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Harleyhalfmoon: Not wanting your child to call someone else "Mom" or "Mommy", etc, isn't necessarily an insecurity issue. I'd be seriously pissed off if DD's dad and stepmom had her call her stepmom some form of "Mom". However, they would never even consider this, because they respect me, and her stepmom has no interest in usurping my role. She loves DD, and loves parenting her, but she isn't her mother. We also see stepparent as a perfectly valid parent, and a perfectly valid parenting role. Just like DH and I would never have DD call him any form of "Dad". She has A Mom and A Dad, and she also has a stepmom and a stepdad. I'm really insulted by your attitude.
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Harleyhalfmoon: Not wanting your child to call someone else "Mom" or "Mommy", etc, isn't necessarily an insecurity issue.
I'd be seriously pissed off if DD's dad and stepmom had her call her stepmom some form of "Mom".
I don't think Harley has ever ever tried to usurp her DSD's Mom's role.
It would be theraputic I think if everyone tried to see things from the other sides role sometimes.
StepMoms are StepMOMS... just being called by our first name like some friend or something can be really agitating at times, and it can cause disrespect in the home because there is no clear title of authority.
There are still times that it bothers me that EVERY single adult who is important in DSD's life has some sort of respective title, but me... it makes it seem like I have no authority or whatever you want to call it with her.
All her teachers at school and dance are Miss so and so... all her relatives, step and otherwise are Grammy, Aunt, Uncle, etc... then there is me with just my name. My sisters are Aunts, my parents are grandparents and I'm just Jen.
This has been increasingly confusing for her as we talk about the baby joining our family. DSD cannot wrap her mind around that fact that I am a Mother at all. When we say I am Kallie's mother she will laugh and say "no silly, you are Jen, not a Mommy!" And things like that. It doesn't matter how many times we explain it, she just doesn't see me like that.
So I think in cases with small children... and when the blending begins with additional children it can cause a lot of confusion...
But this has nothing at all to do with usurping DSD's Mother's role... I am fully aware DSD has a Mom... but fact of the matter is she also has a StepMom. And I honestly don't see why it is such a hard thing for all parents to be given equal respect just like every other family member.
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Mommyto3girls... I wish that class was mandatory throughout more states. lol
DSD had "slipped" up and called me Mommy a few times months ago and DH reacted so strongly, same when she "slipped" up and called her Mom's BF Daddy... so after being yelled at and scared to ever slip up again several times she hasn't done it... I fear this has led to the total confusion that I am in no uncertain terms a Mother.
I tried telling DH then that this could be an issue, but he said she is too young and shouldn't get confused her her Mother and Father are and if she decides when she is older to call us Mom and Dad, as long as she understand we aren't her biological Mother and Father then he'd learn to deal with it...
Though I think with spending more and more time with my Mother's family is opening him up to see that blood doesn't have to be involved to be a substantial parent in one's life. My Mother has always called her stepfather Dad, and her step brothers and sisters have always been just brothers and sisters.
I think it is incredibly damaging to a child to be told that some parents are less than others, and I'm sorry, but to me, that is exactly what telling them that the title cannot be used for one of their parents does... it undermines stepparents in my personal opinion.
My dsc call me by my first name. My dss has always done so. My dsd started out calling me "mom" and "mommy" right after we got married -- she was VERY excited about being able to do so--but within a couple of weeks she suddenly started calling me by my first name. We are quite sure that her maternal grandmother and her bio mom put an end to it. My position all along was that they could call me whatever felt right to them. I don't have a vested interested in it personally. All I want is for the kids to feel comfortable, so for that reason I felt a bit sad that dsd was made to feel like it wasn't appropriate.
I'm sure that if my exh ever remarries and my dc call their stepmother "Mom" it will sting. So I don't blame biomom for her feelings at all. But I have always been very clear to the kids that I'm not their mom, that they already have a mom, but that I am another parent in their lives and someone who loves them a lot. What they call me just doesn't really matter to me.
I remember a post here from someone who was a stepchild, and they were forced to call their stepmom "MOM" growing up. That only built resentment, since it wasn't natural.
I also naturally disagree with telling a child "don't call me mommy", or "don't call HER mom, she's not your mom", if they feel drawn to use "mom" with their stepmom out of their own choice.
Yes, this is the exact point that the psycologists and social workers were making. And the one spoke from experience, he was forced to call his step-dad "dad" and was resentful, but when his dad remarried his relationship with his stepmother was allowed to develop at its own pace and he eventually bestowed the title of mom onto her as well. Allowing him to decide when she earned it was the important part in his mind and that of the other professionals.
That is great Sarah!
I have to agree with Harley half-moon. Why does every other important adult in a child's life get a special name? Give a step-parent a special name and the world falls apart.
In the divorced parent parenting class I had to attend prior to my divorce (county requirement) the psychologists (2 of them) and the social worker all said that if the child decides to bestow the title of mom/mommy/mother/momma, whatever, on the step-parent that is a a wonderful sign of healthy attachment and healthy relationships. All pointed out that really the one that gets hurt or has an issue is the bio parent and that it is an adult issue not a child issue.
I am imagining how aweful it would be, our three year olds running up to Matt yelling together "Daddy, daddy, guess what?" only to be answered with "Sage, call me Matt, I am not your daddy, I'm Madisons."
Ods calls DH by his first name, his bio dad his not in the pic. I recently asked him if he thought he would ever call DH dad and he looked at me like I'd lost my mind. Ods does refer to him as "The Dad" to his brother. As in "The Dad is home". Everyone else seems to have adopted a similar title since yds was born: The mom, the brother, the baby...
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Assistant Coach Alonzo Webb III enters his third year at Pitt. Webb's primary duties including working with the jumpers and multi-event athletes.
Webb's athletes have experienced nothing but success since he has been on the coaching staff, as the combined 17 athletes he has worked with over the past two seasons all qualified for the Big East Championship Meet.
