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Less beaurocracy, more democracy is what we, as filmmakers want. It feels as if there's a distinct lack of leadership at a time when vision and a fundamental understanding of what it is to be a filmmaker is crucial. As well as being an independent producer I am priveleged to serve as CEO for the Producers' Forum. We are run by filmmakers for filmmakers and we are passionate about access to training and professional development outside of London. After 8 years in existence we are fighting for survival due to all this nonsense. Dealing with DCMS, BFI and SWM I have found no organisation seems to be prepared to take on leadership or responsibility for providing satisfactory answers and yet aren't these the very organisations supposed to be supporting us? Having just returned from 2 days at the Skillset funded SDF Seize the Future I feel truly inspired to work on new models of finance and distribution. At the heart of this New World lies collaboration, democracy and social entrepreneurship, qualities I fear are sadly lacking in this sorry tale.
Comment on: Vaizey, Nevill talk about details of 'transition year' at BSAC conference
A quota or levy on the box office would make all the difference between the UK film industry being questionably sustainable and being tremendously successful. We only have to look across the Channel to France to see what a great impact it has there. As a filmmaker living and working outside of London, I am cautiously optimistic about the evolution of Creative England and I also look forward to engaging with the BFI in a dynamic and creative way.
Comment on: Toronto's Handling says it's a 'fine year' for British cinema
So inspiring to know there are so many great British Films at TIFF
Comment on: The post-UKFC future: experts share their visions
Its really encouraging to read such wise words from the group of industry voices as featured above. The lottery funding, albeit a fraction of what is needed, has made the development and growth of film production in the West Midlands region possible. It would be so shortsighted of the new government not to understand the enormous importance films plays in the UK, both in cultural and economic terms. Lets hope they listen to the above voices, take advice from the industry experts and find a smart way forwards.
Comment on: Pact outlines new recoupment proposals to help UK producers
This is potentially totally business changing for so many of us-what a revolution it would be-let's hope public bodies will understand how important this is.


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You came in last season and didn't really have much time to practice or work out. This season you have and you really looked good. You must feel pretty good about yourself going into this season.
"Yeah, I really do. I feel like I'm a man now. I've been working all this year trying to get better."
What are some specific things that you have gotten better at?
"I've gotten better physically. I'm a better rebounder. I'm a lot stronger and will be able to help the team out a lot this year."
No offense meant but last year you were pretty skinny. This year you definitely aren't skinny any more. How much weight have you gained since you got here last season?
"When I first got here I was 180. Now I'm 206. I gained 26 pounds, which is pretty good over a year's time."
And it's all muscle, isn't it?
"Yes sir."
You didn't gain an ounce of fat.
"No fat."
How does that additional weight and strength help you on the court? Does it help you handle bigger guys?
"Yes, because last year when I first got here it was pretty hard because I had never lifted (weights). Now, it's a given. And I can handle myself much better."
With so many players back, what are you seeing from the team during practice this year?
"It is going to help us a lot. We are going to win more games this year. Last year we lost a lot of games because of fatigue."
What have you seen from the young guys, I.J. Ready and Fallou Ndoye?
"I like (Ready's) style of play. He can get up and down the court. He's the kind of point guard that I need."
Has it taken a little time to adjust to him because he can see when a guy is open when maybe the player doesn't even know he's open?
"He can. But I've adjusted to him. We've played up and down some so I know how it is playing with him."
What have you seen from Fallou Ndoye that you like?
"He's tall and a pretty good rebounder. He just has to get more physical and he'll be a great player in a couple of years."
You are a perfect example of how much weight and strength a person can gain in one year?
"Yeah, he can do it. He gains a couple of more pounds he'll be good."
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"With a discharge petition, the blame is no longer just on the House Republican leadership," Chinn added.
Once his discharge becomes official, he'll become the 266th service member to be kicked out since Obama took office.
It used to be that a lot of those factories simply would not treat their discharge or emissions at all.
But even as he was receiving awards, the military brass was processing his discharge—they had found out he was transgender.
The latest maneuver by the Democrats is something called a discharge petition.
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We had rockets on board, and I directed Ben to discharge one of them.
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Sugun, BS and Rao, RMVGK (2009) Impactor Mass effects in polymer Matrix Composites under Low Velocity Conditions: A Repeated Drops Test Approach. lnternational Journal of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Sciences, 2(1) June 2009 .Full text available as:
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This paper utilizes the concept of repeated drop tests to understand impactor mass effects under low velocity test conditions on Polymer Matrix Composites. Twill woven glass fabric reinforcements and epoxy matrices(three variants) with differing cure schedules were used to prepare composite specimens. These specimens were then subjected to Repeated Drop Tests using an instrumented Impact test facility. Judicious combinations of Mass and Height were used to simulate equivalent incident energies (E in) ranging from 3 J to 15J. Number of Drops to failure data (N,) was obtained for the varied impactor mass in each case. Ein - Nf plots and the Threshold Incident Energy (E*J values obtained from the overlay of these plots. showed. clear demarcable failures at lower incident energies, i.e., the specimen impacted with heavier impactor failed in less number of drops as compared to the specimen impacted with lighter mass for the same E,n. Also, E*!" obtained, clearly identified the point below which impactor mass effected earlier damage in composites. The hallmark conclusion that has been inferred from this research work is that "It is preferable to use lighter tools during routine service and overhauling of aircraft/ similar structures, so that they inflict minimum impact damage during work execution1 accidental drops".
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Dozens of Spelman women jet off annually to their study abroad programs. Margery A. Ganz, Ph.D., director of the Study Abroad and International Exchange Program at Spelman, and professor of history, says the criteria for study abroad is clear-cut and the payoff for the students endless. At least 32 countries have hosted Spelmanites across Africa, Asia, the Caribbean, Europe and Latin America, and include universities in the West Indies, England, Czech Republic, Japan and Chile.
The trips can be life-altering. Ariel Eckblad, valedictorian of the Spelman class of 2010, applied for and won a Fulbright scholarship during her senior year. The award, which covers travel, research and study after graduation, allowed her to research women in government in India. Eckblad also won a Marshall Scholarship and studied at Royal Holloway, University of London before completing her studies at Harvard Law School. She was the third Marshall recipient for Spelman, and the College was the only HBCU to win a Marshall scholarship in that cycle. Since then, Tayler Ulmer, C'2015, who has a passion for travel and intellectual discovery, was also awarded both the Truman and Marshall Scholarships.
Juliana C. K. Montgomery, C'2006, knows all about creating new experiences. A 2006-2007 Fulbright Fellow to the Czech Republic, she created, shot, and produced the first phase of a documentary, which explored visual images of women during Czech communist and post-communist eras. She went on to become a 2010-2011 Henry Luce Scholar to Singapore where she worked with HBO Asia and the Asian Film Archive as part of a cultural immersion professional fellowship program. As a result of Montgomery's humanitarian and international development interests,the veteran media professional has traveled in over 30 countries and her industry production-related experience has spanned four continents.
Like many classmates, Khadijah Robinson, C'2011, chose Spelman over other schools like FAMU, Duke and Alabama. She was Spelman's first student to study at Portugal's New University of Lisbon. "The best thing Spelman has done for me is forced me to seek out my own opportunities and grow up if I wanted to make something happen," says Robinson.
Two study abroad experiences in Mexico and England "made a profound impact on" seasoned government affairs consultant Nicole Venable, principal at the Bockorny Group, a bipartisan lobbying firm.
The time overseas gave Venable "the travel bug." She spent part of her graduate school time in Italy and still travels abroad annually. In gratitude, Venable meets with Spelman students who are interns on Capitol Hill and helps administer the "Spelmanites on the Hill" networking group.
