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Plan would cut time waiting to vote
WASHINGTON — Thousands of Americans stood in line for hours to vote in the November election. Two Democratic senators want to prevent that from happening again.
Sen. Bill Nelson of Florida and Sen. Barbara Boxer of California plan to introduce The LINE Act (for Lines Interfere with National Elections), which calls for national standards for polling sites. The goal is to ensure that no voter waits longer than an hour to cast a ballot.
"In the interest of fairness and to avoid undermining the credibility of our elections, we should be making voting more convenient, not more difficult," Nelson said on Tuesday. "People should not have to stand in line for hours to exercise a basic right, not in a democracy like ours."
The measure would require the attorney general, in consultation with the Election Assistance Commission, to issue standards by Jan. 1, 2014, regarding the minimum number of voting machines, election workers and other resources needed on Election Day and during early voting periods to ensure waiting times don't exceed an hour.
The bill also would require states where voters endured long lines to implement remedial plans to fix the problems before the next federal election. States where a "substantial" number of voters waited longer than 90 minutes to vote in 2012 would have to comply with a remedial plan to ensure voters would not face similar delays in the future.
A news release announcing the proposal doesn't define "substantial." But it's bound to apply to Nelson's home state of Florida, where the average voter waited about 45 minutes on Election Day, according to data analyzed by Charles Stewart, a political science professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
News reports indicated some people waited as long as seven hours to vote on Election Day.
Florida had the longest average wait time, followed by the District of Columbia (34 minutes), Maryland (33 minutes) and Virginia (26 minutes), according to Stewart.
States with the shortest average wait times were Vermont (two minutes), Maine (four minutes), and Alaska (four minutes).
The national average wait time was 13 minutes on Election Day and 20 minutes on early voting days, Stewart's data indicated. It showed that minorities had substantially longer waits, on average, than whites.


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Someone's Cell Phone Went Off in the Middle of a Violin Recital so the Violinist Played Along with the Ringtone [VIDEO]
We've all been in a movie theater and heard a person's cell phone go off. Everyone hates that person for interrupting their show. But it's even worse if you're at a live music recital.
A violinist in Slovakia was in the middle of his performance when someone's cell phone started ringing. Instead of getting angry, he started playing along with the ringtone.
Apparently this happened over the summer, but someone just found it on YouTube.
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What would you have done if you were the violinist? I don't know if I could have handled it like this guy did. A true class act.

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Completed a successful visit in Singapore. It was one of those all too rare occasions where I was actually parked in a city for more than two nights and so over the course of six days was able to get a real sense of the city and our office.
I first visited Singapore in 1996. Incredible the amount of change on what was already a very interesting city. In the intervening years however the country has gone from success to success. I overheard much discussion about the economy possibly entering a "technical" recession. Hard to fathom though given the sense of overall prosperity, the proliferation of high-end shops and a buzz of business and tourism. From previous observation, Singapore generally feels the pinch early as it is a very open economy, yet equally bounces back earlier and at a greater pace than anywhere else too. While election fever in South Korea, Venezuela and the U.S. will influence the direction of those nations, I get the sense of an extremely well-managed economy here that knows where it is going.
Edelman Singapore is in great shape and at 80 people strong has become the largest PR firm in the market, serving as a regional hub to many of our clients. I had two separate conversations that particularly stood out: one with senior managers where we discussed how we ensure everyone has a grounding in the "business of our business"; the other was with senior client executives and managers, who expressed a great deal of interest in the firm's culture conversation as well as thoughts about Asia's role in the firm's and the world's future.
On Friday, and again on Saturday, I had the pleasure of visiting the Marina Bay Sands (client), the integrated resort designed by Moshe Safdie that has become an iconic symbol of modern Singapore. To walk along the length of the SkyPark (at 12,400 square meters it stretches longer than the Eiffel tower laid down or four and a half A380 Jumbo Jets) and to see the world's 3rd most populous port on one side and the expanse of Singapore on the other was to have a sense of the possible.
Friday lunch took place at db Bistro (prompting me to recall my dinner with Tim & Nina Zagat at NYC's db Boulud the night after 9/11 as our small effort at that moment to support the city) with our Marina Bay Sands client to hear the extraordinary story of this complex and all it is contributing back to Singapore.
Over the course of visits with clients, and conversations with staff (including a Friday night meal over Chili Crab), I came to learn that Singapore is feeling the burden of its success. There are more foreign workers than at any previous time. In addition there is tremendous pressure on housing (more than 80% of the population lives in some form of government housing) and concern about education. Nothing unique to Singapore in this regard of course.
The government recently launched a national conversation so that collectively they might explore what the Singapore of 2022 might look like. While there have been "conversations" twice before in their history, this is the first to take place since the dawn of the social media age and the government is assessing how to manage accordingly. Connecting the people of Singapore with the bigger picture will be an interesting challenge.
Singaporeans benefit from a great deal of good in their country, from Changi Airport efficiency to a very strong and subsidized education system. At the same time there is an enormous expectation for performance and the vocal minority is quick to judge (for example when the MRT, their underground transit system is late by a few minutes there is a great deal of hue and cry – I told Singaporeans that in Manhattan we're just happy when a subway car comes at any time!).
I suspect that Singapore's national conversation will be successful as my sense is that it is a country with a great deal of pride that is deeply concerned about its future. And with Prime Minister Lee being among the 2 million Singaporeans with Facebook pages (with 59% of the population on the site, Singapore is the most facebooked nation in the world per capita) I suspect there will be numerous ways to ensure views and voices are heard. I look forward to checking in from time to time to hear how it is going.
In the meantime on to the next stop – Kuala Lumpur…
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District college football preview: Shippensburg, Slippery Rock lock horns
Game of the week: Shippensburg at Slippery Rock
• When: 6 p.m. Saturday
• Records: Sh: 0-1; SR: 1-0.
A humbled Shippensburg squad will arrive at Mihalik-Thompson Stadium to square off with an increasingly assured Slippery Rock.
The Raiders, defending Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference East Division champs and preseason favorites, struggled to unleash their high-powered offense during a 33-0 loss to Shepherd (W.Va.). Despite the return of several key playmakers, Shippensburg, which averaged more than 500 yards of offense in 2012, managed just 217 in the loss. With the setback, Shippensburg went from a top-10 team in Division II to unranked.
The Rock, meanwhile, rank among the best offenses in Division II after a season-opening 51-36 win in which they gained 675 yards. Senior quarterback Nigel Barksdale earned Co-PSAC West offensive Player of the Week honors after throwing for 465 yards and a team-record six touchdowns.
Slippery Rock, which allowed 36 points in its win, still must respect versatile Raiders senior quarterback Zach Zulli, who earned the Harlon Hill trophy as the top Division II player a year ago. In addition to Zulli, the Raiders also retained All-PSAC East first-teamers Trevor Harman (Jr., WR), Jake Metz (Sr., DL) and Avery Coleman (Sr., DB).
Slippery Rock redshirt senior cornerback Anthony Saunders, a Valley graduate and second-team All-PSAC West selection, likely will be assigned to cover Harman. Saunders had a 28-yard pick-six last week.
Shippensburg beat Slippery Rock, 55-35, last season, and the Rock won the meeting prior to that, 38-34, in 2007.
Saturday's other games to watch
• Washington & Jefferson at St. John Fisher (N.Y.), 1 p.m.
W&J (1-0), the preseason pick to win the Presidents' Athletic Conference, will learn how it compares to national title contenders when it plays St. John Fisher, which is No. 19 in the D3football.com poll. Both teams blasted Ohio programs last week: The Cardinals beat Otterbein, 28-0; W&J topped Wooster, 58-21.
• Kutztown at California (Pa.), 3:30 p.m.
Though historically strong PSAC teams, Kutztown (0-1) and Cal (1-0) started this season without major fanfare. The Vulcans will try to claim their second win in 10 games against the Golden Bears, who lost last year's matchup, 48-45.
• West Chester at Gannon, noon
Following a lopsided Week 1 win over then-No. 12 New Haven, West Chester (1-0) made the AFCA Division II national rankings tied at No. 23. Gannon (1-0), fresh off a record-setting offensive outing in which it gained 639 yards during a 36-33 win over Lake Erie, gets its chance to shake up the polls.
• Grove City can open a season 2-0 for the first time since 2004 if it can beat Anderson (Ind.) on the road Saturday. The Wolverines, who topped Carnegie Mellon, 28-10, last week, will visit Indiana for the second time in history to play a team that has lost 17 straight.