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Sainsbury's posted its first fall in sales for nine years yesterday, as outgoing chief executive Justin King said the market was now growing at its slowest rate since 2005.
But Mr King, who steps down at July's annual meeting, said he did not wish he had left the hot-seat earlier.
"I've still got one more trading statement and then the full-year figures to go," he said. "It would have been a pretty bad show by me, to have missed out a poor quarter or two."
Mr King also made it clear that he sees no need to follow rivals such as Morrisons down the path of sudden steep discounting. "Our own brand costs 20 per cent less than branded goods and now makes up 51 per cent of our sales," he added. "When the customer gets to the checkout with more Sainsbury brands in their basket than they used to, they soon realise that they are saving money."
Sales from stores which have been open at least a year, and excluding petrol, were down 3.1 per cent in the 10 weeks to last Saturday.
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"For they gave a tiny part of their surplus, but she, poor as she is, has given everything she has." - Mark 12:44
Americans are so gullible," a rescue mission supervisor told me. "Did you hear about the man who went out and raised two hundred dollars in half an hour from people on the street by telling them he was collecting for 'The Unknown Soldier's Widow'?" I confessed I hadn't heard about it, but I wondered if it were true.
I thought about the money that I gave away to charity. Gullible giving is not God's way. Guidelines have been given to us. Tithes first— 10 percent of all our income. This is his. We touch it not, lest we be guilty of thievery—robbing divinity is a heinous crime! Offerings next. David said, "I cannot present burnt offerings to the LORD my God that have cost me nothing" (2 Samuel 24:24). What say you? Think of the widow. She only had two pennies. She could have thought that two pennies were too little to give. But Jesus didn't think so. He knew that generous giving from what God has given us will make us richer than the richest king.
Spastic generosity, triggered by nerves, touched off by impassioned pleas of poverty, or doled out to starving unfortunates pictured in scraggy photographs, is not the best help we can give. Careful accounting of our budget—as if we were handling someone else's funds-is the way to go. After all, we are merely stewards, and as the Bible reminds us, "A person who is put in charge as a manager must be faithful" (1 Corinthians 4:2).
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I understand it's 60 days from when they charge your credit card.
Still waiting for my Utah permit.
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If I read your request correctly, you live in Texas but applied for a non resident Utah CCL?
Why not a Texas CCL? There are states that only recognize a CCL from the state in which you reside. Colorado is one. They only recognize CCL's from the holder's home state. A non resident CLL, say from Florida, will get you arrested if you're carrying.
I live next door to Utah and my original non-resident permit turnaround in about 60 days. I recently renewed and it turned around almost immediately... something like 6 days.:wave:
Last Saturday my wife and took the class to apply for the Utah permit. There we were told that the average turnaround was 75 days.
A Utah permit is better than a Texas permit in every aspect. There's no renewal class, unlike Texas. There's $100 or so savings. The permit is way cheaper than a Texas one, plus last i checked it was good for a longer period. It's also accepted in more states. Plus the wait time is faster from what I read.
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The leading plate manufacturers have very similar takes on the future of this development, even if they differ on what to call it. This shared vision begins with a focus on non-ablative switchable polymer and/or on-press development systems as promising technologies.
That is, with the exception of Presstek Inc. in Hudson, NH. The company has pioneered the market with its current generation of chemistry-free plates and use of thermal-ablation imaging. "This (choice) is not based upon an affinity for the technology itself, but rather because we believe this approach offers the best opportunity for chemistry-free and process-free plate products," notes John O'Rourke, marketing director, Digital Media.
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"Given the conflicting policies … the perfect political party for the manufacturer would be some kind of hybrid …"
Economic issues are dominating the political conversation as we near the November presidential elections. From my perspective as a manufacturer, there is one encouraging economic trend that is gaining traction, but a number of other issues that need to be resolved no matter who occupies the White House next year.
First, the good news. For decades, millions of American manufacturing jobs have travelled overseas. Now, production is returning the United States. The process – commonly called "reshoring" – accounted for the creation of about 50,000 manufacturing jobs in the last few years. That's about 10% of the 495,000 manufacturing job additions since the low in January 2010, according to an article in the September 10 issue of Plant Engineering
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Proponents of sending work offshore list low labor costs and outsourcing non-core competencies as the major reasons for assigning production orders to China or other emerging markets. Many of them believe that labor costs in these areas can be low enough that they offset the often hidden costs of manufacturing overseas. These hidden costs include delivery, quality and communications issues. These factors, plus rising offshore labor rates and increases in transportation costs, make production in the United States increasingly attractive.
For example, with Chinese wages rising at about 17% annually and the value of the yuan continuing to increase, the gap between U.S. and Chinese wages is narrowing rapidly. After adjusting for higher American productivity, wage rates in Chinese cities such as Shanghai and Tianjin are expected to be about only 30% cheaper than rates in low-cost U.S. states. Meanwhile, over the last four years, shipping costs have risen 71% because of higher oil prices, as well as reductions in the total number of ships and containers.
The reshoring trend has been documented by a number of sources. In a recent survey of 252 North American Die Casting Association (NADCA) members, 23% of respondents reported they had gained business from offshore competitors last year. Other evidence of reshoring's increase was cited in a PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) report this year and an analysis released by The Boston Consulting Group (BCG) last year.
Despite the good news on reshoring, manufacturers still face a tough economy in the months ahead. While there are many aspects of the economy that would affect the manufacturer, there are four issues that matter more than others, according to Dr. Chris Kuehl. Kuehl is managing partner of Armada Corporate Intelligence and economic analyst for the Fabricators & Manufacturers Association International.


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I was all bummed this morning when I woke up and remembered that I forgot to buy The Body Shop deal on Groupon yesterday. Guess what? Second chance! You pay $20 for a $40 voucher,* use in store only. Today, I actually bought it.
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- SaveMore has two great gift card deals going: $5 for $10 CVS gift card* (first time buyers only) or $15 for a $25 Boston Market gift card.*
- Mashup Mom pointed out that LL Bean has free shipping on any size order right now. It actually says, "No minimum order, no end date, just free." Wait — apparently this has been going on since March? Why didn't anyone tell me! (I might really need this coat.)
