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SHOW LOW, Ariz. -- Two mammoth wildfires raged unchecked through paper-dry forest Sunday, threatening to join in a 50-mile-long line of flames and burn right into this town of 7,700 people.
The blazes already had destroyed about 185 homes elsewhere in the highlands of eastern Arizona, and as many as 25,000 people had fled more than half a dozen towns, including Show Low.
"It's gut-wrenching watching this plume of smoke come up over us and knowing what's behind it and knowing what it's going to do to our community," said Show Low Police Chief John Corder. "My house is probably going to be one of the first houses to go."
Firefighters braced to defend neighborhoods on the west side of town.
"This is going to be a tough day," said fire spokesman Jim Paxon. "We're going to get beat up pretty hard."
In west Show Low, where an estimated 80 percent of residents live, a wall of smoke hovered over treetops near the exclusive community of Torreon, a gated subdivision on a golf course.
"Torreon's going to be a wasteland when this is over," said police officer Allan Meyer, himself a resident of west Show Low.
Most of the community was a virtual ghost town by afternoon. All the new cars had been moved off the lot of a Toyota dealership and stores stood empty. Cars, pickups and RV's covered the parking lot of a K-Mart and Family Dollar, a safehouse of sorts for abandoned family vehicles.
The wildfires had burned more than 293,000 acres by Sunday. Afternoon temperatures were expected to reach the 90s, with single-digit humidity and shifting wind that was expected to further fan the flames.
As flames overran Heber-Overgaard, 35 miles west of Show Low, on Saturday, firefighters were able to save a large number of houses with help from air tankers that had dropped flame-retardant slurry directly on rooftops Paxon said. Seventy homes burned there, he said.
Firefighters likely couldn't stop flames from entering Show Low, either, said Larry Humphrey, the incident commander. Their plan called for pulling back, letting the fire hit and then fighting where they could.
"We'll spend our time on the ones we can possibly save," Humphrey said. "It's a tough call, but we have to make it."
Show Low's residents were ordered out late Saturday after flames leaped a firebreak that crews had bulldozed about eight miles west of town, and the 3,500 residents of neighboring Pinetop-Lakeside followed early Sunday.
The two wildfires had earlier overrun parts of the evacuated towns of Pinedale and Clay Springs, and late Saturday, flames jumped a bulldozed firebreak and entered Heber-Overgaard, an already-evacuated community of 2,700.
The area, popular with hikers and Phoenix-area residents who have built second homes to escape the desert heat, is covered with pinon, juniper and pine trees made explosively dry by years of drought.
Paxon said preliminary counts showed 115 homes had burned in towns just west of Show Low in a wildfire that exploded in size after starting Tuesday. It was thought to be human-caused, although authorities didn't know whether it was an accident or arson. Seventy others were burned by a smaller fire started Thursday by a lost hiker trying to signal for help.
More than 3,000 evacuees had registered at a shelter in Eagar, where cots covered the artificial turf of a domed high school football stadium, said National Guard Maj. William Wilhoit.
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Release Date: October 11th, 2002
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Designed to introduce the Cinerama widescreen format, this film documents exciting events and beautiful scenery from around the world in the aforementioned format. Included is a thrilling rollercoaster ride from the now-defunct Rockaways' Playland in Queens, scenes from the opera "Aida," an up-close view of the Niagara Falls, a ride down the canals of Venice and a bullfight. The film also features narration from newscaster Lowell Thomas and an Academy Award--nominated score.
Director: Ernest Schoedsack, Michael Todd Jr.
Genres: Documentary
Keywords: Lighthearted, 1950s, Charming, Playful
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get so much flak they are top peeps in my book
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Very nice, make sure you treat yourself to something with that money.
My view of them is slightly different, due to the fact that the computer system they use is not up to the task.
I have had 12 new tax code letters in 6 months. One minute I owe them nothing, two weeks later I owe them £2000, and it just goes back and forward. Every time I have to phone them and every time they cannot tell me why it keeps doing this.