• Due in part to upsets elsewhere in Division II, Indiana (Pa.) jumped up two spots to No. 8 in this week's American Football Coaches Association poll. IUP beat Southern Connecticut State, 30-20, in its season opener.
• Robert Morris junior Antwan Eddie earned Northeast Conference co-Rookie of the Week honors for his special teams play in last week's win over Morgan State. Eddie, a first-time punt returner, accumulated 96 yards on four runbacks. His yardage was second most in team history.
• Carnegie Mellon coach Rich Lackner and Allegheny coach Mark Matlak will add another chapter to their football rivalry Saturday. Lackner's Tartans went 3-1 against Matlak's Gators when the two were players in the late 1970s. In their time as coaches, however, Allegheny has won four of six.
• Duquesne quarterback Dillon Buechel, a Montour grad, needed just 5 more passing yards in last week's loss at Dayton to become the first Dukes freshman to reach 300 yards in back-to-back games. Buechel threw for 309 in his debut.


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NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Grammy-winning jazz singer Harry Connick Jr. is returning to his hometown for the screening of a television show that pays tribute to the music of Louisiana.
The show, a Louisiana Public Broadcasting special called "Sunshine by the Stars: Celebrating Louisiana Music," is a mix of music, interviews and video snapshots of Louisiana's economic drivers like tourism and oil and gas. It includes renditions of "You Are My Sunshine" by Connick, Tim McGraw, Irma Thomas, Jerry Lee Lewis, Buddy Guy and others.
The show premieres on LPB stations on Dec. 9 and will be available to PBS affiliates nationwide next year.
An invitation-only screening is planned Wednesday at the Old U.S. Mint in the French Quarter.
The invitation-only pre-release screening is being held Wednesday at 5 p.m. CST at the Old U.S. Mint in the French Quarter. It will precede a gala being attended by several of the film's participants.
Plans for the project were announced earlier this year by Lt. Gov. Jay Dardenne, who said the venture was being paid for by BP PLC.
After its massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010, BP gave tourism officials in Louisiana $30 million to help the state win tourists back. Funding for production of "Sunshine by the Stars" and its promotion — which cost about $1 million in all — came on top of that money, said Jacques Berry, a spokesman for the lieutenant governor.
Dardenne called the show a celebration of the state's rich musical history on the heels of the Louisiana bicentennial. He said music and food are vital to the state's culture and tourism — one of four industries that will be featured in the TV show for shaping Louisiana's economy and history. The other industries to be highlighted are agriculture, oil and gas, and the Mississippi River and its port system.
The show is one of two LPB projects Connick took part in this year. The Grammy-winning crooner and actor also narrated a bicentennial documentary called "Louisiana: 200 Years of Statehood," which aired this past summer.


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Shake up your summer afternoon and serve up this refreshing and fun boba tea drink!
Shake up your summer afternoon and serve up this refreshing and fun boba tea drink!
"Boba tea" popped up in Los Angeles about 10 years ago. Tapioca balls are cooked to a very soft stage and then dropped into a drink mixture, usually a sweet tea with cream or tea infused with fruit juice or syrup.
The novelty about this drink is that one can suck up the balls in the straw while sipping on the drink and gulp them all! Boba tea originated in Taiwan and is also known as "bubble tea" and "pearl tea."
This is my version of a kid-friendly "boba tea" and it makes for the perfect kid-friendly sip during the summer.
- Tapioca pearls (not instant tapioca pudding)
- Sweetened iced tea
- Splash of fruit juice
Cook tapioca pearls according to manufacturer's instructions on box until they are very soft and chewy.
Prepare your favorite iced tea blend, either with an instant mix or a brewed tea cooled over ice with sugar added.
Add 1 - 2 tablespoons cooked tapioca pearls to the bottom of a tall glass, fill with cold tea, and add a splash of fruit juice.
Place a straw with a diameter that is larger than the cooked tapioca pearls in the glass and serve.


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The ISU Short Track Speed Skating Championships season starts on Friday January 17, 2014 with the ISU European Short Track Speed Skating Championships where the allround winners will be crowned on Sunday January 19. Unlike the World Cup where skaters race one or two distances and win distance titles, during the European Championships the skaters have to compete over four distances. The allround classification is based on the results of each skater in the three individual distances 500m, 1000m and 1500m. After the completion of the three distances only the top eight point scorers and ties on the eighth position will skate the 3000m Super Final. For the individual distances the final points 34, 21, 13, 8, 5, 3, 2 and 1 are awarded in descending order commencing with the first place. Final points are only awarded to skaters who participate in the Super Final. No points are awarded to skaters who receive a yellow or red card or failed to finish the race.
The competition starts on Friday with the Ladies and Men 1500m and with the Heats Relay. On Saturday the Ladies and Men 500m and Relay Semi Finals will take place and finally on Sunday the Ladies and Men 1000m, the Ladies and Men 3000m Super Final and Relay Finals will be skated. This competition will provide a last chance for European skaters to compete before the Olympic Winter Games in Sochi, Russia.
In the Ladies' field, five time and reigning European Champion Arianna Fontana (ITA) will defend the title, which she won in 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012 and 2013. Fontana was also third in both 500m and 1000m in the last edition of the Samsung ISU World Cup Short Track. Last year's runner up and 2010 bronze medalist Elise Christie (GBR) is a strong contender for the top of the podium after two very successful seasons. The Dutch hopeful is Jorien ter Mors (NED) with two podium finishes in the last two Europeans. Other skaters to look out for are 2011 silver medalist Bernadett Heidum (HUN), 2010 winner and 2009 silver medalist Katerina Novotná (CZE), 2011 and 2012 bronze medalist Martina Valcepina (ITA), Yara van Kerkhof (NED) and Tatiana Borodulina (RUS) who both had a good season so far.
Reigning European Champion Freek van der Wart (NED) is back on the European stage. He will try to retain his title but his biggest rival is not only his compatriot Sjinkie Knegt, who won the event in 2012 and came second in 2011 but also a strong Russian team that will aim to get the countries' first Men's gold medal. Leading the Russians is Victor An (RUS) who is showing great form in all distances but specially in the 500m which he won the Overall title in this season's World Cup. Previous bronze medalists: Vladimir Grigorev (2013), Semen Elistratov (2012) and Ruslan Zacharov (2011) will also be pushing the Russian squad. Frenchmen Maxime Chataignier (2010 bronze medalist) and Thibaut Fauconnet (2010 silver medalist) will also be aiming to get a medal. Other skaters to look out for are Robert Seifert (GER), Yuri Confortola (ITA) and Viktor Knoch (HUN).


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Want to shape your own surfboard? Check out the new Shaper Supply Co. that is opening in Mar Vista! A shaping class (you end up with a board at the end) could be a great holiday gift for that surfer in your life!
From Shaper Supply Co.:
Next week marks the opening of Shaper Supply Co., located in Mar Vista. The company carries a wide selection of high-quality surfboard shaping tools and materials, along with apparel made for the workshop. The unique space is not only a supplier, but an active workshop, complete with shaping bays that are open to the public.
The shop was built for the largest, coastal, surf-oriented US city, Los Angeles, and its growing population of DIY surfers taking surfboard shaping into their own hands. Ask any surfer, and one of their "bucketlist" items is to shape their own surfboard. For that reason, Shaper Supply Co. also offers a 4-hour introductory lesson to completely hand-shape a surfboard. This is a one-of-a-kind experience that has never been offered before in Los Angeles. For more information regarding shaping lessons, please click here.
The company will also hold free biweekly workshops, each hosted by a different local craftsman. In addition to the surf industry, workshop subjects range from t-shirt screen-printing to creating motorcycle helmets, as the resins and materials that Shaper Supply Co. offers is also used in many other arts.
The company will celebrate its opening by hosting a small party next week, Wednesday, November 21, 2012 from 6-9pm. Stop by to view surf-inspired art installation by John Culqui, enjoy complimentary libations and music; and to check out the shaping bays in action, as there will be a live shaping demo. Feel free to do some early holiday shopping for your loved one who loves surfing because there will be exclusive sales this evening as well!
Shaper Supply Co.
3523 S. Centinela Ave
Mar Vista, CA 90066
Regular Hours: Tuesday-Sunday: 11am – 7pm
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Interesting business model. There's a place down in OC that rents shaping rooms. If you pay to have them glass your board the rental charge is waved.
Not sure if those prices will stand. It looks like for the same price you could get a professionally shaped custom board made by a skilled and experienced shaper-craftsman-guru.
In either case, I wish them luck.