- Use coupon code SPOOKY to take $5 off any Eversave deal. If I bought any of today's deals, I guess it would be the spa mani-pedi for $19,* or $15 after the code. It's been too long! Then again, you could be nice and use it on a personalized Disney book* for a holiday gift, at 74% off before the coupon code.
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It was the kind of matinee you'd rather not take the kids to see.
The Red Sox were poor in all phases of the game today, losing 6-2 at Toronto. The bats? Boston was 1-12 with runners in scoring position. The pitching? Brad Penny was woeful, giving up eight hits and six earned runs through five innings, and should have been pulled earlier than he was. The defense? Jed Lowrie inexplicably failed to heed Mike Lowell's call for a fly ball and clumsily knocked it away from the third baseman, who had the angle. George Kottaras also gave up an embarrassing passed ball.
Things looked hopeful early on, as the Sox took a 1-0 lead in the second inning on a single from Rocco Baldelli, starting for Jacoby Ellsbury, who was out of the lineup with what Terry Francona vividly described as "intestinal turmoil." But the Jays would tie it up in the same inning on a bases-loaded double-play grounder by Kevin Millar.
Toronto took the lead on a single by Alex Rios in the fourth inning and never looked back, Jose Bautista adding a two run double in the same frame, and Adam Lind taking Penny deep for two more in the next inning. Boston got a consolation shot from Jed Lowrie, but that was all, as Marc Rzepczynski (seriously) and the Toronto bullpen held the Sox to six hits.
There's every reason to have hope for tomorrow, however, with Josh Beckett starting and this Red Sox team proving earlier in the season that they know how to bounce back from bad losses.
Justin Masterson came on for Penny and pitched two perfect innings of relief.
Even though he scored one of the Sox' two runs, Jed Lowrie's error in the eighth was a real howler.
"I think he was kind of effectively wild," said Red Sox third baseman Mike Lowell, straining his rationalization bone. (Source: MLB.com)
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Michael Moorcock would have you believe that the Eternal Champion is the pawn of Chaos, or Law, or the Balance, or some other supernatural force. Well, it turns out that this so-called supernatural force is actually the whims of the author himself.
In Count Brass, there are collected the latter three Hawkmoon books: Count Brass, The Champion of Garathorm, and The Quest for Tanelorn. Moorcock forces poor Dorian Hawkmoon to face all manner of trials, including the loss of his wife, the loss, once again, of his dear friends, the loss of his children, and even the loss of his identity.
While the end of each novel takes away a huge chunk of hope, Moorcock also leaves the reader with a glimpse of hope. And eventually, he leaves the Champion with more control of his own destiny than he's ever before had.
This volume marks an excellent bookend to the chronicles of the Eternal Champion, and while it seems an end, we all know that if there is a wildly successful story or intriguing cast of characters, the story is never truly over.
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So I grabbed the three books contained in this volume as I headed out for a two week vacation on the other side of the pond. I had recently finished up the first four Hawkmoon books and thought that I'd just go ahead with the Hawkmoon cycle. It wasn't until the end of [The Quest for Tanelorn] that I realized that this wasn't just the end of the Hawkmoon cycle, but the end of the entire Eternal Champion cycle. I probably should have read them in order, but I just didn't know what kind of problems I'd be causing by jumping out of sequence.
Oh well - I guess I need to go backfill my Eternal Champion reading now.
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Officials at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant say they could begin sending probes into the facility to determine the cause of the radiation leak as early as today.
Joe Franco, manager of the Department of Energy's Carlsbad Field Office, said plans to begin sending probes today into the mines to determine what caused the radiation leak on Feb. 14, if conditions are suitable for beginning the work.
"Factors that could affect that decision include wind, and even rain," Franco said in a news conference Thursday evening. If weather allows, probes should be deployed into the plant within the next few days in an attempt to determine the cause of the leak.
Officials have said no employees will enter the facility until probes [auth] can be used to determine the cause of the leak and the extent of the damage. One scenario officials are considering is that a ceiling or a wall of the storage facility collapsed, causing the leak.
Franco was joined by David Klaus, U.S. Department of Energy deputy undersecretary, and David Huizenga, senior advisor for the DOE's Office of Environmental Management for a town hall meeting and a news teleconference in Carlsbad.
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Huizenga said the Centers for Disease Control and the Environmental Protection Agency verified the DOE's analysis that the radiation leak was minimal. "The safety of our employees and of the public are key items in our activities as we go forward."
Some of the uncertainty was quelled late Wednesday when officials announced that the level of particles being captured by monitoring stations in the Carlsbad area had decreased significantly and were close to normal. Officials said further testing on the 13 workers who were at the plant at the time of the leak shows they aren't likely to experience any serious health effects.
The repository stopped taking shipments in early February when a truck hauling salt through the underground mine caught fire. Several workers were treated for smoke inhalation, and the mine was temporarily closed.
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JiaYu G2 S / JiaYu G2 Plus – கண்ணாடியை விமர்சனம்: MT6577 Dual Core 4-inch and other planned upgrades of the Jiayu G2
It is no doubt that the entry-level JiaYu G2 smartphone gained its popularity ever since the G1 மற்றும் MT6575 JiaYu G2 was released to the public. அந்த 4″ single-core 1GHz Android ICS phone was sold like hotcakes as it impressed the consumers with its high-end specs, exemplary design and most of all; the very much affordable price.
அந்த JiaYu ஜி 3 is one of the most anticipated MT6577 handset as of now for release. There isnt a definite release date for that monster phone and consumers are now getting impatient so as to think that this G3 might loose its built gusto on people when it was first presented to us.
இப்பொழுது, JiaYu brings us another handset which is the JiaYu G2 S or even called JiaYu G2 plus/Jiayu G2+. Its now on the same and latest MT6577 dual-core CPU. இன்னும், it maintained its design and over-all build quality, for this upgrade it was a hardware pimp up.