I owe them nothing. They know I owe them nothing. But every couple of weeks I get a computer generated letter saying that my tax code is changing to K something (which is negative allowance) as I owe them money for having a company car. I don't have a company car.
My salary goes up, then down, as they send a new tax code to my employer each time they send me a letter.
I work for one employee, have done for 25 years, I am PAYE, I have no complicated tax affairs. And yet all I get is hassle!
My tax office is in some northern town that is too far for me to bother driving to, otherwise I would personally visit them with all my letters and ask them to pay me to have private treatment for stress.
Anyway, as I say, enjoy your cheque!
They over charged you in tax, earned interest on it which they will keep, and then months later paid you back what should've been yours in the first place.... and that makes them top people?
I tell you what... next time just send me a grand so I can do what I want with it, and I'll give it back to you this time next year.
Thanks for spoiling my joy...which car do you detest ?
Yeah I was a bit of a kill joy, wasn't I.
I agree, it is a nice feeling getting the money back. I got £1200 back earlier this year and was over the moon.
Interest rate on 400 quid over twelve months...I drive an Audi (bought at the stealers) so I think I can handle it Ads
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SACRAMENTO — Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed a revised $85 billion budget yesterday that he said contained "the good, the bad and the ugly," including additional cuts to child welfare programs, health care for the poor, AIDS prevention efforts and state parks.
Schwarzenegger used his line-item veto authority to trim an additional $489 million that will let the state restore a reserve fund he said is needed for tough times.
Democrats immediately protested the social-spending reductions and threatened to block his political agenda during his final months in office.
"This kind of game-playing by the governor doesn't bode well for success in terms of water, corrections, pensions or any of the other items that he is looking to in order to build some kind of real legacy," Assembly Speaker Karen Bass, D-Los Angeles, said.
The new budget should help the state's cash crisis. It remained unclear, however, how soon the state could stop issuing thousands of IOUs to vendors and contractors.
The governor's vetoes included $80 million from child welfare programs; $61 million from county funding to administer Medi-Cal, California's version of Medicaid; $52 million from AIDS prevention and treatment; $50 million from Healthy Families, the low-cost health insurance program for poor children; and $6.2 million more from state parks.
"Those are ugly cuts and I'm the only one that is really responsible for those cuts because the Legislature left, they didn't want to make those cuts," Schwarzenegger said after signing the budget in his office.
Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg, a Sacramento Democrat who negotiated the original budget compromise with Schwarzenegger, questioned the legality of many of the governor's vetoes.
"We will fight to restore every dollar of additional cuts to health and human services," Steinberg said in a written statement. "This is not the last word."
The vetoes also drew sharp criticism from advocates who said more children would go without insurance, foster families would receive less money and the state would cut HIV/AIDS testing.
"The governor's heartless act is not only deadly, but guaranteed to cost California taxpayers millions more in the future," Michael Weinstein, president of AIDS Healthcare Foundation, said in a statement.
Schwarzenegger called the budget package aimed at balancing the state's budget through June 30, 2010, the toughest since he took office in 2003. Still, the Republican governor said the package included reforms he has long sought and forces government to live within its means.
He said additional cuts were needed to build a $500 million reserve fund after the Assembly rejected about $1.1 billion in revenues from local transportation funding and new offshore oil drilling.
With much of state spending tied up by federal and constitutional requirements, the Schwarzenegger administration wants to ensure that the state has a cash cushion in case of emergencies such as earthquakes and wildfires.
California's economy has been hit by the housing market slump and high unemployment, and the latest efforts to close a $26 billion shortfall came just five months after lawmakers and the governor ended months of negotiations to close a previous $42 billion deficit.
The governor and lawmakers hope the revised spending plan will end California's cash crisis and let the state stop issuing IOUs. As of Monday, the state had handed out nearly 210,000 registered warrants worth $1 billion, according to the Controller's Office.