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Another upside to this that no one is talking about is the fact that for every surfboard made here on our shores by either a professional or amateur means (hopefully) one less imported Asian piece of sh*t produced 1000's of miles away by people who have no real idea what they're making. In addition to being produced locally the environmental impact will be less since the end product doesn't have to be sent here on a container ship bla, bla, bla…
Srsly, it could be a win-win-win.
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Major Indian meals are home cooked. The traditional 'thali' is perhaps an excellent example of nutrition balance and portion control - through the 5-6 vatis (cup)of two vegetables, pulses,lentil curry,curd,rice, two rotis. Unfortunately we are loosing out on this unique Indian habit.
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Woman Uses Potato As A Contraceptive, It Grows Roots Inside Her Vagina Instead
Listen, I'm totally supportive of a DIY lifestyle. You wanna make your own makeup and cleaning products from scratch? By all means! Got 30 new uses for old timey mason jars? Tell me all about it! But for the love of god, don't DIY your contraception, especially with root vegetables pulled from your garden. It's a bad idea. Case in point: according to Colombia Reports, a 22-year-old woman, on the recommendation of her mother, stuck a potato in her vagina for two weeks in the hopes that it would prevent pregnancy. Instead, the potato grew roots, causing severe abdominal pain. The woman was hospitalized, the potato was surgically removed and she's expected to be fine, but what isn't so fine is the fact that Colombia's youth population has been dissuaded from using real contraception.
According to Colombia Reports:
A recent campaign by Bienestar Familiar (ICBF) aimed at reducing the high levels of teenage pregnancy in Colombia stated that young people's general rejection of conventional contraception methods, such as condoms and contraceptive pills, coupled with a macho society which often saw girls pressured into having unsafe sex, contributed to a high level of unwanted teenage pregnancies.
The fact that a 22-year-old women was so naïve as to believe that a potato was an appropriate and safe method of contraception shows a concerning lack of education for young people as to the options available for them when they become sexually active.
Seriously, has there ever been a better example of the desperate methods women will go to prevent pregnancy in the absence of sex education and access to birth control? [Colombia Reports via Jezebel]


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Geography Belmar is located at 40°10'42" North, 74°1'21" West (40.178342, -74.022446)1.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough has a total area of 4.4 km² (1.7 mi²). 2.6 km² (1.0 mi²) of it is land and 1.7 km² (0.7 mi²) of it is water. The total area is 39.65% water.
Demographics As of the census of 2000, there are 6,045 people, 2,946 households, and 1,316 families residing in the borough. The population density is 2,288.2/km² (5,921.7/mi²). There are 3,996 housing units at an average density of 1,512.6/km² (3,914.5/mi²). The racial makeup of the borough is 91.53% White, 3.46% African American, 0.18% Native American, 1.03% Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander, 1.99% from other races, and 1.82% from two or more races. 6.85% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.
There are 2,946 households out of which 17.2% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 32.0% are married couples living together, 9.0% have a female householder with no husband present, and 55.3% are non-families. 44.3% of all households are made up of individuals and 12.1% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.05 and the average family size is 2.92.
In the borough the population is spread out with 17.2% under the age of 18, 7.6% from 18 to 24, 36.7% from 25 to 44, 22.7% from 45 to 64, and 15.7% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 38 years. For every 100 females there are 99.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 99.2 males.
The median income for a household in the borough is $44,896, and the median income for a family is $61,250. Males have a median income of $40,557 versus $34,323 for females. The per capita income for the borough is $29,456. 8.6% of the population and 4.5% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 11.3% are under the age of 18 and 7.9% are 65 or older.
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A little more information on this bumblebee.
When photographed it was observed in my garden feeding on bugle and cirsium (thistle).
It caught my eye as it didn't look like any B.pascuroum observed in the garden and was slightly more robust.
On the 18th May I observed a specimen of the same colouring nest searching in my garden. It went into a bumblebee nest box but rejected it unfortunately !
I am sure its probably a variation on Common carder but any help would be great.
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Examine the controversy over the trapping of troublesome coyotes in Lane County.
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Photographer Pat Graham takes us on tour with the band in his new book
When you can't get that riff out of your head, or feel compelled to turn the music up a notch, it's the instruments at play. Lyrics play second fiddle in any song with a sick drum beat, electrifying guitar solo or melodious piano part. But as the physical extension of a musician, instruments take a beating. Documenting what they endure on the road and off is London-based photographer Pat Graham, who demonstrates how beautiful a worn-out guitar or a blood-covered drum set can be in his aptly-titled book "Instrument."
Appearing everywhere from Rolling Stone covers to Modest Mouse album jackets, Graham's photos have been an essential part of music history for the past decade. Having toured with bands several times, Graham illustrates the relationships he's forged with musicians and their machines in the new book, demonstrating both his skills as a photographer and the adoration he has for his subject. Accompanying the compelling visuals are the captivating stories, including short renditions by each of the 50 featured musicians—from Johnny Marr to Hal Blaine—about how they acquired their instrument, and what it means to them.
We caught up with Graham to tell us more about the documenting process, and how he captures all of the magic that happens on the road. See his interview below, pick up the forthcoming book from Amazon and check out more information about the images after the jump.
Instrument is about relationships. What role do they play in the final product?
It means a lot to me, as the artist trusted me, as an artist, to photograph something very personal to them. While I shot a lot of these photos, I was having conversations with the musicians about what I should photograph and why. I would hope the final product or piece of art is inspiring to the musician and anyone viewing it.
What drew you to narrow your focus to instruments?
I liked the way instruments looked in photos and on stage. I also wanted to photograph something in music that was not really photographed before. I love photography and being able to photograph hidden landscapes in my favorite musicians' instruments seemed like a good idea.
Can you tell us about the process of compiling all the instruments in the book?
I started it around 1995. The series really took off in 2007 when Johnny Marr kickstarted me into action. The project then gained momentum. Each shoot usually had around 150-200 shots, unless I had a very limited amount of time.
I used as many of my cameras as I had time for. I really wanted to capture as many angles as I could. And I also thought it was important to shoot with film and digital. I asked friends to be in the book, and those friends asked their friends about contributing. The book was formed out of my love for photography and music, and also the love musicians have for their instruments.
I have toured with many bands as the photographer and while on tour, I would shoot as many instruments that inspired and crossed my path. Modest Mouse was a great inspiration for the book, as well as the band I was on tour with the most. As we traveled from town to town I would ask if anyone knew of any cool musicians/instruments in that town. For example, Isaac Brock said, "when [you] go through Oklahoma, you have to shoot the Flaming Lips stuff—it is amazing."
Johnny Marr writes a brilliant foreword. What was it like to shoot his Fender Jaguar?
Johnny really liked my pictures of Ian Mackaye's SG and I had mentioned wanting to photograph Johnny's guitars. I was on tour with Johnny and Modest Mouse at the time so we were together 24-7. I wanted to photograph his Black Jaguar at the right time and place. At the end of tour the band was playing the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville. This was the place where the Grand Ole Opry had happened, and pretty much all the great country musicians had played on its stage.
Johnny told me how his parents were huge country music fans and were really proud that their son was playing the Ryman. In fact, I believe Johnny called them from the stage. That day I photographed Johnny in and around the Ryman. I felt this was the perfect place to photograph his black Jag. The photos show his guitar on the same stage that so many greats had been on.
Is the instrument a reflection of the artist, the music, or something else entirely?
The Instrument is a reflection of the artist and the music that instrument has played. An instrument is also a representation of a time period.
What do you see when you look at a guitar?
This depends on the guitar. I see lines, landscapes, blood, misshapes, design, etc.


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The Canadian fertiliser and rural services giant Agrium was last night finalising the sale of AWB's commodities trading arm to the largest private business in the United States, Cargill, in a deal worth more than $350 million.
Agrium's decision to carve up
The Agrium board, which is understood to have approved the sale at a board meeting on Friday, was last night completing the final details of the sale to Cargill, which could deliver the US group AWB's half-share in Melbourne Port Terminals, 22 grain storage sites, rail assets and AWB's trading desks in Australia, Geneva and India. The groups were expected to announce the sale overnight.
The Australian commodity business of AWB is valued at between $250 million and $280 million, and its international operations are worth $100 million to $120 million.
That leaves a transaction range of between $350 million and $400 million, plus any goodwill.
The sale will bolster Cargill's position in the Australian grains market and could have implications for eastern Australia's biggest storage and handler,
Cargill, which turned over more than $US100 billion last year, has facilities at Newcastle's Kooragang Island Port for its oilseeds business and is understood to be part of a consortium looking to develop grain export facilities at the port. They would pose direct competition to GrainCorp.