Looking back at the highly commendable specifications of the MT6575 JiaYu G2, here's some of its good points:
- CPU MediaTek MT6575 1GHz
- RAM 1GB / ROM 4GB support memory card expansion
- 4-inch 800×480 resolution IPS
- 8.0 மெகாபிக்சல்கள் + 0.3MP front with LED flash
- ஆண் போன்ற 4.0
- இரட்டை சிம்
- 2050mAh removable battery
- விலை: $159.99 (check it out on Fastcardtech for more info's and freebies)
Expect that price to get lower once the new JiaYu G2 starts getting a high market demand. இப்பொழுது, let's take a review of the new JiaYu G2 S, மற்றும் JiaYu G2 plus.
JIAYU G2 plus Specs and Features
Here are some of the listed specs of this new JiaYu G2:
- மாதிரி: JiaYu G2 Plus
- CPU: MT6577 Dual Core 1.2GHz
- ஜி.பீ.: PowerVRTM SGX Series5 3D
- ரேம்: 1ஜி
- ரோம்: 4ஜி / மைக்ரோ SD நினைவக அட்டை (TF-அட்டை),MAX support 32GB
- திரை: 4.0 Inch IPS Capacitive Multi-touch Screen,WVGA 480 x 800,
- இரட்டை சிம் – 2G:GSM 850/900/1800/1900MHz, 3G:WCDMA 2100MHz
- Camera Resulotion: 8MP back camera, 0.3எம்.பி. முன் கேமரா
- Built In GPS & A.GPS, Bluetooth with EDR & A2DP, Wi-Fi : IEEE 802.11 ப / கிராம், micro USB 2.0, Gravity Sensor, Proximity Sensor, Light Sensor, FM radio
- பரிமானங்கள்: 124x63x10.4mm
- Accessories:1 battery(2050mAh), 1 charger, 1 earphone, 1 data cable
Looking at the chipset specs, its a high-end smartphone on a price tag of just $168. அந்த MT6577 CPU is a well-tested dual-core chip that is always able to give a smooth, lag-free and fast experience to every Android ICS users that have this CPU hardware. HD gaming or even HQ multimedia processing, this specs can handle those tasks with ease.
To mention, அந்த 1ஜிபி ரேம் gives a lot of beef you can use for multi-tasking. அந்த 4ஜிபி is also the same as I have been always mentioning that it can have a possible 2.5GB usable internal storage memory. Accounting into that, you can still expand up your available memory with an external SD card of up to 32GB max.
அந்த IPS screen ஒரு 4-inch WVGA capacitive touch screen, and everything is almost the same as we heard it from different phone units. It is good that the battery capacity is maintained at 2050mAh, which is a rating that can give you more app time with your G2 for a couple of days on a single charging.
இந்த MT6577 version of the JiaYu G2 might be the really same as the older JiaYu G2 with MT6575. I am not very much 100% sure though. This is what I have in mind: its just a G2 with a new CPU chipset, the blazing fast MT6577 dual-core CPU.
இந்த JiaYu G2 plus is already listed and available on Fastcardtech. இந்த இணைப்பை பாருங்கள். On Fastcardtech, there is an offered free plastic case or jelly/rubber case and free screen guard as freebies. Pre-orders on FCT is noted to ship on around September 5-10.
Not to be confused, அந்த JiaYu G2 S is a different one. அது ஒரு விளையாட்டு qHD screen இல் 960×540 பிக்சல்கள் உடன் 8MP camera. Everything else is the same. The price and release date is still unknown.
There is also other variation of this G2 that is isnt released yet. I do not get the idea why they have to do this. I mean, they should just went all-out with a G2 that is dual core and qHD.
Its a JiaYu G2 உடன் dual-core MT6577 CPU clocked at 1GHz, running ஆண் போன்ற 4.0 ICS. Sporting the same WVGA screen at 480×800 பிக்சல்கள் தீர்மானம். இது கொண்டுள்ளது 512எம்பி ரேம் மற்றும் 4ஜிபி ரோம். Same 2050mAh battery rating but with just 5.0 megapixels camera. Price is expected to start from just $95.
Somehow, this gives a wow factor. A dual-core at $95? This is crazy! China-made smartphones just keep on getting cheaper and more affordable. இன்னும், the specs is not junk. We now see cheap entry-level smartphones at the face of a JiaYu G2.


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10 Questions: Kyle Gass of Tenacious D
Welcome to the new Guitar.com! We've got great things planned and we're hoping that the guitar.com community is prepared to help make this the most informative guitar site on the web.
For starters, you?ll note that we've posted a Suggestion Box on the home page, specifically to hear from YOU. Before we do anything major to the site, we want to know what you like about the site as it currently stands, what you'd like to see here in the future, and what you'd like to see improved.
Basically, we want to improve upon the already wonderful environment that's been created and make sure that we don't do away with content that you feel is of true value. Once we get some input from our community, we'll put your suggestions to work and update the site accordingly.
This month we're introducing a new column called "10 Questions". For our kickoff column, we're featuring Kyle Gass of "Tenacious D." Kyle was taking a break from the road and relaxing while Jack was filming a soon-to-be cinematic masterpiece. Now, for those of you who may not be familiar with "The D," They are Jack Black and Kyle Gass. Jack, also known for his roles in such films as Orange County, Shallow Hal, and Hi-Fidelity. And Kyle, who is also known as??. as?as? as the guitar-wielding, talent-laden sidekick seen on Mr. Show and other well-known episodics, too numerous to mention.
Tenacious D has taken the music world by storm and has been touring for the better part of 2002. Their self-titled debut recording on Epic Records was released late in 2001 and has become a staple of rock radio across America.
If you haven't had a chance to catch them live, you must take advantage of the opportunity should you be lucky enough to have them infect your home town. If you own a radio, this summer you're bound to hear "Tribute" and/or "Wonderboy" pounding out across the beaches, parkways, fine arts museums, and nursing home Bingo rooms.
