of a sport traditionally associated with youth for more than a decade.
In 2006, Tweddle claimed Britain's first gymnastics world title in the uneven bars in Aarhus, Denmark.
It was her first of three world titles.
Three years later she won on the floor at the O2 Arena, the venue where two-and-a-half years later she claimed the Olympic medal which had proved elusive until then. She also reclaimed the uneven bars title in 2010.
If Tweddle does retire, she will join the likes of cyclists Sir Chris Hoy, Victoria Pendleton and swimmer Rebecca Adlington, who have all ended their sporting careers in the wake of London 2012, with Ben Ainslie also announcing his retirement from Olympic sailing earlier this year.
Away from the gymnastics arena, Tweddle won the eighth series of ITV's Dancing on Ice in March and was involved with the launch of the Athlete Career Enhancement Programme, which will help athletes who are approaching the end of their careers or suffering from injury.
While not taking part in any competitive gymnastics for a year due to her television and spin-off tour commitments, Tweddle has still continued with her training and last month said she was 100 per cent fit after a knee injury had threatened to derail her Olympic dream last year.
As well as revealing what her future holds, Tweddle will also unveil plans for the first athlete-led legacy programme on the Olympic site.
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