GrainCorp is likely to press regulators for Cargill to be forced to open up any wheat export facilities to third-party users. GrainCorp and other bulk handlers are required to open their facilities.
But the Melbourne Port Terminals, in which Cargill will gain a half share, is exempt from the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission ruling because its operator, Japan's Sumitomo Corp, is not a licensed wheat exporter. It does, however, own half of Emerald Group, which is an accredited wheat exporter.
The third-party access undertakings are in place for exporters controlling port facilities to ensure rivals without crucial infrastructure could get grain to offshore markets.
The sale of the AWB's commodity business ends a lengthy process of the division, which once had an iron fist on the country's wheat exports through its single-desk status.
But since losing the monopoly in the aftermath of the oil-for-food scandal, AWB's share of Australian wheat exports has sunk to about 20 per cent.
Former AWB management were in discussions for more than a year with potential buyers such as Glencore Grain, Gavilon and GrainCorp.
Gavilon has since ramped up its Australian presence, establishing an office in Perth and poaching senior staff from bulk handler CBH Group.
GrainCorp has announced plans to establish a European trading office.
Market watchers had expected Agrium, one of the world's biggest fertiliser marketers and producers, to sell the commodities arm. It has little grains trading experience and was attracted to AWB for the Melbourne-based group's Landmark rural services operation.
It will use the Landmark business as its Asian base as it continues to grow its global operations.
AWB and Agrium were unavailable for comment yesterday.
Market watchers had expected Agrium to sell the commodities business.
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On the secluded Costa Rican beach where I huddle with a couple of friends and half-a-dozen strangers, it's pitch black except for some distant lightning and the luminescent crests of the waves breaking on shore. I've got a cramp in one leg and unseen insects are feasting on my bare ankles because I've forgotten to bring bug spray.
But I'm not budging because we're told a giant Pacific green turtle, which our guides have been quietly watching in the brush behind us, is digging a nest in the sand and preparing to lay her eggs. Such a sight is fair exchange for a little discomfort and a few bug bites.
When the guides decide the turtle is intent on her task and we won't risk spooking her back into the ocean, they lead us into the brush with infrared flashlights and we form a half-circle behind her. Her shell is as large as an ottoman. We talk in whispers as she rocks back and forth and flicks up sand with her broad flippers, creating a deep hole for her eggs.
Finally, the turtle stops moving. "It's OK now, she is entranced," one guide says as he digs with his hands to widen the top of the hole and then illuminates it with a regular flashlight. We take turns peering in and I see a glistening white egg, the size and shape of a billiard ball, drop onto a pile of others already in the hole.
No one is saying much of anything. Like the turtle, we're entranced.
I didn't anticipate that a nocturnal turtle-watching trip would be part of my week-long journey to northern Costa Rica, but then, I didn't know what to expect from this Latin American country best known for its coffee.
What I discover is two countries in one: a temperate rainforest filled with showy tropical plants and abundant wildlife, and a warmer coastal region of sunny skies and surf-worthy beaches.
You don't have to choose between the two, just jump in a car and drive from one region to the other in about five hours. And both are within one to three hours of the international airport near Liberia, where WestJet now flies twice a week non-stop from Toronto.
We start our trip near the town of La Fortuna, in the shadow of the Arenal volcano, which erupted regularly until 2010. Now, the sleeping giant is a mist-shrouded backdrop to a cluster of hotels capitalizing on its compelling displays of ash and lava. Luckily, the area has many other natural attractions to make up for the current lack of volcanic activity.
The Nayara Hotel, Spa and Gardens is our temporary home. When I see the bed strewn with rose petals and the jetted tub for two on the deck outside my private casita, I feel a bit odd about staying by myself in a place clearly geared toward couples.
But I'll get over it. The private deck with the outdoor Jacuzzi certainly helps.
After a breakfast of huevos rancheros, fried yucca and gallo pinto (mixed black beans and rice), we're off on a floating tour of the Penas Blancas river, about half-an-hour from La Fortuna, with Desafio Adventures.
Our guide, Jos©, does most of the work steering our inflatable raft down the river, but he warns us he'll need us to pitch in from time to time.
"OK, everyone backpaddle, backpaddle!"
We dig our oars into the water to guide the raft back to where he has spotted something high up in the trees.
We are rewarded with the sight of a group of howler monkeys, some babies riding on their mothers' backs, jumping from branch-to-branch and unleashing the spooky call that gives them their name.
One member of our group is eager to see a sloth and Jos© doesn't let her down -- we spot both the two-toed and three-toed varieties languishing in the dense foliage, along with toucans, kingfishers, egrets, herons and iguanas.
There's one thing you should resign yourself to when you visit Costa Rica's rainforest, especially in the rainy season -- you're going to get wet. You don't get all that lush vegetation without a whole lot of precipitation.
No matter how blue the skies look, they can turn grey and unload a torrent of rain with little or no warning. But since many activities are water-based, it really doesn't matter.
It doesn't rain when we go on a canyoneering tour with Desafio near the volcano, but it wouldn't have made a difference if it did -- 20 minutes into our 31/2-hour tour, we're soaked to the skin. (Rappelling down waterfalls and hiking waist-deep through rushing streams will tend to do that to you.) Later, as we take a much-deserved soak at the Eco Termales Hot Springs in La Fortuna, rain would make a refreshing counterpoint to the steamy water soothing our tired muscles. You, too, will welcome a cooling shower when you walk the 500 steps down to (and especially back from) the spectacular 70-metre-high La Fortuna waterfall.
But we're due for a change of scenery and climate. As we cross the continental divide that bisects Costa Rica into east and west, everything changes -- the mist that obscured our views for days gives way to blue skies, and lush jungle turns into drier ranchland. By the time we arrive in Playa Tamarindo on the west coast, we peel off our rain jackets and slather ourselves with sunscreen.
Tamarindo is a typical small beachside town, with a string of restaurants, bars, souvenir and surf shops lining the main drag and one large hotel, the Tamarindo Diria Beach and Golf Resort, on the water's edge. What we don't expect is the Canadian connection -- hotel manager Andr© Gagnon is a refugee from Quebec City, and he says a few hundred other Canadians have traded cold winters for Tamarindo sunshine.
Within half an hour of arriving, we're in our bathing suits and on the beach. For anyone who loves to surf -- or who has never tried it, but secretly idolizes Kelly Slater -- this is the place to do it. Boards and lessons are both available through the hotel, as are turtle-watching tours.
If surfing isn't your speed, you can take an ATV tour down dirt trails to one of the more remote beaches south of Tamarindo. We stop once on the way there to listen to a chorus of howler monkeys in the trees, and a second time to let a herd of cows cross the path to graze. It's worth doing battle with the bone-jarring ruts, but two pieces of advice: Bring sunglasses and a bandana to cover your face, and don't wear white. You're going to get dirty.
A catamaran trip from Tamarindo to one of the uninhabited bays that dot the coast requires no effort at all -- you can snorkel and swim if you're so inclined, or you can just lie on the deck and work on your tan. Get a friend to fetch you drinks and guacamole from the bar down below and you won't need to move a muscle. For some, rain or shine, that's the ideal Costa Rican vacation.
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Now and then while doing interviews, I often ask about first jobs. It's a good icebreaker. Most people, if of a particular vintage, have fond memories of bussing tables, working behind a counter, doing some sort of labor. It's the thrill of getting that first paycheck, away from the purview of parentage.
There's a sense of pride. Giving it some thought the other day while driving, I've had three weeks of unemployment since leaving school. A long three weeks.
Would believe many feel the same way: would rather work than play. Labor Day 2013 has a similar sense.
Like a lot of sons who grow up in their father's business, my first job featured a slew of "character building" exercises. Before computers, offset printing and the Internet, newspapers were typically "hot type" operations. My first job was making "pigs."
Pigs were made of molten lead, then cooled and set, oblong in shape and weighed about 30 pounds each. Used type was tossed into hellboxes from around the composing room — it was collected, melted into liquid, then molded back into the pigs, which were hung from the Linotypes from which new type was generated. Recycling, before it was cool. It was also mind-numbing, repetitive and, looking back, a bit dangerous.
The pigs were made in a room about the size of a broom closet and on a hot August day in east Texas, it felt like the surface of Venus. Our father was "close" with the dollar, in that he could get labor like mine rather inexpensively. (My older brother, too, made pigs and had similar jobs in our father's newspapers. He's a CPA/tax law expert these days, always smarter than his younger sibling. Digressing, alas.)
The glamour of having a real job while my friends mowed the neighbors' grass, wore off pretty quickly while pouring hot lead on a hot day. The composing foreman, a joyless man by the name of Harry, would yell above the clanking and clamor of Linotypes: "more pigs, dammit!" I suppose he thought Dammit was my first name.