Produced by The Dust Brothers, who are best known for their work with the Beastie Boys, Beck, and dozens of others, the "D" employed the talents of Foo Fighter Dave Grohl for drumming and guitar duties, Warren Fitzgerald (The Vandals), Page McConnell (Phish), and Steve McDonald (Redd Kross).
Although this column is known as "10 Questions", Kyle was very busy doing all the things that you would expect a true rock god to be up to, so this is an abbreviated version of "10 Questions". We wouldn't do this for anyone else but "THE D!" Okay, maybe "8 Questions" for AC/DC or "7 Questions" with Hendrix, but Jimi's not talking to me since the séance, when I asked him why he wrote the line "scuse me while I kiss this guy." I was just kidding, Jimi, call me! Oh well, with no further introductions needed, I give you: Kyle Gass of The D?
Guitar.com: It's been said, Kyle, that you are responsible for Jack's guitar talents. Many have known Jack's amazing vocal skills (be sure to see Jack in Hi-Fidelity for proof), but is it true that you?re his guitar mentor?
Kyle: Yes, Jack was an accomplished singer when I met him, annoyingly so. So much, in fact, that he thought he was Bobby McFerrin and I said, "Dude, learn sum guitar yo!" And then he sat on my couch for like 3 months playin? the same three chords! Almost drove me batty.
Guitar.com: You both have writing influences that lean in many different directions. For example, Dio must be mixed in there somewhere (there's a song on the Tenacious D album called "Dio"). What would you say would be the strongest musical influences on your writing?
Kyle: Influences? ummm? Ozzy, uh?The Beatles, Neil Young, Foo Fighters, Journey, Styx, Oasis, Jimmy Eat World (takin' care of my homies).
Guitar.com: What types of guitars are you taking on tour with you, and do you have any favorites that maybe didn't make it onto the road?
Kyle: Martins! They sound the best.
Guitar.com: The quality of the recording is exceptional; great guitar tones, both acoustic and electric. Who was the master of tone in the studio and how was it working with the Dust Brothers?
Kyle: It was intimidating at first cuz the Dust Brothers have some great creds? I mean, sh*t, they produced Hanson...(that got me) shakin' in my boots...
Guitar.com: Do either of you have a personal Guitar god?
Kyle: The usuals - your Pages, Jimi Hendrix traditional-ish guitar gods... but for me, personally it's gotta be Neil Young. Not technically the best, but big on soul.
Guitar.com: Now that you have your first record under your belt, are you writing for the new HBO show or having thoughts of a follow-up recording? And with such a busy touring schedule, when do you write the most?
Kyle: The follow up record is almost done in our minds but you know what they say... whole life to come up with the first one, 6 months to come up with the second.
Guitar.com:Thanks, Kyle for taking the time to chat with us. Web surfers - for more information on the "doings" of Tenacious D, be sure to visit www.tenaciousd.com. Be sure to tell Tenacious Lee, Guitar.com said to stop by and say Hi!


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Outdoor A/C compressor cut-off safety
After a temporary problem with an a/c compressor, flipping the circuit breaker a few times before it came back on, I noticed (via cheapo AC detector wand) AC being detected on the cover plate of the (outdoor) cut-off switch. It's one of those typical 6"x10" or so metal boxes where the circuit enters, there's a switch on the outside that's metal with a plastic handle, and the box feeds power to the a/c compressor unit.
Details: The circuit takes up three breaker spaces (rated 50A) in the main circuit breaker. (edit: removed possibly incorrect assumptions about the A/C condenser)
Anyway, breaking out a multimeter, if I touch the screws on the cut-off switch box to a surface screw on the a/c compressor unit, there's 60v between them, about half of a single 120v circuit, so there's got to be a connection to one of the 3 circuits, not a good connection, but enough to be dangerous? Testing the cutoff switch box cover against the a/c compressor screws shows anywhere from <1v to 8v depending on where on the cut-off box I'm testing. Testing the metal conduit that leads into the cut-off box from the main circuit breaker shows similar low voltages... but it should be zero I assume.
There obviously isn't enough current flowing to trip the breaker, but I have no idea how much there is and I can't shut it off just now to diagnose it because I need the A/C. (opening the box with it energized is not my idea of fun even with thick gloves... I'm not an electrician, but I stayed at a holiday inn last night...). Also, the screws on the cut-off box can't be very well grounded or there wouldn't be such high voltage between them and the screws on the a/c compressor... I think if they were well-grounded it would completely short and the circuit breaker would trip?
Is this a problem worth looking into, or can there be 60v vs ground on these exterior cutoff boxes without serious consequences? AFAIK it's been like this for a while. I only noticed it because of a power outage today that temporarily screwed up the a/c compressor.
edit... the other a/c compressor, on a different circuit, has what I would expect... wand detects no a/c anywhere around the box or conduit, and voltmeter shows no differential between the cutoff box screws or enclosure and ground.
I'd start by turning off the power and opening up that disconnect box to look at the connections. Post up a picture here if you want.
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You should NEVER read a voltage on a metal surface, something is amiss....
No contact testers will always beep when ever voltage is flowing on a circuit, nearby circuit, or around a metal encased appliance.
Does not mean anything. Unless you have felt a electric shock when touching the chassis, disregard about the beeps that no contact told you.
As for the voltage you read, suggest reading up on Phantom voltage.
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Reading voltage on a de-energized conductor to neutral or ground that is part of a multiwire cable or feeder in conduit where another conductor is energized is referred to by several terms in electrical literature Fluke refers to this as "Ghost" voltages.
basically, Im saying, I think you need to read up on 'Phantom Voltage" And you are nowhere near qualified to dismiss this problem.
First thing I would do is open up the AC unit and take a good look at the capacitor and then check for continuity between the ground lug and the disconnect ground. It should be almost zero but I dont think yours is.
mpoulton, if they are touching around the disco with the no-contact, depending on how sensitive it is, it will pick up the live voltage. Mine will do it if I get within a foot or so of a light the disco for the a/c, an appliance, etc., without even touching it.