Schwarzenegger's finance director, Michael Genest, said it would take days for finance officials to finish analyzing the revised budget's impact on cash flow.
"It's not going to happen overnight, but they're going to work on it," Schwarzenegger said of Genest and the state treasurer and controller.
Genest warned that even with the revised budget deal, California will need to borrow $8 billion to $10 billion to cover its cash needs this year, and the state is likely to face a new $7 billion to $8 billion deficit in the 2010-11 fiscal year.
Matt Fabian, a bond analyst at Municipal Market Advisors, based in Concord, Mass., said California's plan was filled with accounting tricks and will likely do little to improve the state's poor credit rating.
The package lawmakers agreed to included about $15 billion in spending cuts, as well as reforms that include tougher sanctions on CalWORKS recipients who don't meet work requirements. Also, in-home support workers will have to undergo background checks and have their fingerprints taken.
In earlier rounds of cuts, California reduced Medi-Cal reimbursement rates for health care providers and eliminated optional benefits such as dental and eye care for adult recipients.
With the vetoes announced yesterday, the cut to California's state parks totals about $14 million. Genest said that will likely force as many as 100 of the state's 279 parks, beaches and attractions to close, although he cautioned that figure wasn't firm.
State parks director Ruth Coleman said that closures will begin after Labor Day but that the state was actively seeking partners, including cities and counties, to take over some parks. She said Hearst Castle and urban beach parks would be exempt.
"We're not willing to give up on these parks," Coleman said. "We're hoping Californians will step up in saving these parks."
San Diego parks and beaches that may be targeted — depending on attendance, revenue and ability to attract more foundation or community support — include Torrey Pines State Natural Reserve, Border Field State Park, Carlsbad State Beach, Silver Strand State Beach, Cuyamaca Rancho State Park, Palomar Mountain State Park and San Pasqual Battlefield State Historic Park. Also, Coleman suggested Anza-Borrego Desert State Park's size would make it difficult to close.
The additional cuts Schwarzenegger made yesterday also include $37.5 million from the In-Home Supportive Services program, $50 million from the Early Start program to screen children for developmental disabilities, and more than $6 million in cuts from programs for the aging.
For the first time since the recession began in 2007, the state will reduce county funding for child protection and foster care services. Under the governor's cut to AIDS prevention and treatment, Genest said, the state will continue to provide patients with drugs and monitor the spread of the disease.


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WINTER has emerged as the perfect time for Sydneysiders to sell their home and get the highest possible price, real estate industry leaders say.
This weekend, the Sydney housing market recorded the strongest winter auction results in years, while Melbourne's market remains solid, according to analysts.
Almost 77 per cent of homes cleared at auction in Sydney on the weekend, with a total sale value of $258 million.
Melbourne's market this week experienced a surge in the number of listed properties to 810 - and had a clearance rate of almost 70 per cent.
It's the second highest number of auctions recorded for the post-holiday weekend of all time, only falling behind the same weekend in 2010 when 1050 auctions were held.
The colder months traditionally see a flat period before the spring selling season, but buyer demand is so high -- thanks largely to low interest rates and limited stock -- that agents are urging sellers to list now and make the most of the conditions.
"Agents are screaming for listings across the board,'' said Angus Raine, CEO of Raine and Horne.
"The smart move is to put it on the market between now and September, as there'll be as many buyers and not as much selling competition.''
National listings are up, but Sydney is bucking the trend, with 6684 new listings on the market in June, compared to 9166 in June 2010, RP Data figures show.
John McGrath, CEO of McGrath Estate Agents, said the selling climate was ``as good now as it was in autumn or will be in spring''.
"A lot of people overthink the seasonal aspect,'' he said.
Chris Mourd, LJ Hooker head of network said Australia's temperate climate should not affect property markets.
"The Australian psyche is sun-worshipping and people like to sell when their garden is blooming and looks beautiful,'' Mr Mourd said.