Another career path not taken was tending bar. The occupation is rife with risks — rife is on the same page of the dictionary as "riffraff." Bar tending often finances a college education. I did it for three years.
The Bar G Western Palace in Commerce, Texas, was a long way from the chummy atmosphere of "Cheers." When the stuffing came out of the barstools, they were fixed with duct tape. Not everyone knew your name.
It seated 600 when the fire marshal wasn't looking and featured a long bar, pool tables, plenty of restrooms (and walls to put your fist through), and all the accoutrements of a country-and-western roadhouse: pickled eggs in big jars, longneck bottles of beer and frozen pizza. Two brothers opened it after suddenly coming into some money. What better way to invest the nest egg, than in a bar, eh?
We had a loud house band three nights weekly and big names once a month like Ernest Tubb, Faron Young, Hank Thompson. Waylon and Willie played there as well and were always the best with the crowds, signing autographs and body parts. They tipped the bartenders, too.
The clientele was a mix of cotton farmers, college students, local business types, rednecks and hippies; a night out for some, romance for others. Crop-dusting was discussed, phone numbers were exchanged — you know, bar talk.
One memory was from New Year's Eve 1974 and a "regular" who had been drinking steadily all night. Just as the New Year was about to be rung in, I was inexplicably gripped with a sense of ethics and refused to serve him any more because he appeared drunk. He didn't agree with the diagnosis and placed a .38 on the bar, saying nothing. The message clear, I replied: "Tommy, this one's on me." The owners 86ed him, and I lost a good tip.
It was also a primer in business and management.
With customers two, three deep at the bar on busy nights, I asked one of the two brothers to get another cash register. Sure enough, the next night, he brought in a cigar box. Another night, when looking for change at the main register, I found it empty when just minutes before, it was stuffed with hundreds of dollars. Told to "go see Billy" (the younger brother), he was in the back office throwing dice with his pals. In essence, an accounting issue at night's end. Not at all unlike what happened to Enron.
These days, the Bar G's a church.
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Jungle By Night - Wild Vibe: Jungle by Night Dropping Amsterdam's Worldwide Afrobeat-Inspired Funk on the U.S., with Tony Allen's Approval
• July 11, 2015 - Rough Trade, Brooklyn, NY at 9:00 PM
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When Tony Allen, the drumming power behind the sound of the late and very great Fela Kuti, pronounces a band to be "the evolution of Afrobeat," it's got something special. That's exactly how he described Holland's Jungle by Night.
The nine-piece powerhouse evolves the American and Nigerian roots of the music, folding in the beats and fierce attitudes of hip-hop and EDM, guided by the wild soul of jazz and the raw energy of rock. They've teamed up with Afro-inspired DJs and club music instigators like LA's Gaslamp Killer and Philly's Rich Medina. They've electrified audiences from Europe to Japan, and in July they'll be bringing their modern taken on Afrobeat to America as they undertake a U.S. tour in support of their third album, The Hunt.
"We all came to this from different beginnings," explains conga player Gino Groeneveld, "so we all bring our own ideas and we make them work together. Several of the band members' father was a journalist in Africa, and he has a huge collection of highlife music. I love James Brown and Maceo Parker, and we grew up on that. The trumpeter came from jazz. All those things fit well in this band. And my brother Sonny, who plays the drums, used to make hip-hop beats. He's always been a crate-digger, so he got us all into funk that's off a lot of people's radars, thanks to samples he tracked down."
Formed by a group of friends six years ago, the band quickly found itself opening for acts like The Roots, legendary Ethiopian musician Mulatu Astatke, and Benin's Orchestre Poly-Ritmo de Cotonou. From that flying start they organized their own Afrobeat festival, Felabration, in Amsterdam, bring in Tony Allen and Fela's music son, Seun Kuti, as special guests.
And the people who have Afrobeat in their blood, one of the creators and the heir, were captured with Jungle by Night's take on the music.
"Afrobeat to that level is just wonderful and impressive," Seun Kuti said after they'd performed.
"We just have fun onstage," Groeneveld insists. "We don't focus on perfection. We enjoy it, and the crowd focuses on the music. If you're having fun, the audience will, too."
But along with the fun and the energy, there's plenty of skill and focus. This is a new generation with a wealth of fresh influences to bring to the music, using Afrodiasporic forms as a springboard to bring in a wealth of sounds. On "Attila," for instance, the first single on The Hunt, a synth grabs the ear before a relentless groove takes hold and a trumpet solo that nods toward Bitches Brew roars to life. The production on "Cherokee" owes a debt to Jamaican dub, and "Desdemona" opens with a complex, jagged guitar riff that would sound perfectly at home on a prog rock album, while "To Sugar A Dream" switches the mood by offering three minutes of gorgeously woozy brass languor.
This is the new funk, made up of countless flavors, determined in part by the scene the band came up in. "We've been lucky, living and playing in Amsterdam," Groeneveld admits. "It's a very open-minded city and there are so many broad musical interests here. You can just look around and find a jam session pretty much anytime. There are good clubs to play, and Holland has 200 festivals a year, so you can find places to play, to experiment and grow. That's been great for us."
From Holland they've spread their wings, playing all over the continent, before being invited to Japan's famous Fuji Rock last year.
A nine-piece band can be unwieldy, but Jungle by Night has the sharpness of a razor in its sound. There's plenty of room for the musicians to improvise. Between the soloists and the formidable machine of bass, drums, and percussion, however, there's the constantly shifting soundscape, a journey through sonic territories that draws from the influence of dance music. It's a powerful combination, one to stimulate the mind as much as the feet.
Along with touring, Jungle by Night is also working on a new album, spreading a global net for their music. "We've only recorded two songs so far, but one of them is a cumbia. A kind of cumbia, anyway," says Groeneveld with a chuckle. "We're taking our influences ever further this time on the album. It has more hip-hop and rock, and even some ideas from Turkey."
Worldly influences aside, Afrodiasporic funk is still very much the core of the band's sound. But whether the inspiration begins in Nigeria or Colombia, Jungle by night want one thing when they play live. "We want to get everyone in the same mood," Groeneveld says. "To have them all with that wild vibe."
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Zero Dark Thirty is a military term referring to thirty minutes past midnight. 'Dark enough so you can go in and none can see you,' someone might say. Director Kathryn Bigelow says, "it refers also to the darkness and secrecy that cloaked the entire decade-long mission." On the night the marines flew over the quiet suburbs of Abbottabad inside Pakistan, there was no moon in the sky and up in the north of the city, it was "quite peaceful."
Image-Engine dug in and created over 300 shots for Zero Dark Thirty, ranging from digital environments, hard surface animation, and some very deep compositing. There were Stealth Hawk military helicopters, created digitally to mould over choppers filmed on set. The military camps like Camp Chapman and Area 51 were also created, with expansive matte paintings and over 400 digital soldiers and vehicles, weapons, hardware and camp gear that makes up all the activity one would expect at a military outpost. In addition to all this, the dust, exhaust and dirt was composited into the mix to make this a living breathing environment.
In some exterior shots of the choppers, Bigelow and Harvey used the real Blackhawks as much as possible, for the staging and helping the director of photography Greig Fraser. This was also for the reference of the downwash, the replicating of the mass of the vehicle. The dust and debris blown around the vehicle was a great guide for extra material to be extracted and added in later. There were some instances where they had to replace the helicopter completely.
There couldn't be light towers to illuminate the area in any way. Not just because there were choppers there and the rotors would be a risk, but also these towers would be blown over in the downwash. "Every single shot on the movie that is shot at night, is digital, replacing the practical model. They did survive to help stage the interiors of the choppers and they were great for that," explains Harvey. "We still hung them on the gimbal and carried the crew and the Navy SEALS. You could shake it around and do all that stuff to act out the bad landing, but for anything exterior, had to be CG."
Flying these Stealth Choppers through the mountains in the dark, on the way from the base in Afghanistan, into Pakistan and Abbottabad was created with a mixture of digital and practical. The ground was practical and that's where it ends. "I lead a splinter group to shoot this in September and the movie was delivered in November," says Harvey. "This was shot during a bright sunny day at Lone Pines, California. This is a great location with hugely different terrain in under five minutes flying distance of each other. There was a phenomenal bunch of canyons we went and shot in with a great helicopter crew. We had to remap the Stealth choppers into the shot because the motion wouldn't look heavy enough. The comp team had a huge challenge to crank that down to make up the night-time shots.