The thing about non-contacts, they are only as good as not being able to find a pencil when you need it. In other words, do not trust them, and leave them where you last placed them.
With main breaker on and cut-off lever in the "off" position (lever is to the side out of the picture frame), There's ~55v AC on the top three blocks, ~120v on the bottom three blocks (measured against the ground wire visible at the bottom).
I guess that's due to whatever's going on inside the compressor? If I left it off long enough that would go to zero? Measuring against the ground wire, there's no significant voltage on the cover or the metal conduit leading back to the main breaker panel (all <3v or so). The conduit from the cut-off to the compressor is not metal so there's nothing for me to check there.
So, I'm thinking there's no really anything obvious to be concerned about? Except... the multimeter was very clearly in AC voltage mode... should the 55v on the load side have been AC? I have no idea what the compressor circuitry is like.
Unless you discharge the capacitor, yes it can still give off residual stored voltage. Along with also most likely reading phantom voltage, even if power is off, the capacitor can still cause it with certain meters.
This is definitely not wired properly, but exactly what all is wrong is still hard to say. The green wire seems to be improperly used as a current carrying conductor, but I can't tell what for unless this is a 3-phase circuit. The white wire should not pass through the disconnect, it should remain connected at all times. The condensing unit appears to be completely ungrounded since the green wire has been misappropriated for some other purpose.
If the condenser is ungrounded, that would explain how the surface of the condenser (or a screw on the surface) is showing a voltage vs the screws on the cut-off switch box, right?
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On the previous image, the top three blocks were in the 45-55v range the first time I measured, and they were all approx. 55v the second. The bottom three were all 120v. The first two (left) on the bottom were 118-120 and the third (white), the right-most, was like 124v.
Clearly it is NOT grounded properly !
As for ghost voltages or phantom voltages,
Its not unheard of for some motors to inductively couple small currents into the frame.
But they are usually small, and will go away if grounded properly.
Get your grounds checked !
After seeing the pics, I'm not surprised there are strange problems.
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Ph'nglui mglw'nafh C'thulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn.
(In his house at R'lyeh dead C'thulhu waits dreaming.)
This year, I carved Cthulhu from H. P. Lovecraft's Cthulhu Mythos. I used my own pattern. It took seven hours to prepare and carve the pumpkin.
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This is SO cool!!!
Very nicely done
Looks amazing!
Ia Ia Cthulhu fhtagn!
On Cheezburger/Memebase, I just received the highest compliment that you can get: "I'm beginning to suspect that a significant percent of these cool pumpkin carvings I've seen on internet are 'shopped. Not that I don't think they're possible, but that just doesn't look real."
Beautifully rendered! Looking to be among the first eaten on the Great Day???
The elder pumpkin has come! Nice work. Isn't it shocking how much time these
kind of pumpkins take?
kind of pumpkins take?
This was probably my most time-consuming carve yet. (Getting the cut-out pieces out of the forehead without collapsing the design was a challenge. I also had to rinse it several times while scoring just to see what I was doing.)
Nerve wracking right? After about 2-3 hours in to a project you start to think: "I can't screw this up now!" Anyway,
I just looked at your other pumpkins and they are amazing. Well done!
I just looked at your other pumpkins and they are amazing. Well done!
It is! It's interesting to watch my thought process as I go through the process of carving. When I make the pattern, I am very confident. When I see the transferred lines on the pumpkin, I'm convinced the whole thing is going to be an irredeemable mess. This continues as I score the flesh off of the more complex parts. I am never sure that it looks good until it's done and I light it up.
hahaha it's amazing! gtreat work man!
Thanks! I really enjoyed carving it. It didn't turn out quite as well as I'd hoped -- I had to simplify the pattern to prevent the whole forehead from collapsing -- but I am reasonably satisfied with it.
Most excellent indeed! I'm always amazed by this kind of work.


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Originally written and directed by filmmaker John Waters in 1988, and then put on Broadway, the camp musical HAIRSPRAY could easily have run its course with viewers. But thanks to playful direction, flashy costumes, over-the-top performances, and a positive message of peace, this newest spin proves to be yet another enjoyable incarnation. Set in 1960s Baltimore, the story follows a plump young girl named Tracy Turnblad (played by impressive newcomer Nikki Blonski) on an amazing journey as her dream of dancing on the popular Corny Collins Show becomes a reality. The local television program is a shiny spectacle spear-headed by Corny Collins (James Marsden), a gang of young dancers, and producer Velma Von Tussle (Michelle Pfeiffer), a seductress ice queen whose manipulative ways ensure her daughter Amber (Brittany Snow) gets more than her fair share of screen time as one of the show's stars. When Tracy shows up at an open call, Velma can barely contain her rage, and sets out to rid the show of Tracy and the talented black dancers who make up the show's popular "Negro Day." Thus begins a war of talent and a battle for justice, with those in favor of integration meeting many obstacles along the way.
While less out-there than Waters's original, the film still contains some very quirky humor. John Travolta playing Tracy's overweight mother may seem an odd concept at first, but in this context it works. Scenes that would ordinarily be cheesy are made more interesting due to the odd dynamic between Christopher Walken and John Travolta playing man and wife. As the two dance and woo one another, the strange smile on Travolta's lipsticked lips and the grace of Walken's dancing will be sure to fascinate viewers. Viewers should also watch for cameos by Ricki Lake, and by John Waters as a Baltimore streaker. With all the wacky comedy, it's often easy to forget that the meat of HAIRSPRAY is a battle over racial integration. The film manages to create some touching moments in the midst of sparkling musical numbers.
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The 1823 site avoids the outpouring of locational sufferings and grief
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If anything proves that the PPP/C has discounted receiving African votes in the near future it must be its decision to change the proposed site of the 1823 monument from the Independence Square to Carifesta Avenue and its administratively incorrect and flimsy excuse for doing so!