She also established the Lady Von Scholarship at Spelman. It will be endowed to the $50,000 level. Current Spelman students have used the funds to study in China, South Africa and Senegal.
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|From: Katsmall T. Wise, Esquire (kela_bit at netvision.net.il)
Date: Sun May 25 05:31:39 EDT 2003
Why do you need inexact arithmetics? Moth arithmetics are quite possible with exact numbers. Could you describe your problem? Perhaps I could help make it exact. Katsmall T. Wise, Esquire John Clements wrote: > For list-related administrative tasks: > http://list.cs.brown.edu/mailman/listinfo/plt-scheme > > > On Friday, May 23, 2003, at 18:57 US/Eastern, Alex Peake wrote: > >> For list-related administrative tasks: >> http://list.cs.brown.edu/mailman/listinfo/plt-scheme >> >> Is there a faster way to convert an inexact integer (4.0) to an exact >> integer (4)? >> (Context: I am using the result of floating point math to index into >> a vector for a translation >> value) >> >> I tried inexact->exact and it is very slow. I can find no other >> references in Help Desk (with my >> search guesses anyway). > > > I could very well be wrong, but I'd guess there's no built-in way to > speed this up. In the absence of static reasoning about the flow of > values, there's no way that mzscheme can guarantee safety without > performing run-time checks. > > If this is a real performance issue for you (and it sounds like it > is), your best bet is probably to write a tiny C extension that > performs the cast for you unsafely. To do the job right, what you'd > really like is to write a small tool that can prove statically that > the values that flow into this extension are always of a certain type > (presumably a double or float). In fact, while you're at it, you might > as well chop out another safety check by doing the vector lookup (you > still need a bounds check, of course) while in the C code. > > hope this helps, > > john clements >
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Thirty-five foreign hostages have been killed by Algerian forces who launched air strikes on the BP gas plant seized by al-Qaeda-linked terrorists, militants claimed today.
Soldiers from the Saharan state attacked the gas field where dozens of Westerners including Britons and Americans were being held in revenge for France's assault on al-Qaeda rebels in neighbouring Mali.Helicopters began strafing the plant this morning, hours after the rebels had threatened to blow up the hostages if they intervened.
Fifteen kidnappers, who had semtex strapped to their vests, were also reportedly killed at the Amenas field, deep in the Saharan south east of the country.A spokesman for the Masked Brigade, which had earlier claimed responsibility for the assault said Abou El Baraa, the leader of the kidnappers, was also killed.
The helicopter raid by the notoriously uncompromising Algerian authorities came just one day after the drama started.
As Al-Qaeda gunmen reinforced their position around a liquid gas installation partly run by BP, the military struck.
'Their 4x4 trucks were hit first, and then gunfire was turned on people in the complex,' said an Algerian diplomatic source. 'There are numerous casualties but figures cannot yet be confirmed.'
News organisations including Al Jazeera meanwhile suggested that some 34 hostages had died, along with 15 of their captors.
It is thought that many of the hostages died as the terrorists tried to use them as human shields
Algeria Hostage Bloodbath: Americans feared dead as 'Thirty-five' die with al Qaeda gang lead by one eyed thug called The Uncatchable
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Dealbreaker: The Unmedicated Guy
It didn't take long for me to figure out something about Nick* was different. Everything about him was outsized, super-charming and a bit impulsive. For our second date, he seriously considered whisking me away to Atlantic City for the weekend to go gambling. After only two weeks of dating, he told me he thought I was "the one." He chatted a mile a minute, exhausting one topic and moving right on to the next without missing a beat. On our earliest dates, I literally felt as though I was his audience — though I didn't exactly mind, because he was charismatic and bright and his life story fascinated me. I'm not the life of the party at all, so to be with someone who is the life of the party was extremely fun. When he finally told me after several dates that he had bipolar disorder and ADD, I nearly smacked myself in the forehead. Of course he does! I realized. He's textbook!
My older brother Eliot* also has bipolar disorder (also known as manic depression). Eliot's behavior when he has not been taking his medication is almost exactly like Nick's. He's just as impulsive, if not more so; a few Christmases ago, he tried to persuade me to ditch our family and drive to Foxwoods to go gambling. Eliot is also very charming, charismatic, bright and the dictionary definition of "the life of the party." Our personalities are so different that our friends can hardly believe he and I are related.
So when Nick mentioned that he is not taking medication for his bipolar and ADD, I nearly smacked myself in the forehead a second time. Of course, of course, I thought. And then: F**k. Mental illness is just a fact of my life. I have three loved ones who are really close to me with bipolar disorder: Eliot, a friend from home's mom whom I consider my surrogate mother, and an ex-boyfriend from many years ago. Through my relationships with them, by age 14 or 15, I could recognize the behaviors of people who suffer from this illness. (Eliot was not properly treated for his bipolar until he was in his mid-20s, so now I may well be an expert!)
But mental illness is a fact of my life because I have suffered from it as well. I've had bouts of some terrible depression (some call it unipolar depression) from my late teen years onward. A few years ago, during a really serious bout, my mom and my sister and one of my friends persuaded me that it was time to get serious about taking care of myself. I started seeing a therapist again, taking anti-depressants daily, making sure to get at least eight hours of sleep every night, and conscientiously trying to exercise better judgment with my life choices. For the past three years, I've felt beyond great. I even went through a craptacular breakup in January and managed not to plunge back into a depressive state. To me, that was a huuuuuge and important sign that I am caring for myself properly.
Let me be clear that I do not believe that everyone has to cope with their mental illness the same way I do. First of all, people have different diagnoses. Second of all, even amongst people with similar diagnoses, every single person has different life experiences. I know many, many other people with mental illnesses as well. My ex-boyfriend who was bipolar and I used to attend a mood disorders support group for young adults at Columbia University. It was there that I met many lovely people with all kinds of different life experiences. I know that "one size" does not "fit all."
That being said, I have been around the mood disorders block enough times to get the "Danger, Will Robinson!" message loud and clear.
When Nick* first told me how he wasn't taking meds or seeing a therapist, of course I interrogated him as to why not. His reasons are his reasons. They are not mine to judge. However, the repercussions of his choice in that regard continued to play out in our interactions. There was his manner of speaking that I already described, as well as complete differences in energy level. Some nights when I slept over, I would be ready to go to bed at a "normal" hour — like midnight — and he'd want to stay up for many hours more. If we traipsed around town on a Saturday afternoon, I would need some time to rest my feet and relax while he'd be ready for, like, six straight hours more of exciting activities. I felt like the difference between Nick's energy level (without coffee) and mine (with coffee) was 300 percent. I guess you could say he was very "raw." And frankly, it was exhausting for someone like me.
He mentioned this to me, of course. He wasn't oblivious; he could tell I seemed irritated and tired by him sometimes. He phrased our divergent behaviors as a potential personality difference: he is very, very extroverted and I am very, very introverted. I admitted to him that it's true our personalities are different. It's true I'm an introvert sent from Central Casting: I'm somewhat shy, generally pretty quiet, and would rather crawl under the table and die than draw attention to myself in a social setting. (I will never, ever, EVER do karaoke.) It's true that I do not always feel at ease around other people who are the complete opposite from me in this way, mostly because I don't understand why they feel comfortable behaving in a way that I don't. But I respect people are all different — we're all God's special little rainbows, so to speak — so it's not a big deal that not everyone is just like me.