There were a lot of cars, vans, people, buildings and tents in and around the area, all replaced and created for the long shots at ground level as well as the huge plume of smoke that is thrown up. "We add all sorts of shattering glass and buildings dusting up when the rocket goes off too," he adds. "There was a great practical explosion that filled the frame in the ground level shot, but from above, it didn't quite get to the size Kathryn wanted so the explosion was replaced."


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WATER babies and senior swimmers can now sign up for a Swimathon organised by the Swindon North Rotary Club.
All ages of people are being urged to take part in the challenge to swim as many lengths as they can in 55 minutes and raise money for Prospect Hospice and a cause of their choice.
Ken Winslow, chairman of the group organising the Swimathon, said: "People can raise money for the charity of their choice and people can do it either as individuals or as a group of friends.
"They also don't have to worry about anything. We can collect all the money [from swimmers] and distribute it, 50 per cent to Prospect Hospice and 50 per cent to the charity of their choice. It doesn't matter how fast or how fit you are, everyone can take part, as long as you complete as many lengths as you can, one at a time, for 55 minutes."
The Swimathon starts at noon on April 26, at the Next Generation Fitness Centre. People can enter as individuals or in teams of up to four.
The Rotary Club wants workplaces to enter teams, as well as Scouts, friends, family members and societies.
Each team member will be awarded a certificate, to verify how many lengths of the pool they swam.
Entry and sponsorship forms can be downloaded from the Rotary website at www.rotaryswindonnorth.org.uk. Participants are responsible for collecting sponsorship money.


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The second release candidate for Emacs.app, the Cocoa-based port of GNU Emacs "unicode-2" to Mac OS X and GNUstep, is out. On OS X, all known issues are resolved, excepting running in terminal mode ('-nw' option). On GNUstep there remain some rendering issues. Binary (PowerPC / Intel universal OS X) and source distributions are available.
The first release candidate for Emacs.app, the Cocoa-based port of GNU Emacs "unicode-2" to MacOS X and GNUstep, is out. Fontset support has been added (thanks to Kenichi Handa's new font back-end framework). Multilingual fontsets are created automatically for fonts selected using the font panel. Fontsets can also be created manually as in other emacsen. Menus have been updated to Emacs21+ conventions, and the context-menu mouse button (right, by default) now generates mouse-3 events.... read more
This is the third release of Emacs.app, a Cocoa-based port of GNU Emacs to MacOS X and GNUstep based on Emacs on Aqua and its predecessors. Emacs.app is based on the "unicode-2" branch of GNU Emacs CVS, currently proposed to be released (eventually) as Emacs 23. This version of Emacs handles all text internally using Unicode, and should offer improved capabilities over other emacsen in multilingual environments. It differs from Aquamacs and other distributions in using the Cocoa APIs on OS X, and running on the GNUstep open source implementation. In addition it strives to provide a more consistent user experience relative to other Aqua applications.... read more
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Pell and Abbott, a former trainee priest, are also friends. So it's not surprising that in the past few days they have spoken together about the government's decision to hold a royal commission inquiring into the sexual abuse of minors in churches, schools, government agencies, and non-government organisations like the Scouts.
For the Catholic Church there's a lot to talk about. John Warhurst, emeritus professor of politics at the Australian National University and an expert on the role of the Catholic Church in Australian politics, says the potential impact on the Church of the royal commission "is greater than the Split".
He was referring to the split in 1954-55, when a largely Catholic, fiercely anti-communist Democratic Labour Party – inspired and organised by Abbott's hero, B. A, Santamaria, and Cardinal Daniel Mannix in Victoria – split away from the ALP. The DLP played a pivotal role in keeping Labor out of office for the next 17 years by allocating its voting preferences to the Liberal-Country [later National] Party Coalition.
The Split was bitter among Catholics, pitting brother against brother, father against son and mother against daughter. It also caused a great fissure in the Catholic Church. Then Sydney Cardinal Sir Norman Gilroy – the first senior Catholic cleric to be knighted since the English Reformation of 1535 – rejected the largely Victorian-based DLP to the point where he banned Santamaria-inspired propaganda from NSW Catholic schools and churches, and clashed with Mannix.
Nearly 60 years later, following Prime Minister
At the same time he said the Catholic Church was the victim of a "smear" campaign and was a "media target" over the issue of the sexual abuse of minors. "I don't think we should be scapegoated," he said.
Later Geoffrey Robinson, a former auxiliary Bishop in the Catholic Archdiocese of Sydney, and author of a book Confronting Power and Sex in the Catholic Church, said Pell was "not a team member. Cardinal Pell has gone his own way. I don't believe they [the other Catholic bishops in Australia] would want him as their spokesperson."
Robinson, who has also contributed to two other books on the sexual abuse of minors by Church figures, told the Weekend Financial Review that Pell's comments had caused "serious embarrassment". At the same time, Father Kevin Dillon, a Catholic priest, told the ABC Lateline program: "I don't think you can possibly exaggerate the extent of the problem. We're the clubhouse leaders by far. We can't move away from that."
Indeed, headlines here, in the US and Ireland about sexual abuse in the Catholic Church over the last half century are impossible to move away from. The "deep anger" – as Warhurst describes it – over the handling of the issue among many Catholics, and open clashes between senior members of the Catholic clergy, resonate with the remarkable history and power of the Catholic Church in Australia.
Virtually banned for the first 30 years of colonial settlement, the Catholic Church catered for a largely Irish community, with many being convicts or ex-convicts. It set about quickly establishing churches, schools, hospitals and Catholic relief agencies throughout the colonies. In an era of unquestioned deference to Catholic clerical authority, and at a time when it proclaimed itself as the One True Religion, a bitter sectarian divide emerged with a more affluent Protestant majority questioning the Catholics' fealty to the Empire.
This sectarian divide deepened in World War I, when a Labor government led by Billy (the Little Digger) Hughes, imploded over the issue of conscription, and many Australians of Irish Catholic origin helped to successfully defeat pro-conscription referenda. Hughes continued on as Prime Minister, leading a pro-conscription nationalist government
The immediate post World War I years featured the emergence of the Irish Republic and the most bitter sectarian divide in Australian history. But, according to Edmund Campion, the distinguished literary priest, a sense of "inferiority" began disappearing among Australian Catholics after World War II, partly stemming from the rapid dismantling of the Protestant-led British Empire.
The next great event in the political history of the Catholic Church was the Split. Under B. A. Santamaria, the Catholic Social Studies Movement became so successful in gaining influence in unions and their political outrigger, the ALP, that he in effect controlled the Victorian branch of the Labor Party. This led to a power struggle between Labor's Left – tainted as "communist influenced" – and the Santamaria-led forces on the Right.
Manipulating power from the back room was the forte of "Santa". "In the tense melodrama of politics," journalist Alan Reid wrote shortly before the Split, "there are mysterious figures who stand virtually unnoticed in the wings, invisible to all but a few of the audience, as they cue, Svengali-like, among the actors out on the stage."
Santamaria gained a wide audience and became highly influential through his use of the Catholic Worker and later News Weekly. His television program, Point of View, largely focused on what he claimed was communist influence in the ALP, and was broadcast weekly by the Channel Nine group with the enthusiastic support of its proprietor, Frank Packer.
Priests promoted the DLP from the pulpit, and, particularly in Victoria, Catholics who stuck with the ALP were often ostracised.
For many the intrigue, double-crossing and emotion of the Split seems like ancient history, rather like the impact of the Wars of the Roses on a modern-day, mixed-race Englishman. This is especially so as the DLP formally disappeared as a federal political force when its five senators were defeated in the May 1974 double dissolution election, although it regained single member representation in the Senate following the 2010 federal election.
However, as Warhurst says, "60 years after the Split, the DLP is alive and well". A DLP diaspora, with significant influence in both major political parties, provides much of the back story in explaining recent Australian politics.
In the Labor Party, much of the explanation for its ambivalent approach to contentious social issues like same-sex marriage can be explained by three letters – SDA. This is the shop assistants' union, headed by the conservative Joe de Bruyn, who is also a member of Labor's national executive, a powerful figure in the Party's national conference and influential in ALP preselections in Victoria and South Australia.
Historically, the "shoppies" was a union with close ties to the DLP. To underline de Bruyn's social conservatism, former Labor prime minister Gough Whitlam once commented to friends that "Joe de Bruyn is the only Dutchman I know who doesn't like dykes".
It was a close confidante of de Bruyn, and former SDA official Don Farrell, who recently supplanted Finance Minister Penny Wong as number one on Labor's Senate ticket in South Australia, although Farrell later relinquished the position after uproar in party ranks. Wong is in a same-sex relationship.