Why else would any political party of sane people build up so much bad faith with the broadest cross-section of the leadership of a group that has electorally demonstrated, in no uncertain terms, that it already has no confidence in it? How else also can we explain its doing so at a time when the people of Linden, who belong to the same kind of constituency and with whom the government has just signed an agreement, is so fed up with the latter's intransigence that they are now blaming the party they voted for for allowing the PPP/C to get away with not implementing the agreement. But putting all this aside, why in our already divided society, would the government present the opposition, and particularly APNU, with a physical mobilisation object that it could drag right into the coming decades?
The most prevalent explanation of why the regime has taken this blatantly provocative path in the manner it did is the commonplace one that is usually given when the PPP/C makes these highly inexplicable decisions. It is that the party wishes to provoke an African response that will help it to mobilise its estranged supporters in the event of an election that may result from the upcoming budget not being passed as a result of opposition objections. If this point of view is correct, the regime may have overreached itself, for this particular action appears to many of its supporters as too highhanded and dangerous: putting the fortunes of the PPP/C and its leadership ahead of the security of its traditional supporters.
There is another more practical but again traditional explanation. It is that almost as soon as it had turned the sod in Independence Square in 2000, the PPP/C recognised the explosive nature of the site and did not want to present the African people and their leaders with such an historic/psychological open space for future mobilisation.
It is not simply that slaves were ill-treated and slain in that place but that Independence Square/Parade Ground has been the historic stumping ground of the PNC since the 1950s. It is there that it has held some of its largest ever rallies to mobilise against and contribute to throwing the PPP out of government in those troubled times. Then again, the place is called Independence Square and placing the monument there may suggest that Africans have made an overwhelming contribution to the struggle for independence, something the PPP has historically associated with its own history. Why give the opposition the opportunity of a site that will make it so easy for it to portray poignant images of blood, sacrifice and resistance as essential requirements for freedom!
Everyone can see that the location chosen by the regime on Carifesta Avenue offers no such opportunities. There is no essential historical African attachment to the site to allow for a spontaneous outpouring of locational sufferings and grief. Moreover, the site can be more easily cordoned off to prevent "adventurist" political action and it is of course located on the doorstep of the Guyana Defence Force, the supposed gate-keepers!
If the above is true it is a clear demonstration that although its context has changed, the PPP/C simply does not understand this or is incapable of making the appropriate transitional response! The party appears to be still operating on a trajectory that seeks to keep the African people at bay for some considerable time in the future. In doing so, it has now left the opposition, and particularly what appears to many to be a politically reluctant APNU together with and its core constituency, with no alternative but to reject and have nothing to do with the new site, organise opposition to it and make a commitment to changing the location if and when the opportunity arises. The only question now must be how to organise while not at the same time presenting the PPP/C with an ethnic mobilisation opportunity. To many this might appear bourgeois caution, but I believe our peculiar context requires it.
I said above that the regime's explanation for changing the site is administratively incorrect and flimsy. Yet these very flaws may offer a way out of the current dilemma: assuming the regime recognises where it politically is. The contention that a notice inviting public responses to its decision to change the site of the monument from Independence Square was published cannot pass the test of administrative justice. If one agrees upon a course of action with any specific person or group it is incorrect to change that decision without sufficient and specific notice to such entities. Such behaviour might well be even justiciable and I want to suggest that the regime recognise this and that in the interest of good future relations it finds a way to change course and not create a physical monument where countless hundreds will be socialised into dislike for it.
It is in the nature of our society and our political management arrangements for incidents such as this to materialise from time to time. What the present context would suggest to the rational and historically unencumbered mind is the need for a new form of collective governance that will allow our people to flower and grow together. But as I have argued a number of times in this column, even if rational, the present leadership of the PPP/C is certainly not historically unencumbered!
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(CNSNews.com) - Officials at the UN International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) have been caught off guard by the recent surge in cases brought before the tribunal and are moving quickly to ensure swift and fair trials, said a UN spokesperson - though he acknowledged that some delays have occurred.
Recently, the ICTY has come under fire as critics charge that personnel changes, lack of funds, and bureaucratic red tape are holding up indictments for war crimes in the troubled Balkan region.
Paul Risley, spokesperson for the ICTY Prosecutor's Office in The Hague, Netherlands, told CNSNews.com that the recent influx of 31 cases before the tribunal, following the U.S. air war in Kosovo, has caught the tribunal by surprise.
"In the past five years, for the most part, there has not been nearly as many cases before the judges, and as a result they adopted a fairly relaxed pace towards their cases, and were fairly lenient in allowing both sides to delay matters and take extra time to prepare," Risley said.
"In the last six months, there has much greater pressure brought to bear on the judges to bring about trials in a much quicker pace."
Risley also said that the length of the trials - in some cases, over two years - indicates that "clearly, there's a process there that could be tightened up," but reiterated the tribunal's confidence that it has the resources and the will to sort through evidence of war crimes expeditiously.
"There are fourteen judges sitting in three separate tribunals, and right now we're pretty much at maximum speed," Risley told CNSNews.com. "There will always be complaints that these sort of cases take a lot of time."
The ICTY has also been hit by the departure of three senior officials in the past several months, including chief prosecutor Louise Arbour, who will leave next week to take a seat on the Canadian Supreme Court. Presiding Judge Gabrielle Kirk McDonald will also leave in November, 1999, and will be replaced by U.S. District Court Judge Patricia M. Wald.
Presently, there are 30 prisoners awaiting trial before the tribunal (one prisoner committed suicide after being arrested). In the past five years, only six people have entered guilty pleas or been found guilty of war crimes after a trial - and a recent article in the Chicago Tribune quotes critics who say the guilty please and convictions have come in the cases of low-level officials with limited responsibility for carrying out alleged genocide.
And while the court recently issued indictments for Serbian president Slobodan Milosevic and his top aides, it has little choice but to wait until Milosevic turns himself in or is arrested - both unlikely possibilities, according to many observers.