With Nick, though, it did feel like a big deal — at least to me. When he'd suggest something impulsive (Let's go on a trip! Right now!) or chatter on for 20 minutes straight about five different topics without pausing for me to speak, I would think back to what he said about the bipolar and the ADD. I'd wonder if he'd want to do these things if he were taking medication, or whether this was just him, and then I would feel guilty about wishing he'd be on medication. Am I a hypocrite for being depressed myself and not wanting to date someone who struggles with similar problems as me? All those questions were difficult and heartbreaking to turn over and over in my head. But I don't feel like it is my place to tell other people how to treat their mental health, especially not someone I had only known for a month.
It wasn't easy to tell Nick that I did not think we would work out as a couple. I miss hanging out with him, because I truly adore Nick as a person. We only dated each other for one month (hanging out several times a week) and yet we formed an increasingly-intimate connection with each other that I know is truly uncommon in the demoralizing dating world. When Nick and I told each other that we wished each other the best and wanted to stay friends, I believe we both really meant it.
I have other hopes for Nick, as a friend. I hope he suffers as little from his illnesses as humanly possible. I hope he manages to cope with them as best he can. I hope he finds a woman who loves him better than I ever could have. I couldn't date someone who didn't treat their mental illness the way I do and the way my loved ones do. Perhaps another woman — a better woman? — will.
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Genesis 4:16-24
The Descendants Of Cain Bible scriptures located in Genesis 4:16-24 explains directly from God's Word the Descendants Of Cain topic.
Genesis 4:16
And Cain went out from the presence of the LORD, and dwelt in the land of Nod, on the east of Eden.
Genesis 4:17
And Cain knew his wife; and she conceived, and bare Enoch: and he builded a city, and called the name of the city, after the name of his son, Enoch.
Genesis 4:18
And unto Enoch was born Irad: and Irad begat Mehujael: and Mehujael begat Methusael: and Methusael begat Lamech.
Genesis 4:19
And Lamech took unto him two wives: the name of the one was Adah, and the name of the other Zillah.
Genesis 4:20
And Adah bare Jabal: he was the father of such as dwell in tents, and of such as have cattle.
Genesis 4:21
And his brother's name was Jubal: he was the father of all such as handle the harp and organ.
Genesis 4:22
And Zillah, she also bare Tubalcain, an instructer of every artificer in brass and iron: and the sister of Tubalcain was Naamah.
Genesis 4:23
And Lamech said unto his wives, Adah and Zillah, Hear my voice; ye wives of Lamech, hearken unto my speech: for I have slain a man to my wounding, and a young man to my hurt.
Genesis 4:24
If Cain shall be avenged sevenfold, truly Lamech seventy and sevenfold.
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This is not an original design and unfortunately I don't know whose it is... but it looks pretty different anyway. Turned out taller.
Learned lots with this one. Bottom three tiers are dummy, top is real. Condensation galore! eeek. August humidity! Needed to add a support system in the top tier because the topper was so heavy but I think it worked out great. All flowers are marshmallow fondant.
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text: Flood disaster committee visits hard-hit areas By on November 24, 2013 Legislators struck by self-reliance of victims and fight-back spirit "What struck me most was the bend-not-break Colorado spirit that we saw in town after town," Rep. Dave Young, D-Greeley, said after his Flood Disaster Study Committee spent two days this week visiting areas ravaged by the Great Flood of 2013. "Over and over we saw […]This content is only available to subscribers. Login or Subscribe Share this:EmailTwitterFacebook Current News, Title Item


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Dr. Zimmerman's TUESDAY TIP:
"If you have some respect for people as they are, you can be more effective in helping them to become better than they are."
John W. Gardner, author and government leader
Dr. Alan Zimmerman's Personal Commentary:
If you're like most of the people I meet, you've probably got too much free time on your hands. Your job is easier than ever, and there isn't enough to do at work to keep yourself busy.
Yeah, right!!! Nobody seems to feel that way or say such things. Most people are feeling a bit overwhelmed and are struggling to keep up with all the demands.
That being the case, every one of us needs to be as productive as possible at work. None of us can afford to be distracted at work ... because every time you get distracted at work ... it will take you three to ten minutes to get totally re-focused and back in the productivity zone.
Unfortunately, there are 1001 distractions, frustrations, and irritations in the workplace. It's a portion of what I teach in my program on "The Partnership Payoff: 7 Keys to Better Relationships and Greater Teamwork." For more information click here.
For example, you may be a new employee in an organization who is assigned to an office occupied by Jessica, a long-time employee. Jessica has had the office all to herself for some time and has been using the whole space as if it were hers. When you first moved in, Jessica cleared off the second desk area. As time passes, however, Jessica has been slowly taking over more and more of your space. You begin to feel that you are working in Jessica's office, not a shared office. You've even made a few comments like, "Wow, it's getting cramped in here," but Jessica doesn't get your point or doesn't seem to care. Would that distract, frustrate, or irritate you? Would that get in the way of your productivity? Yes, of course.
Or you may work in an organization that is staffed with a diversity of people from different cultures speaking different languages. A few employees who speak a language other than English communicate with one another in that language. Some of your coworkers think that's just fine, while others feel that it is rude. What do you think? Does workplace etiquette demand that everyone speak a language that everyone else understands?
To increase productivity and job satisfaction at work, respect, manners, and etiquette are important. Very important. In fact, they add up to a lot more than common sense; they also make good cents. They improve your bottom line.
So how do you get rid of some of those workplace distractions and increase workplace respect?
1. Become consciously aware of how your behavior impacts others.
Too many people don't even think about how their behavior affects others. They simply "do their thing" or say "That's just the way I am. Take it or leave it." That's silly and stupid. You'll never get ahead taking that approach. And as Dale Carnegie used to say, you'll never win friends and influence people if you take that approach.
To counteract that ineffective behavior, follow the Golden Rule. Treat others the way you would like to be treated. And give some thought to the Platinum Rule that says you should treat others the way they want to be treated.
2. Practice uncommon courtesy.
Perhaps that sounds strange, but "common courtesy" has all but disappeared in some people. And other people have gotten "too busy" to pay attention to the little details that make a big difference.
At a bare minimum, I suggest the following behaviors. Greet people as you walk from one place to another at work. Greet them cheerfully and greet them with a smile. Mind your manners. Say "please" and "thank you." Engage in some small talk occasionally. It communicates warmth and friendliness. And it doesn't matter if you talk about the traffic or the weather; you're sending the message that you're all part of the same team.
Return all borrowed items promptly and in the same condition or better than you received them. Take back the stapler you borrowed with some staples left inside. Leave the photocopier in working condition. If a machine stalls or jams, take the time to undo the jam or to alert the proper person to fix it.
Beyond that, express your appreciation for what others do. Do it with a smile. And when birthdays come around, acknowledge them with your best wishes.
3. Monitor the sounds you make.
Be aware of how loudly you speak. Monitor the volume of your conversations. If people down the hallway comment on your conversations, it's probably an indication that your voice is too loud. When you're speaking face to face with another person ... or even on the telephone ... consider closing your office door if you have one ... or lowering your voice.
Keep your personal telephone conversations brief and infrequent. Don't ever forget that other people are nearby and your workplace is just that ... a place of business.
4. Be sensitive to scents and smells.
Some people are very distracted by the aromas other people bring into the workplace. And even though your intentions might be good, you might be better off saving your cologne and perfume for social occasions instead of bringing them to work. Ask your nearby coworkers if it's okay for you to put fresh flowers and potpourri in your work area before you do it.
When you're eating at your desk or in a shared area, avoid foods with strong smells and aromas that will travel throughout the workplace. And as great as some foods are, their smells will make it very difficult for some people to work without distraction.
5. Minimize visual pollution.
Keep your personal work area clean and neat at all times. Generally, less is better when it comes to office and cubicle decor. And use discretion when displaying personal items such as family photos and mementos so you don't overdo, clutter, and obstruct your work area.