Farrell was also one of the key so-called "faceless men" who supported
On the other side, current Opposition Leader Tony Abbott was recruited into Santamaria's National Civic Council as a first year university student, and eulogised Santamaria at the time of his death in 1998 as a man who "saw politics as a way of giving glory to God".
"Santa was an idealist," Abbott told me earlier this year. "He wanted to build a better world and one of the great things about the politics of the 1950s and '60s – whether you're talking about the Left or the Right – was that there was a lot of idealism."
During meetings of the Howard government's cabinet Abbott was more than once – possibly half jokingly – accused by then treasurer Peter Costello of "channelling "Santa". Abbott was reported to be the first cabinet minister in the Howard government to oppose Work Choices – also vociferously opposed by the SDA's Joe de Bruyn.
Separating himself from the more interventionist economic policies of the old DLP, Abbott told me Santamaria "had too much faith in the power of government and he was too ready to resort to subsidy and other forms of market distortion. Santa's economics is of less relevance today than it might have been in the days before the discrediting of socialism."
Supporters bridle at Abbott being called "Captain Catholic". They see this branding as a hangover from the sectarian divide. But two of the three mentors in his life – John Howard, Santamaria and Father Emmet Costello – are embedded in the Catholic Church.
Father Costello first met Abbott when he was a student at Riverview, a famous Sydney Jesuit school. But Emmet Costello's significance and influence is far wider.
He not only played a leading role in nurturing Abbott's leadership ambitions, but, in a religious sense, midwifed former Liberal leader Malcolm Turnbull's conversion to the Church of Rome, and has acted as a religious mentor to, among others, Tom Hughes, a former Liberal attorney-general and godfather of the Australian bar, and former ALP minister and powerbroker Mark Arbib.
As Catholics become more affluent and powerful, the influence of prestigious schools like Riverview has grown, even if church attendance is one-fifth what it was half a century ago.
In the modern Liberal Party, there's nothing odd about such Catholic religious affiliations. The two Liberal Party leaders before Abbott – Turnbull and Brendan Nelson – are both Catholics. Four leading members of the Abbott front bench – shadow treasurer Joe Hockey, finance spokesman Andrew Robb, media and broadband spokesman Turnbull, and education spokesman and manager of opposition business, Christopher Pyne – are Catholics. "New Tories" – people who represent "the Catholic conservatives" – is how Peter Norden, adjunct professor in the school of global studies at RMIT University in Melbourne, and a former director of Jesuit social services, describes them.
That's a far cry from the Liberal Party of the 1950s when it had only two prominent Catholics, Sir John Cramer from NSW and Senator Neal O'Sullivan from Queensland. Cramer, a former army minister who held the Sydney seat of Bennelong, where he was succeeded by John Howard in 1974, recalled that when he entered a room, Menzies would jest: "Watch out, fellas, the papists are coming." He was the recipient of a card from another prominent Liberal who wrote: "I always knew you had the smell of an RC about you."
Sixty years later, what marks out Abbott is not that he's a Catholic, but the intensity of his relationship to the Catholic Church, intimacy with its power centres, identification with Catholic political propagandists like Santamaria, and adherence to its dogma, notably in areas such as abortion (against) and gay marriage (against).
Asked if he ever entertained doubts about his faith, Abbott told me earlier this year: "I'm much more conscious of shades of grey than I ever was as a younger person."
But as it faces up to a royal commission that may last a decade, the problem for the Catholic Church, as Edmund Campion puts it, is one of "trust".
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March 22nd launch date for BlackBerry Z10 on AT&T?
0. phoneArena posted on 08 Mar 2013, 06:43
According to a pair of sources, the BlackBerryZ10 will launch on AT&T on March 22nd which is exactly one week latere than the launch date of the prior rumor which called for a March 15th release of the first BlackBerry 10 phone; at the end of this week, the all-touch Z10 will be available in 21 countries but none as important as the U.S. which accounts for 20% of BlackBerry's revenue...
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1. Nikolas.Oliver (banned) (Posts: 1574; Member since: 01 Jul 2012)
bb 10 has been in the store in my country for over 1 week or so, it costs a hefty $720, not interested though
4. BennySingh (Posts: 2; Member since: 20 Jan 2013)
but earlier there was a rumor that BlackBerry Z10 launching to AT&T on March 15?
5. apiskula (banned) (Posts: 578; Member since: 25 Jan 2013)
Oh I can't wait. I am going to cancel my contract with Verizon and be the first one. NOT! Who in the world would by this garbage phone!
6. Omarc07 (Posts: 481; Member since: 12 Nov 2012)
Ehhh even tho I have att I wouldnt get this black berry theres are so much better phones out there. I kno most likely ima get thumbd dwn for sayin that :S
7. ZeroCide (Posts: 785; Member since: 09 Jan 2013)
Is anyone really waintin for this?
8. Droiddoes (unregistered)
I tried to be optimistic and wish RIM the best, but goddam guys. Just take it out back and shoot Ol Yeller, it's over. The lack of popular apps will kill the platform.
9. OptimusOne (Posts: 694; Member since: 22 May 2012)
I want to see the Q10 when it comes out on Sprint


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Poland Confirms Minnesota Man As Nazi CommanderPoland will seek the arrest and extradition of a Minnesota man after confirming he was a Nazi unit commander.
State Dept.: Md. Bill Threatens U.S. Talks With France On Holocaust CompensationThe Obama administration on Wednesday warned several state legislatures against initiatives that would punish the state-owned French railway company SNCF for carrying out Holocaust-era deportations to Nazi death and labor camps.
Bulgarian Honor Bid In DC Stirs Holocaust Debate A request by the Bulgarian Embassy to name a Washington intersection after a favorite native son -- a man credited with helping save the country's Jewish population from deportation -- has gotten tangled up in a broader debate about whether the nation is accurately accounting for the actions of its leaders during the Holocaust.
Steve Davis: Athletes On TwitterI am beginning to wonder if being on twitter is really a good thing for athletes.
Man Writes About Nazis & CzechoslovakiaWhen he was 9 years old, Charles Ota Heller found a loaded gun in a roadside ditch and shot a Nazi in the chest. He hoped the man died, though he didn't stick around long enough to find out. All he heard was a woman's screams as his victim lay on the ground in the waning days of World War II.
Md. Rail Deal Would Put Holocaust Records OnlineOne French rail company's work transporting tens of thousands of Jews to Nazi concentration camps during the Holocaust would be laid bare online, under a bill moving through the Maryland General Assembly.


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AppleInsider reports that Apple may be preparing to begin supporting 1080p movies in its iTunes Store later this year, based on reports of film studios submitting films to Apple in a new "HD+" format at the higher resolution.
Apple has resisted 1080p for its iTunes videos and even the current version of Apple TV because the company claims it will slow down streaming speeds, which could degrade your viewing experience more than the extra resolution could improve it.
A federal judge has ordered Apple to pay a huge fine for infringement of two patents of Personal Audio, related to the creation and use of iPod playlist.
Personal Audio sued Apple for patent infringement in 2009 asking for compensation of $84M.The two patents were the "U.S. patents 6,199,076: Audio Player Program Including a Dynamic Controller Selection Program" and "7,509,178: Audio Program Distribution and Playback System".


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PHILADELPHIA - The Penn women's soccer team fell for the second time this weekend, dropping a 1-0 decision to Drexel Sunday afternoon at the Dragons' Vidas Field.
With the loss, Penn fell to 2-2-0 on the young season. Drexel improved to 5-1-1.
Drexel's goal came with just over 16 minutes remaining in regulation. A ball was played across from the left side, and headed down by a Penn defender. However, the headed ball hit the foot of Jess Lowinger and squirted to the front of the goal. Lowinger was able to push it past Penn goalkeeper Sarah Banks' right side into the goal.
Penn substituted to get an offensive-minded lineup in there, and pressed the play the rest of the way. However, time ran out on the Quakers and they were unable to gain the equalizer. For the game, Penn outshot Drexel, 9-6.
The first half was relatively evenly played. The best chance came off the foot of the Quakers' Claire Walker that was saved in diving fashion by Drexel goalkeeper Eve Badana. Penn outshot Drexel in the opening stanza, 4-2.
Penn had a chance to go up with about 20 minutes left in regulation. Brianna Rano got the ball on the right side, and easily beat a Drexel defenderto set up a short cross in front. Kerry Scalora got a foot on it, but the ball went high over the goal from about 10 yards out.
Penn is back in action two more times next weekend, traveling across the country to the Golden State to meet the University of California on Friday night and Sacramento State on Sunday.