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No. 1 USC won its third NCAA team title and freshman Annie Park claimed Troy's fourth individual NCAA crown - both in dominating fashion - as the Trojans completed a remarkable postseason run on the final day of the 2013 NCAA Women's Golf Championships at the University of Georgia G.C. in Athens, Ga., on Friday (May 24).
The Trojans finished at 19-under 1133 (284-276-285-288), shattering the previous NCAA Championship record for most strokes under par, which was previously four (UCLA, 2004).
USC began the day with a 17-stroke lead over second-place Duke and finished with a 21-shot margin of victory, the biggest at the NCAA Championships since Arizona won by the same amount in 2000. Duke finished second at 2-over 1154 while Purdue was third at 21-over 1173.
The Trojans remarkably placed all five players in the top 17. In addition to Park at the top at 10-under 278 (70-67-70-71), freshman Kyung Kim (74-69-69-77) and junior Sophia Popov (71-70-74-74) tied for sixth at 1-over 289, sophomore Doris Chen tied for 15th at 4-over 292 (72-78-72-70) and junior Rachel Morris tied for 17th at 5-over 293 (71-70-79-73). Park and Popov's scorers counted all four days, Chen and Morris counted three times and Kim - the only Trojan with two rounds in the 60s this week - counted twice.
"It was definitely an awe-inspiring victory today," said USC 17th-year head Andrea Gaston. "I know that our team broke a number of records at this tournament. These girls just played amazing. I know that all year long, they've worked extremely hard, been very dedicated and relentless in their work ethic. I also know that Justin Silverstein, our assistant coach, was a huge part of our success this year. We just have an incredible support staff, and I'm very thankful that they all played a very important role, and this truly is a team victory.
"I know Annie (Park) is proud to win the individual title, but I think this team win means a lot more to her than anything else, and obviously to this team. I'm extremely proud of them and so honored to be here and celebrating this victory."
The NCAA title extended USC's season-win record to seven and followed victories in the 2013 NCAA West Regional and the 2013 Pac-12 Championships. The NCAA crown complements Trojan national titles in 2003 (by 15 strokes) and 2008 (by six strokes) and is USC's sixth win in the past seven events this year.
After losing NCAA titles by one stroke in 2012 (to Alabama) and in 2010 (to Purdue), the Trojans enjoyed today's comfortable margin, though it was not without some nerves.
"It was still a nail-biting round. When you've got the wind blowing, it's not in our control, but these girls know what their doing, they've played in all kinds of conditions," Gaston said. "To me, no lead is ever big enough, and you have to take care of business out there. I think we might have started to enjoy the ride a little bit by maybe the 14th hole. I definitely wanted to get through part of the back nine, and I knew we turned very comfortably, but there is no big lead when you have conditions like this. You just want to continue to play aggressive, which is the way we've been playing the last few days. I just saw so much fight in all of these girls."
USC opened the final round in steady fashion and never saw its lead dip under the 17 strokes that it started with. Park and Chen each went through the front 9 at 1-under while Popov was even.
Kim and Morris struggled a bit on the front, but Kim, though her round didn't count today, rallied to finish the back 9 at par. Morris, meanwhile, finished the final nine holes at 2-under, including a stretch of four birdies over the final five holes.
Chen got home at 1-under on the back 9, Popov at 2-over and Park at even. Park briefly flirted with the NCAA record for most under par for 72 holes, set at 12 in 1983 and 2010. Park got to 13-under after back-to-back birdies on 13 and 14 before experiencing her only tough stretch of the tournament, going bogey, double bogey, bogey between 15 and 17. She redeemed herself with a birdie on 18 after just missing a putt for eagle.
Park, just the seventh freshman to win an NCAA individual title, joins USC's previous NCAA individual champions Jennifer Rosales (1998), Mikaela Parmlid (2003) and Dewi Claire Schreefel (2006). Rosales won by three strokes, Parmlid won in a playoff while Schreefel won by two strokes.
"I had a tough beginning today, trying to make some pars," said Park, whose closest competitor, Duke's Lindy Duncan, finished six shots behind at 4-under. "I had some birdies going on later, but then I also had some bogeys after that. It definitely feels great ending with a birdie. The result was very unexpected for myself. I was just trying to play my best each round and each shot. It turned out to be good and it feels great."
Park's win is her fourth of the year and her third in row after she matched USC's team wins at the Pac-12s and NCAA West Regional (where she tied for first). Her four wins equals USC's school record for season wins with Irene Cho (2006) and Parmlid (2003). She is just the second NCAA woman to win a conference, regional and NCAA title. The other is Arizona's Marisa Baena in 1996.
Park was also named 2013 WGCA Player and Freshman of the Year at the championship banquet later that evening.
USC is now one of only five schools with at least three NCAA team titles. Arizona State has seven, Duke has five while USC joins San Jose State and UCLA at three.
"It was pretty brutal last year losing by one stroke. This year, it was extremely comfortable," Popov said. "We all just played really well and it's great having that lead going into the final round. It's great to have that security knowing that I have four players that have my back (if I don't have a great round). The depth of this team really helped this year. It was fun playing with them."
USC became the first school to post the low round each day since 1982.
USC extended its NCAA leading streak of top 5 NCAA finishes to 8 and has 14 top 5 finishes overall, tied for second most with UCLA. Arizona State has the most at 16.
USC now has four NCAA individual titles, tied for second most with Arizona. Arizona State has five.
Annie Park's win marks USC's 10th top 5 NCAA finish.
USC's second-round 276 set the NCAA Championship record for low round and was the second-best round in school history.
Park and Sophia Popov finish the year with seven top 10s apiece while Kyung Kim has six.


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102 - How To Wager Start here for the basics on how to place a bet.
103 - Types of Races Should you bet on a Stakes, Maiden or Claiming?
104 - Beginner Tips Get a start on some of the main points to consider when betting.
105 - Reading The Daily Racing Form or Program Ttutorials on how to read the racing form.
106 - Money Management Manage your risk and enjoy the day.