The workplace kitchen can be one of the biggest sources of co-worker tension because of the visual pollution left behind. So if you expect everybody to clean up after themselves, start by modeling that same behavior yourself. Wash and return all kitchen items to their proper place, clean up spills, and wipe countertops and tables as needed. And when you leave food in a shared refrigerator, mark all items with your name and date. Then remove all your items at the end of your work week.
All of the above talks about what YOU can do to eliminate any of your own behaviors, if they happen to be disrespectful. But what should you do if you see other people displaying inappropriate or disrespectful behavior? That will take several "Tuesday Tips" to answer. But start with this one tip.
6. Confront disrespectful behavior.
The best thing you can do is to address poor behavior immediately. Don't wait.
If you're a supervisor or manager, you should not tolerate behavior that is unacceptable, negative and detrimental to the team. If you tolerate poor behavior, if you fail to address it, you're telling all your other employees that this behavior is acceptable. You start to create a culture that allows disrespectful behavior ... which will, in turn, cause more people to participate in the same poor behavior.
If you're a coworker, the same advice still applies. Tell your coworker that you'd like a few minutes to discuss a difficult issue. Ask him or her when it work best for the two of you to talk. And when you get together, simply DESCRIBE the behavior of other person, TELL him or her how you felt, and ASK for the behavior you would like to see. Avoid any name calling or judgmental statements.
Instead of saying, "You're rude," say something like "When you did not respond to my comments at our team meeting, I felt dismissed. I would appreciate it if you would acknowledge my comments. You don't have to agree with me, but I would like some acknowledgement."
We all spend lots and lots of hours at work in close proximity to other people. That's bound to cause some stress, tension, and misunderstanding. But you can reduce a lot of that stress ... you can eliminate many of those distractions ... and you can keep your productivity high if you follow these six tips.
What can you do to eliminate any of your own distracting and possibly disrespectful behaviors?
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Post-traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD, is a strong and lasting emotional reaction to a very disturbing event, such as war, violent crime, or a natural disaster.
It's normal for such events to make you feel scared, confused, or angry for a while. But if these feelings don't go away or if they get worse, you may have PTSD.
Symptoms include having nightmares or flashbacks about the event, not being able to feel or express emotions toward loved ones, and being easily angered or "on edge."
PTSD can make it very hard for you to deal with life, your job, or your family and friends.
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Summer Colors, now in its sixth year, was an idea born out of passion for raising awareness about Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children; while also giving the Dallas community exposure to local up and coming artists. Jenny Grumbles, Loren Koziol, and Jill and Dupree Scovell founded Summer Colors in 2009 and have continued to grow the event over the past four years. The celebration takes place in the form of a silent art auction and a cocktail reception, featuring original pieces by local artists. Summer Colors is continually growing – each year raising more money for TSRHC. Involving the community is important to the founders and sponsorship opportunities are available.
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The 2014 event will take place on Thursday, July 31 from 6:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. at Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children (2222 Welborn Street, Dallas, TX 75219). Guests will have the opportunity to bid on paintings by the artists while enjoying tasty drinks and hors d'oeuvres. Tickets are $25 pre-purchased online and $30 at the door.
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Seventeen-year-old Kwasi Enin (KWAH'-zee EE'-nihn) says he plans to attend Yale University this fall.
He made the announcement Wednesday at William Floyd High School in Mastic Beach, N.Y.
Enin scored 2,250 out of 2,400 on his SAT. He was also accepted at Brown, Columbia, Cornell, Dartmouth, Harvard, Princeton and the University of Pennsylvania.
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"The touching story of drunken superheroes battling a seemingly unbeatable zombie menace", that's how filmmaker Jeffrey Ebright describes his upcoming flick The League of Extraordinary Alcoholics VS. The Horde of Really Creepy Undead Zombie Flesh Eaters. Yes, that is the actual title. I'd make a joke about it being too much to fit onto a marquee but then I'm pretty sure we all know this one will not be playing at a theater near … anyone.
Credit to Arrow in the Head for breaking the news about this film with a title that was seemingly designed for the sole purpose of eclipsing The Incredibly Strange Creatures That Stopped Living and Became Mixed-up Zombies in the ridiculously long nonsensical title department. While there is not further plot synopsis (is one even neccessary with a concept like this?) the director did post the following statement on the film's official MySpace page:
"The League of Extraordinary Alcoholics VS The Horde of Really Creepy Undead Zombie Flesh Eaters (the OFFICIAL title) is a passion 4 years in the making. It started with a dare and has evolved into a 95 page script filled with humor, strippers, gore, violence, spandex, zombies and, of course, a LOT of alcohol. This project is an independant film (Read as VERY LOW budget) that requires bold actors and a dedicated crew. There's no cash involved (except mine), just the promise of fun for all and maybe a little experience in the art of making a great flick with very little cash."
The actual LXA members boast such names as: Bourban Brave, Party Girl, Rum Runner, Captain Mumble, Black Russian, White Lightning, and Dead Drunk. Yeah, something tells me the booze was flowing freely during all aspects of the production of this one. Hey, who knows; it might actually prove to be funny. Heck, I just watched a movie the other night about a satan-possessed chicken on a killing spree and it was actually sort of amusing.
Look for The League of Extraordinary Alcoholics VS. The Horde of Really Creepy Undead Zombie Flesh Eaters to be ready for action in Spring 2008. Head over to the MySpace page (If you dare!) for more info, images, and even a teaser trailer.
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Cascade Gallery is presenting Christopher James Brown, Tooling Around, an exhibition of sculptures, paintings, and installation. Brown uses glue, ink and wood to create non objective works of art that are not stuck in the give and take of fine art versus high craft. Brown's extensive knowledge in furniture making moves such concepts as support, containment, structure, and space to formulate new conjectures of mastery.
These works of art hold close to the basic forms of Modernist design; the circle, the square and the triangle yet, explore such concepts as compression and tension. Rather than wondering: how did he do it, that must have taken hours to perfect or being pushed away the viewer is pulled towards the work locked in a gaze of awe.
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Published: August 28, 2014 at 11:46 AMWe're going to do the Pre-Scare Dinner the night on the night we go to Knott's Scary Farm. How would this impact our touring plan? I get the impression that the early entry allows us access to the mazes closer to GhostRider.
Published: August 28, 2014 at 5:46 PMGood to hear! This will be our first visit to Knott's Scary Farm so we wanted to make the most of it (without the added expense of Fright Lane, although I admit that the Skeleton Rooms sound nifty). Our home parks are Cedar Point and King Island so I am interested to see the event that has had such an influence on all of the Cedar Fair Halloween happenings.
We'll also be doing Halloween Horror Nights at Universal Studios Hollywood. Your recent post about HHN will definitely come in handy there as well. Thank you!
Published: August 28, 2014 at 5:49 PMI think you're referring to Trick or Treat and not the Witch's Keep. The Witch's Keep is the overlay of the Calico Mine Ride that doesn't contain any scare monsters. Another new maze called The Tooth Fairy will probably be quite popular as well. It replaces Delirium and is connected to the same line as Dominion of the Damned. First you experience Dominion of the Damned and then you go right into The Tooth Fairy.


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Product Review: Cyberglass Four-Way G by Topco Sales
Isn't it beautiful? All blue swirls and bumps and bulges. That's the Cyberglass Four-Way G by Topco Sales.
What'd it come in?
It came in hinged molded plastic with a white cardboard insert sporting a thin little hottie in a blue string bikini. On the back, you can find descriptions of its uses and instructions on temperature play. Inside, you'll find the dildo and a red velvet drawstring storage pouch. Sadly, it is not puffy.
How's it made?