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Most days this blog is about women at the top of their careers − chief executives, other C-suiters and the challenges they faced as they climbed up the corporate ladder. Today, however, I would like to focus on an extraordinary organisation that helps women at the bottom of the ladder.
Dress for Success started in a church basement in New York City in 1996. Its initial aspirations were modest: to help disadvantaged women get jobs by providing them with appropriate clothes to wear to job interviews. It set out to solve the Catch-22 of unemployment: without a job, how can you afford a suit? But without a suit, how can you get a job?
Today, Dress for Success is located in 114 cities across 11 countries. Through corporate and private donations, it gives its clients one suit for a job interview and additional apparel − shoes, scarves and jewellery − when they become employed.
Its mission has expanded over the years. Through an extensive network of career centres, Dress for Success now also provides women with internet-accessible computer labs, job search assistance, mentoring and professional training.
More than 50,000 disadvantaged women walk through its doors every year. "These are women who have lost their way," says Joi Gordon, chief executive.
"Many of the women we help are overcoming big obstacles. They're getting out of prison or out of a recovery programme, and many of them have lived in a shelter. They are often single moms. But they still have the wherewithal to ask for help," she says. "What's gratifying for me is that I see them evolve into respected members of their communities and achieve a level of success they didn't think possible."
The economic downturn has noticeably increased demand for the company's services.
"The women we work with tend to have lower-paying jobs, and when you're in a lower-paying job, you have less of a cushion. So when you lose your job, you lose your way. Because of the vulnerability [of these women], they are susceptible to sliding really far down the ladder," says Gordon.
"During the height of the recession, there were a lot of women in middle management who lost their jobs or were downsized, and they started to volunteer with us. They were extremely helpful. It was during their dark time, but they wanted to give back and help other women."
Gordon dismisses research that shows women are often loath to support other women because it somehow diminishes their own efforts.
The chief executive herself is a rarity in the non-profit world: while women hold the vast majority of staff jobs in the non-profit sector in the US, they account for only 38 per cent of leadership positions, according to the recent national Nonprofit Employment Trends Survey.
"For me, being a woman at the top is lonely unless I can pull up other women to be here with me. You practise what you preach. It's a common theme that women aren't as supportive or encouraging of other women. But that's not my experience. I believe that most women who are in a position to help pull someone else up, do."
Gordon admits, however, that sometimes she feels discouraged.
"A few years ago, I went to a leadership conference for women. I was expecting to walk away feeling recharged, motivated and inspired. But instead I felt saddened. I felt that the conference just perpetuated the disparity between haves and have-nots," she says.
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Save the Date For NGFA/Grain Journal Elevator Design Conference ... July 30-Aug. 1 ... Omaha, NE
Date Posted: April 5, 2013
NGFA and Grain Journal magazine will cosponsor an Elevator Design Conference July 30-Aug. 1 at the Omaha Hilton in Omaha, Neb.
The one-and-a-half-day conference will focus on the theme "Applying New Standards and Technologies for New and Retrofit Facilities."
The conference, which is being planned by a steering committee consisting of representatives from several NGFA committees and the Grain Elevator and Processing Society (GEAPS), will feature eight 90-minute and one 1.5-hour sessions all day Wednesday, July 31, and the morning of Thursday, Aug. 1.
There will be an opening reception the evening of Tuesday, July 30. A trade show also will be featured.
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• Standards and Codes: Updates on Occupational Safety and Health Administration standards and policies, as well as National Fire Protection Association standards development. Outcomes of a new bin-venting study.
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The Red Bull Flugtag takes place this Sunday at the V&A Waterfront and here's pretty much everything you need to know hey. It hasn't been help in Cape Town for 10 years so make sure you get there because it's gonna be rad. I mean who doesn't want to see self-accredited pilots launch homemade, human powered flying machines off a 6m high ramp into the harbour waters?
Especially if they rock up like this oke…riding a homemade Falkor.
Right..here's the lowdown.
General Event Information & Tips:
- Red Bull Flugtag is a free event, so there's no need to secure a ticket.
- Viewing space is limited so get down early.
- No public will be allowed onto Jetty 1.
- Viewing screens will be set up at the Amphitheatre and Clock Tower
- Crafts will be flying from 10h00 – 17h00 (subject to weather conditions)
- Goldfish will be ending off the day performing from a secret location so be sure to stick around after the event.
- Get up close and personal to our heroes by visiting the teams in their hangars on Jetty 6 before they fly.
- There are only three roads that lead into the V&A Waterfront so expect delays and be sure to car pool.
- Use public transport or park in town and walk along the City pedestrian route to the V&A Waterfront
- Normal V&A parking areas and rates will apply on the day.
- No private or commercial boats will be allowed into the event arena.
- No swimming is allowed other than if you're a crazy Red Bull Flugtag pilot
- No pets (especially pet sharks) allowed.
Here's a map so your ass doesn't get lost.
If you notice there's secret party on that map. Oohhhh.
Your hosts for the day will Sias Du Plesis, Elana Afrika and Dj Switch and some famous judges will be deciding who wins.
For more info ( especially bout that secret party go check the official website HERE.
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It's true. The discovery of illegal nets bulging with striped bass or a federal sting that brings down a poaching ring revs up the media coverage and pumps up the headlines while the activities of unscrupulous recreational anglers barely cause a ripple.
Why? It's like the difference between a six-car pileup and a fender bender. Both result in damage but only one causes rubbernecking and gridlock. Plus, no one is going to read endless stories about one angler cited for catching four fish instead of two. Miles of illegal net? Now, you're talking.
That's just a fact of life.
Yet each time there's a case of poaching on the commercial side, watermen complain that they are being picked on by people like me. Their argument is that reporters never go after anyone else.
Wise up. That why-are-you-picking-on-me misdirection play didn't work when mom busted you and your friends for breaking the house rules, why should it work now?
The Maryland Watermen's Association deserves a thumbs-up for contributing to the $30,000 reward to catch the bandits who netted 12 tons of striped bass and left them to die. And watermen who have been feeding tips to Natural Resources Police about the crooks in their midst are to be commended for speaking up in a culture that has long rewarded silence.
I can't speak for other reporters, but the whining about poaching coverage being one-sided is just rubbish.
Did I report on the illegal nets in February? Of course. Ditto poachers in oyster sanctuaries, convicted serial bandits like Joey Janda, and Potomac River watermen conspiring to scam the system to the harm of honest watermen.
But it doesn't stop there.
I filed Freedom of Information Act requests to get the paperwork on a certain Tilghman Island charter captain who was later convicted of poaching.
I've ridden with and written about NRP patrols when the only boats officers boarded belonged to recreational anglers.
Stories about the ongoing federal investigation of charter boats from Virginia illegally striped bass fishing in federal waters? Mine.
And don't tell me I buried the cases of the out-of-state anglers charged with fishing for striped bass out of season and in a spawning area that's off limits. You read it here first, second and last.
It's not a part of the outdoors that I like to cover, but I get paid to do it.
What would be nice? If the recreational committee--that's you, Maryland Saltwater Sportfishermen's Association, and you, Pasadena Sportsfishing Group--issued a sizzling, scathing rebuke of poachers disguised as recreational anglers.
You know the ones. The guys who hide fish under a mountain of cooler ice or catch their daily limit in the morning and go back out in the evening. The guys who fish where they shouldn't and when they shouldn't. The guys who post online pictures of themselves posing with crap-eating grins while hoisting illegally caught fish.
Stand up and call them out. Drop a dime to NRP. Do it before an elected official holds a hearing to shame everyone who steals fish, oysters and crabs.
Coastal Conservation Association Maryland often writes letters to prosecutors and judges in cases that "shock the conscience," be they recreational or commercial.
In the cases of the anglers caught fishing out of season in a section of the Choptank River designated a protected striped bass spawning area, the group wrote a letter to Caroline County State's Attorney Jonathan G. Newell on May 17, asking him "to make every effort to ensure they are found guilty and if so, an appropriate penalty imposed by the court. Whether they are a commercial or recreational angler, any person who abuses Maryland's natural resources must be held accountable for their illegal actions."
Bravo. But where were the letters from the two other groups? And, for that matter, where's the Sport Fish Advisory Commission in all this?
This is fishing season. To be taken seriously, recreational anglers have to show they won't put up with poaching by their own. To be credible, to be players at the table, they have to say it loud and they have to say it often.
And it has to start now.


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An easy-to-remember stitch pattern and simple shaping make this slouchy hat a breeze to knit! Blocking with the laddered area stuffed with a water-resistant material will increase the slouch.
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