This dildo is hand-blown cyberglass. Cyberglass is break and chip resistant and can withstand most extreme temperature changes. It's phthalate and metal free and nonporous. The surface is smooth and slippery, and the shaft is firm.
There are two insertable ends to this dildo, which is eight and one-half inches long with a circumference of four and one-half inches (diameter = 1 3/8″) at its widest point. One side is wrapped with pretty blue spirals and has a curved end with a blunt tip and the other… The other looks like a double scoop ice cream with nuts on the bottom scoop, complete with dollop-y tip.
What's it for?
Why, firm, spot-on g-spot stimulation, of course. The curved tips and firm shaft put total control in your hands while you thrust and massage that perfect spot.
What's really cool about this dildo is the nubs are kind of medium in size and are concentrated in one spot, rather than the full length of the shaft like the Rainbow Mega Nubby. This makes the toy excellent for someone not all that sure about unforgiving glass nubs.
How is it?
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crack and break resistant
|storage bag isn't puffy
spiral could be more pronounced
I was skeptical, at first. Unfortunately, I hadn't tried the Rainbow Mega Nubby yet when I requested this toy, so I didn't know I didn't like nubs. So when the Four-Way G showed up, I was a little nervous. By the time I settled in to try this toy, though, I had tried the Mega Nubby and had my experience with glass nubs to draw on. So I started with the ribbed end since I know I like ribs, used lots of lube, and waited until I was over the moon with arousal to switch ends.
Low and behold, I love these nubs. They're not overly large, but they're not so small that they feel like sandpaper, either. Some of them are a little pointy, but it's not really noticeable. They're close together and concentrated in one spot, which reduces the drag a bit and makes them much more comfortable – even enjoyable – in use.
In fact, I enjoyed these nubs more than I enjoyed the ribs, which is odd. I like ribs. The G-Spot Wonder is still my favorite dildo because of its spiraled ribs. But the spirals on this toy are much less pronounced. They're thin and shallow, rather than thick and deep. Almost unnoticeable.
Overall, this is a pretty kick ass toy. Definitely has found its place in the rotation.
How do you care for it?
At least store it in the bag it comes with if you don't have the time or inclination to hunt down or make a puffy bag for it. Drop it in the top drawer of your dishwasher. Wipe it down with a 10% bleach and water solution or isopropyl alcohol. Nonabrasive antibacterial soap and water works great, too, if you're not sharing between partners or orifices.
If you're like me, and you like things nice and slippery (especially when a new texture is involved), you can use water, silicone or oil based lubes with this toy. But you may find you don't need any. Glass is awesome like that.
Do a once over before you use the Four-Way G to check for chips or cracks, and don't use it if you find any. And finally, be sure to follow the instructions on the back of the package when engaging in temperature play to ensure your safety and the longevity of your toy. Believe me, you're going to want this guy to stick around for a good long time.
Where'd ya get it?
The awesome folks at TabuToys.com sent me the Cyberglass Four-Way G, free of charge, in exchange for an honest review of the toy. TabuToys.com offers discreet, private shopping to men and women of all sexual orientations. Aside from their selection of over 3000 hand-picked toys, they offer good reading material such as Sex Toys 101 and Buying Your First Vibrator. And to help you pick out just the toy you're looking for, they have an excellent Sex Toy Quiz.


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Local H Premiere New Music Video, "Cold Manor"
Chicago alt-rockers Local H released their new double album, Hallelujah! I'm A Bum today, as well as kicking off a US tour in support (see tour dates below). They're also premiering the music video for new song, "Cold Manor," directed/compiled by Local H frontman Scott Lucas. Check it out below and let us know what you think in the comments.
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9/18 Chicago, IL The Bottom Lounge
9/19 Omaha, NE The Waiting Room
9/20 Denver, CO Larimer Lounge
9/22 Tempe, AZ The Sail Inn
9/23 San Diego, CA The Casbah
9/24 Los Angeles, CA The Troubadour
9/25 Fresno, CA Fulton 55
9/26 San Francisco, CA Brick & Mortar Music Hall
9/28 Portland, OR Dante's
9/29 Seattle, WA El Corazon
9/30 Spokane, WA Carr's Corner
10/2 Fargo, ND The Aquarium
10/3 Minneapolis, MN Triple Rock Social Club
10/4 Milwaukee, WI Shank Hall
10/5 Dekalb, IL Otto's In Dekalb
10/6 Champaign, IL High Dive
10/12 Pontiac, MI Pike Room @ The Crofoot
10/13 Cleveland, OH Grog Shop
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10/15 Boston, MA Brighton Music Hall
10/16 Hartford, CT Arch Street Tavern
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10/18 Brooklyn, NY The Bell House - CMJ
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I am so busy I can't even think straight. But any movie that could make me cry, even a little, for a robot deserved an honorary mention in this blog. So I am taking some time off from my work to write this review and it's going to be very short because I don't have much to say about it accept for the fact that the movie is FREAKING AWESOME!
I went to watch the movie last night with my cousin, my friend and my friend's drinking buddies. I am not a big fan of the Transformers and the only reason I tagged along to the cinema was because the movie was directed by Michael Bay – I have a thing for all Michael Bay's movies. I have no idea why I wasn't so enthusiastic about the movie. Perhaps it was the trailer – when I first saw it, I thought the Transformers movie would be like Herbie : Fully Loaded minus Lindsay Lohan's tits plus some cool effects but I was wrong! The movie is freaking awesome and I can't believe that I had the nerve to compare it to some cute Disney movie.
I don't want to say anything about the storyline. I don't know whether they used the original Transformers' storyline or not because I never paid much attention to the Transformers in my life time.
To sum it all up, the Transformers movie is freaking awesome! It's like Herbie : Fully Loaded with an Armageddon twist, minus Lindsay Lohan's tits, plus lots of fantastic special effect!
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The majority of SFB participants have worked in the Jak-Stat field for many years. This allows them to contribute a large number of molecular tools to a common pool. These tools include a huge collection of recombinant Jak or Stat DNAs in expression plasmids or retroviral vectors. GFP-Stat genes in eukaryotic expression vectors and plasmids with other Stat fusion genes for purification purposes are available. Importantly, large numbers of mutants have been generated affecting Jak or Stat phosphorylation, nuclear translocation or interaction with partner molecules. Further available are biochemical tools like purified Stat substrates or anti-Stat/anti-phosphoStat peptide sera.


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Yesterday's signing of free agent running back BenJarvus Green-Ellis established an initial benchmark for the Cincinnati Bengals has they make moves this off season. Looking back on the team's needs, they have successfully addressed almost all of them, placing them in great position heading into next month's draft.
With Cedric Benson departing, running back was the most glaring need for the Bengals. Signing Green-Ellis fills that need, although probably not how most anticipated. Michael Bush was considered the top free agent target, and it's unclear why the Bengals went in another direction, but Green-Ellis more than fits the bill for what Jay Gruden needs from the position in his offense. Green-Ellis won't provide the "home run" threat that some were hoping for, but what he does provide is ball security and the ability to get the tough yards. Working in a rotation with Bernard Scott and Brian Leonard, Green-Ellis is a great complement to those two. This also means that the Bengals can now focus on using their top draft picks on upgrading another position. They will still likely draft a back later in the draft, but a day one selection is now unnecessary.
Cornerback was also an area of concern with Leon Hall's injury and Adam Jones and Kelly Jennings in free agency. Signing Jason Allen meets that need. Reports have also surfaced that the team is negotiating with Jones about returning. If that happens, look for them to be done with the cornerback position for the off season.
The third area of concern was the interior line. Getting Travelle Wharton represents a major upgrade there. This will still be a position, however, the Bengals will look to address with the draft. Because they've taken care of running back and cornerback, look for the Bengals' pick at 17 to be spent on either Stanford G David DeCastro, if he's there, or Georgia G/T Cordy Glenn. Both of these players have All Pro written all over them and combined with Wharton and an emerging Clint Boling, the interior of the Bengals' offensive line will be vastly improved.
There is still some work to do, however. The team was unsuccessful in retaining Frostee Rucker or Jonathan Fanene, so they'll need to add at least one more defensive lineman. Bringing back Pat Sims would be the first choice and former Colts DE Jamaal Anderson has also visited and would work well within Mike Zimmer's rotation.
Retaining Reggie Nelson was huge for the safety spot. Depending on how the team feels about Chris Crocker, Taylor Mays and Robert Sands, they could use a draft pick on that position.
The only obvious failure thus far in free agency is finding a veteran wide receiver to go opposite AJ Green. In the Bengals' defense, the wide receiver market moved first and many probably overpaid for some players who would have been Bengals' targets like Robert Meachem and Pierre Garcon. If the Bengals are to make a move in free agency, it will most likely now have to be a reclamation project like Braylon Edwards.
Another possibility is bringing back Jerome Simpson. He hasn't attracted a lot of attention on the market and certainly would welcome a return to Cincinnati. Andre Caldwell signed yesterday with Denver, so he's no longer an option. It's quite possible, now that the team won't have to draft a cornerback or running back with the first pick, that the Bengals could go with another rookie with their second first round pick. Baylor's Kendall Wright was very impressive at Baylor's pro day yesterday. There are a number of undervalued prospects there that the Bengals could snare.
Still on the radar is tight end, where the team continues to negotiate with Donald Lee and has had a visit from Houston's Joel Dreesen. That's strictly for a backup role, however, with Jermaine Gresham and Colin Cochart being entrenched.
LB Manny Lawson visited Cleveland this week, but there are reports that he would like to stay with Cincinnati as well. Linebacker is another position that the team can now possibly spend a day one draft pick on to shore up that unit.
They may have started slowly, but the Bengals have moved methodically and addressed almost all of their areas of need with free agency with plenty of cap space left over to to some long-term deals with players already on the roster.
It certainly appears that the team is following up the stellar off season of 2011 with another one in 2012. With the draft a little more than a month away, the pieces of the puzzle certainly seem to be coming together.Tags: BenJarvus Green-Ellis, Cincinnati, Cincinnati Bengals, Football, Jason Allen, NFL, Travelle Wharton


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Howard rammed home his 13th league goal of the season to give Derby their sixth successive Championship win.
Derby weathered a first-half storm, as first Rudi Skacel and then Jhon Viafara struck the woodwork for Saints.
The Rams improved after the break and Howard's goal inflicted Saints first home defeat since September.
"The linesman was a long way away and the referee didn't have a clear view, although we stopped when it went out.
"We created a lot of chances and the game could have been over after 15 minutes, but we didn't take them."
"We're on a good run at the moment but this is a hard division to get out of.
"Southampton were the better team in the first half and at times were tearing us apart before I made a change to get us competing in midfield."
Southampton: Davis, Baird, Lundekvam, Pele, Bale, Wright, Idiakez, Viafara, Skacel (McGoldrick 54), Rasiak (Dyer 77), Saganowski (Wright-Phillips 53).Subs Not Used: Bialkowski, Ostlund.
Booked: Idiakez, Baird.
Derby: Bywater, Edworthy, Leacock, Moore, Camara, Oakley (Mears 86), Jones, Malcolm (Teale 35), Fagan (Barnes 53), Pearson, Howard.Subs Not Used: Michael Johnson, Lupoli.
Booked: Howard, Fagan, Barnes.
Goals: Howard 83.
Att: 27,656
Referee: J Moss (West Yorkshire).


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The rich get richer; the poor get poorer.
You don't hear us complaining about it…but others surely will. One of the big struggles in the world of politics has always been between those who have and those who have not…between equality of opportunity and equality of results…between the upper classes and the lower ones…between the patricians and the plebes…the elites and the yahoos. The elites always come up with a theory – divine right, social contract, communism, democratic capitalism – which keeps the masses quiet for a while. But then, times get tough and the mob goes sour. The lumps start asking for a New Deal or a Revolution. At that point, they usually don't want just money…they want blood.
Of course, we're still a long way from there.
Still, you have to wonder how long the proles will continue to believe in a system that gives them less and less, relatively. If modern American capitalism is the gold mine most people think it is, a lot of people are getting nothing but the shaft.
First, we note that the U.S. trade deficit rose 10% in March to its highest level since September. At nearly $64 billion, Americans are still spending $2 billion PER DAY more than they make – on a global basis. They make up the shortfall, as we all know, with debt. Corporate debt. Government debt. And private debt.
But one group that is relatively debt free is the wealthy. They don't need to borrow – they're getting rich and lovin' it.
Floyd Norris, in the International Herald Tribune, reports that NY bars and restaurants can barely keep up with demand for champagne at $350 a bottle…and one brand sells at $1,600. It's not unusual, apparently, for a single table to spend $12,000 on liquor in an evening.
He notes that one of the achievements of American capitalism of which we were once most proud, was the fact that it gave the ordinary working stiff a bigger share of business earnings by, as Peter Drucker put it 30 years ago, "the steady narrowing of the income gap between the 'boss man' and the 'working man.'"
As productivity improved, working-class wages went up, while there was no particular need to increase executive salaries.
But that was a long time ago. Now, productivity rises – and the boss men get the extra dough.
This from the BBC:
"After growing at more than 3% a year in 2004 and 2005, the pace picked up to a blistering 5.6% annual rate in the first quarter of this year – although the pace has since then slipped back to 2.9%.
"So far, though, little of that growth has translated into the hands of the average worker, according to new research from the Economic Policy Institute (EPI).
"For real household incomes, the median point – the level at which half of households earn more and half less – has actually fallen over the past five years.
"During the five years from 2000 to 2005, the U.S. economy grew in size from $9.8 trillion to $11.2 trillion, an increase in real terms of 14%.
"Productivity – the measure of the output of the economy per worker employed – grew even more strongly, by 16.6%.
"But over the same period, the median family's income slid by 2.9%, in contrast to the 11.3% gain registered in the second half of the 1990s.
"The wages of households of African or Hispanic origin fell even faster.
"And new entrants to the labour market fared particularly badly.
"Average hourly real wages for both college and high school graduates actually fell between 2000 and 2005, and fewer of the jobs they found carried benefits such as health care or company pensions."
The BBC then helpfully asks the obvious question: If the economy grew…and most people didn't get any more money…where did the money go? The answer:
"The share allotted to corporate profits increased sharply, from 17.7% in 2000 to 20.9% in 2005, while the share going to wages has reached a record low.
"The incomes of the top 20% have grown much faster than earnings of those at the middle or bottom of the income distribution. The income[s] of the top 1% and top 0.1% have grown particularly rapidly.
"From 1992 to 2005, the pay of chief executive officers of major companies rose by 186%.
"The equivalent figure for median hourly wages was 7.2%, leaving the ratio of CEOs' pay to that of the average worker at 262.
In the 1960s, the comparable figure was 24."
In other words, the ratio of the top earners to the bottom earners has risen 1000% since the Johnson administration.
Of course, it's not polite to ask what others make. People with manners will ignore the disparity entirely. But that still leaves nearly 300 million American ready to make an issue of it.
Bill Bonner
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The charge against 51-year-old Alex Spirikaitis in federal court was detailed Wednesday in a filing that usually signals a pending plea deal.
There was no immediate comment from his defense attorney in response to a message.
Spirikaitis is accused of personally embezzling more than $4 million from the Cleveland-based Taupa Lithuanian Credit Union between 2001 and 2013 and misrepresenting credit union assets to regulators.
The National Credit Union Administration and the state of Ohio took over the credit union in July and placed it in receivership. It had about 1,150 members and assets of $24 million.
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First of all, can we call them trolleys instead of streetcars? Our traditional trolley cars were interesting, if not beautiful objects. At every opportunity, I voice my opinion to city staff working on the trolley project that our cars need to look good, preferably in a retro style that evokes our past.
There's a big difference between an ugly utilitarian object like a TRAX car and something with design and aesthetic quality. People aren't going to want trolleys in their neighborhood if they aren't cute.
Salt Lake City's first modern trolley line, from downtown Sugar House to Central Pointe TRAX, will open around the turn of this year. This line occupies an old rail corridor and will run alongside a pedestrian walkway and the Parley's trail. But this isn't the trolley we know, nor what we'll get in the future. It will be a borrowed TRAX car in a different color, and isn't technically a streetcar because it's not in the street.
Every other trolley proposal for the city that I've seen is actually a streetcar. The trolley, though, runs in the street, frequently sharing a lane with other vehicle traffic. The impact on people's streets and neighborhoods will be significant.
First, the positive: They will see their property values rise. In addition, they'll see an increase in convenience. Hopefully, car traffic will be slower and safer. These neighborhoods will also experience increased density, most likely limited to the trolley corridor. Most places in the United States have used streetcar lines to stimulate development hence they're called "development-oriented transit" instead of "transit-oriented development."
These consequences, positive and negative, are massive for people on the street that is chosen, in those neighborhoods, and city-wide. I am raising the alarm because the city is pushing ahead with a decision to route the trolley out of Sugar House with minimal community conversation. The mayor has requested, and the City Council leadership has assented, to vote on a locally preferred option to send the streetcar up 11th East to 17th South. There will be a public hearing before the council at 7 p.m. on April 23. Believe it or not, it'll go to a vote within a month.
Regardless of its merits relative to other options (13th East, 21st South), I think it is unconscionable to decide this route without putting it in the context of transit city-wide. I have said I will not vote on a Sugar House extension until we have gone through a community-wide conversation that results in a transit master plan being adopted by the council. That plan, the city staff tells us, is 18 months away. That is too long to wait, they say.
I can see why, due to a window of opportunity, the first Sugar House leg needed to be built without a city-wide plan: UTA had the right of way, the feds had the money, the city had the RDA. But the build-a-line-first philosophy seems to have morphed into "build as many as you can without a plan."
I ride a lot of trains, but I'm not on this one. It's anti-democratic and politically unwise. People deserve not only a sound-off (like two minutes in front of the City Council), but a place at the table. A master-planning process is the very opportunity to build that shared vision and political will.
Salt Lake City needs a robust discussion about streetcars, because trolleys will transform our city. This kind of transformation needs to come from within. It will fail if imposed from the top.
Luke Garrott is Salt Lake City Council member for District 4, and an avid pedestrian, biker and transit rider.


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Colorado, July 2009
Buried among the accolades for Aphrodesia's more publicly lauded achievements is a little-heralded motivational self-help book called How to Get A Group Of People to Do Anything You Want All the Time. A mass-market tome that vanished from supermarket checkout lines almost as soon as it appeared, the book, while illustrating the show-business axiom of 'don't quit your day job' with forgettable platitudes and disposable writing, nonetheless contained nuggets of wisdom that illuminated the inner workings of the the inscrutable 11-piece band via the plentiful examples that dotted the book's 136 pages.
For example, in the chapter entitled, "Group Dynamics in Enclosed Spaces', we have the following entry, dated July 3, 2009, from the beginning of the group's two week tour to Colorado and back.
'There are times when achieveable goals will not be enough to keep your group focused and content with the task at hand. We began one tour with an almost unheard-of amount of driving- San Francisco to Winnemucca, Nevada, then in the early morning on to Salt Lake City, where we played a so-short-it's-over-already gig to a lunchtime crowd, then back in the bus for a drive on to Boulder, Colorado, which proved to be too much for us and we stopped midway through Wyoming at a hot springs resort just off the interstate. Now, imagine if we had focuses entirely on the gigs to play, the packed houses waiting for us in Boulder and Denver, the adulation of the crowd waiting for us in Carbondale. Those are powerful lures, to be sure, but as anyone who has glanced at a map of the gargantuan Western United States, and has seen the Calder's Circus-like airspace inside the Aphrodesia bus it probably wouldn't have been enough, even for a group of people ostensibly focused on playing music and little else.
Instead, you must be flexible and Create Incentives for your group along the way. For example, on the drive to Salt Lake we stopped at Dave and Mona's house, old friends thrilled to open their home and barbeque for us while watching a beautiful desert sunset. On the drive to Boulder, we gave in to the distance and stowed ourselves for the night in the middle of Wyoming at the Saratoga Hot Springs, a plunge which almost rejeuvenated us enough to forget about the double digit hours crammed into a bus driving through the summer desert heat.
The ensuing success of the beginning that tour, playing for crowds at the Fox Theater in Boulder, teaming up with the Chicago Afrobeat Project in Denver, would only have been possibly if we had followed the critical rule of Being Flexible and Creating Incentives for Your Group Along the Way.'
In the next chapter, we'll examine such subject as huge touring bands and the people in small towns who love them, organic farmers and the huge bands who love staying with them, and more.
In Carbondale we have our first 'good' gig of the tour. Maybe it's the roaring crowd, filling up the town park and cheering us on while holding babies aloft and dancing. Maybe it's the group of 6 or 7 year old girls who come up and dance while we valaintly try and pull off a version of "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'". Maybe it's the fact that we valiantly try a song we don't really know at all that loosens us up and gets the gears moving again.
Whatever the case the wheels are turning again, and what for a few nights had been an effort, bold strokes to stay focused, remember the drum breaks, the key changes before the solo section in 'Trouble,' the rhythmic beat poetry of 'Snack Nation' now glides into place, we can look around while the car drives itself, wow, check out that rainbow over off stage left, check out that girl who just pulled her skirt up in the front row, and wouldn't you know it, the song is still playing, the crowd is still dancing and smiling at us.
Of course, it's not really all about the crowd like we sometimes say, it's really all about us. Onstage at Carbondale Henry takes a trumpet solo that soars above 'Trouble' and leaves us breathless (maybe that was the altitude though?). 'Trouble' is in mixolydian mode, while most of our songs are in the minor mode, and that one raised note, the third of the scale, has always set Henry off in exospheric directions. Of course, the mixolydian mode is the same notes as the minor scale a fourth down, and the bass line to this part of 'Trouble' reflects this, hovering between F7 and C minor like a running back caught in slow motion about to turn back toward the middle of the field or sprint downwind along the sideline. Henry stabs parts of pentatonic runs that grow longer and more complicated; I echo him on the bass, plucking notes that run higher and higher until I am only reaching back to hit a low F every two bars, the melodic contour of the song stretching into a raga-like trance. We are using the entire range now, Mully's repeating single-note pattern laying sideways between Tom's porno-funk wah-wah guitar slabs in the middle, Micah keeping it jagged like Elvin Jones, the beat implied but not stated, while Spooner lays down the only solid ground for us to hold onto on the congas.
And then, bam, it's over, Henry is done, and Charlie and Liz join him on the horn line, my bass slams back into its normal octave range, the rhythm tightens and we drop down a whole step for the same thing until giving way for a breath, space like a wide alpine meadow after an hour of hiking a thick forest, as Lara and Maya sing a Ghanaian tune we have dubbed 'mini Life of Jennie' for its alliteration.
'Trouble' has evolved over the years into something of an Afro-prog rock opera in length and scope, reaching heights (or depths, depending on your perspective) we never could have composed in one sitting. After the tectonic whirlwind that is Henry's solo, the song opens up into 'Mini Life', Lara's voice bouncing off a simple three-chord backdrop that sounds like a pop song, with a slightly more rhythmic electro-samba feel in the bridge. After the second verse, it's back to the huge, vintage-sounding afrobeat horn line that opened up the 'B' section in the first place, which then gives way to the bass stating the opening theme from the beginning alone, followed by the entire band playing the first 'A' section horn line all the way through, ending on the repeats after bar 14.
English professors might call this structure 'ending where you began,' a device used by everyone from Tolkein in 'Lord of the Rings' to Susan Hinton in 'The Outsiders.' Music teachers might call this 'sonata form.' All we know is by the time Henry's solo starts, we have already been playing the song for 6 or 7 minutes, and by the time it's all over we are normally ready for a set break.
After Carbondale and the party at Catrina's house, we make for Paonia and Daphne and Don's
Zephyros Farms organic farm on the high plains of the Western Slope of the Rockies. It's unbelievably gorgeous here, and we don't really mind a couple days off, hiking, swimming in the pond, and hanging out with the friendliest group of organic farmers we think we've ever met. On Tuesday we play at their annual farm dinner party, perched on flatbed trailers by the pond while the moon rises over the 11,000 ft high Mount Lamborn in the distance behind us.
But something nags at us the next day as we hike yet another gorgeous breathtaking vista, this time at Lost Lake, a string of alpine lakes where we strip down and swim in the freezing cold water with my sister Sylvia, her husband Alistair and their baby Isaiah Marvel Jones. Who Are We? Are we a band? Toursits? Hikers? Beer Adventurers? What are we doing here?
to answer these questions I walk into Louie's pizza that night, on the main drag of Paonia on our way back to the farm for another night of hanging out in the moonlight.
"Hey, we're Aphrodesia. We're um, from San Francisco and ah, we don't really have anything to do tonight. What do you think about us playing here tonight?" I ask him.
Louie is a compact man, shorter than me, glasses, worn jeans, an apron around his waist, and he eyes me and eyes the bus outside.
"Ok. Sure. Let me show you where to set up."
Which brings us to the first 'great' gig of the tour. Outside in the patio on Louie's Pizza on Main St. in Paonia, Colorado, with the only crowd being those who heard about it on the radio an hour earlier (the radio station being across the street from Louei's, and Maya and Tom having walked over there and asked them to announce it over the air to the Wester Slope), or heard the noise while they were in town to pick up their mail at the post office (the post office being a block away), or having gotten a call from Darci, the bartender (Darci being a singer herself, and having assured me not to worry, 'everyone' would be there when we started playing). Maybe the music flowed because it was so random and unexpected that we were playing at all, maybe it flowed because we started the set with 'Heaven' and 'Step Into Your Life,' two songs we hadn't prepared with Tom Lattaland- filling in for Mike Abraham on guitar- and Micah Mclain- filling in for Jason Slota on drums and so hadn't played yet on the tour. Whatever the case, we are loose, free, and groovy, and we feel better rocking the patio at Louie's than we have all tour. Afterwards we ask ourselves, what about a tour where we just drive around and look for places to play every night? Could we do it?
At Louie's we cannot plug in the mbira, so we perform 'Flat Tire' with guitars filling in for the mbira part. It takes on a different hue, like looking at your favorite photo with the negative reversed, and it's inspiring. Micah knocks out a 12/8 rhythm on the drums, the guitars rock out on the choruses, and it frees Lara up too to just sing and not play mbira, her voice darts and weaves in places it normally sticks to a straight line. It's beautiful, and it makes us remember we're a band and not a bunch of backpackers.
We make setlists on cocktail napkins, stray pieces of notebook paper, unused music notation manuscript. We predict the flow of the set, the rise and fall of the crowd's embrace, outline the arc of the sculpted block of music that will pour forth from us with the hopeful accuracy of a small town weather forecaster. Sometimes this is like a batting order, "Olodo" leading off, "Say What" batting cleanup, and so on. Sometimes it's a jigsaw puzzle of a road map- we know we want to end with "Bus Driver" and start with "Heaven", and take a breath around song six for Lara to sit down with "Virgin of the Sun God", so we dutifully fill in the gaps in our route. At Ridgway we get lazy and use our set from Louie's Pizza the night before with a couple additions, but it mostly works. Most other shows we start from scratch, building a new set like pitching a tent in an untouched meadow every night. We could simplify things and use the same set every night, but each place has its own vibe, each crowd its character- moving the beer soaked crowd in Telluride demands a different road map than playing for families stretched on picnic blankets in Ridgway.
We have a nasty habit of calling songs by different names on the set list, on the albums and in conversation. It's fine for us, like remembering cousins' nicknames, but every time someone new is brought into our fold it causes ripples. This time it's Tom and Micah who must remember that "Sirena" is "Every Day," "Natty" is "Kari Buro," "Ah Yeah" is "Agayu."
For years we had a 'no guitar solos' rule, as ironclad as unplanned pregnancy advice from a Bush appointee to a teenager. Once in the woods near Santa Cruz at a place called Henfling's the sound guy in a trucker cap and black rocker T-shirt curled mic cords after our show and shook his head, mumbling "Man, I ain't never seen a band with two guitar players and no guitar solos "to Mully and I. But over the years it has frayed, guitar solos seeping into our live sets like the house guest who won't leave, your husband's wacky cousin who comes for Christmas and ends up morphing from a short stay in the guest room to owning a shelf in the refrigerator. But this house guest turns out to have his perks- the wacky cousin who talks Proust with Aunt Miranda and jabs football with your next door neighbor who thought you were worthless. At Ridgway facing a lawnfull of picnic blankets, dancing families and one jaw-dropping sunset painted on 14,000 foot mountain peaks, Mully peels off distorted blues licks on "Friday Night" like he's shaving a carrot, tossing a jagged phrase to the crowd, waiting, tossing another. The crowd eats it up. Not to be outdone Tom sprays raw porno-funk all over the walls of the Fly Me to the Moon Saloon in Telluride the next night, lighting up "Agayu" with wah-wah fueled ecstasy. The crowd, getting it, goes nuts.
Telluride is probably our best night, the looseness of Louie's Pizza merging with the energy of Carbondale for the perfect cocktail. Which doesn't mention partying with Jeremy from the Japonize Elephants and crashing at Daryl Hannah's brother's place for the night.
Flagstaff is a long hot drive and one denied photo op at Four Corners (you want us to pay for that?) away, and when there we revisit one the seminal moments of the Just Vote Tour. The Mogollon Brewery is now the Green Room, but still right here is where we had the veggie bus parked outside, right here is where the Republican gave a speech about voting and gave us a gallon of store-bought veggie oil, which then saved our asses by cleaning out the fuel line later that night. We rock a good crowd to close out this leg of the tour, try and find a bonfire down the alleyway but end up making fun of 'St. Elmo's Fire' upstairs in our apartment instead. Mully drives me to the airport at 4:30 in the morning and I barely make it onboard before closing my eyes.


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Apartments: furthering progress and housing needs
By Nathan French
Progress is once again marching on in our locale with the recent announcement of several new apartment complexes being built in Dalhart. While the projects all have ran into some hindrances, at the present time the apartments appear to be something that is certain for Dalhart and its' near future. While rumors of apartments have become something of folklore in the past few years, it finally seems that the projects will be coming to fruition.