"It's habit more than anything. In the UK and US, it's physically harder to sell in winter, because snow drifts make it hard to walk through a front door. In Australia, you're often still in short sleeves at an open house.''
Mr Mc Grath said Sydney's density also meant that lawns and gardens were becoming less important. ``A lot of people live in apartments these days, which can be appealing in winter,'' he said.
The high interest was on display at an auction at 220 Clyde St, Granville, on Saturday, which attracted a crowd of more than 100 people.
Twelve people registered to bid for the four-bedroom home, which sold well above expectations for $778,000 to Phillip Ma and his family.
"It ended up being a battle between two families,'' said Ray Fayad of Laing + Simmons Granville, who had expected the property to fetch $700,000 to $730,000.
"It's all about supply and demand. If there were three houses for sale in this street, we wouldn't have got such a good price. The market is so hot now it feels like summer.''


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Marijuana seized, man charged
State police at the Lehighton barracks, acting on an anonymous tip, seized marijuana plants and arrested a Carbon County man at 4:40 p.m. Sept. 14.
The incident happened in the area of 140 Gravel Lane, Palmerton.
Police said they arrested Michael Rickey Coulson, 48, of Palmerton, for drug sale and manufacture.
Police said they were told someone was growing marijuana at the above location and after investigating discovered Coulson was growing 12 marijuana plants outside his residence and was also in possession of drug paraphernalia inside the residence.


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Boise State released its depth chart for the season opener at Virginia Tech Monday, September 6 at FedEx Field in Landover, Maryland.
There are no real surprises since the Broncos return so many starters from last season.
The only changes are on the offensive line, where All-WAC left tackle Nate Potter moves to left guard and sophomore Faraji Wright (6-3, 282) takes over at left tackle.
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Brenel Myers, who started at right tackle in the 2010 Tostitos Fiesta Bowl and handled Jerry Hughes, returns at the spot.
Thomas Byrd looks to have won out the starting center position, hotly contested with Joe Kellogg (6-2, 299) through fall camp. Byrd (5-11, 281) is a 2-year starter. Kellogg had been garnered the No. 1 spot in the scrimmage last week and took more reps with the first team in recent weeks.
The chart also has Doug Martin listed ahead of Jeremy Avery at the starting tailback spot. That seems trifling, since the Broncos will use both backs equally, and sprinkle in the slash and dash of D.J. Harper as well. Avery is a senior. Martin and Harper are both in the junior years (Harper received a medical hardship waiver after tearing his ACL last season).
Junior film-king Kellen Moore is the starting quarterback and it looks like senior Michael Coughlin won the battle to back him up over redshirt freshman Joe Southwick. Coughlin hasn't really been tested the past four seasons, so Southwick still may be in consideration down the line.
Jamar Taylor won the battle to start at cornerback, to replace Kyle Wilson, the lone starter to depart after the 14-0 2009-10 campaign. Jerrell Gavins fought for the spot and will share time at the position. Gavins actually started at corner in the 2010 Fiesta Bowl while Wilson was locked up man-to-man on Jeremy Kerley, the stellar slot receiver for Texas Christian. Taylor played his entire true freshman season in 2008-09, but redshirted last season when an injury kept him out of action early in the season.
The Broncos list four starting linebackers, in a 2-backer system. Derrell Acrey and Byron Hout will both play the middle; Hout is also listed as the long snapper. Aaron Tevis and J.C. Percy (64 tackles) will split time on the weak side. The Broncos' strongside linebacker position no longer exists. It is filled by the hybrid nickelback/safey/linebacker in the form of Winston Venable (63 tackles last season after transferring from Glendale Community College).
Kyle Brotzman will again do about everything with his right leg this season. Brotzman is the placekicker, punter and kickoff specialist. He can also throw, a bit, just ask Kyle Efaw, who is the No. 2 tight end, but will play in the slot and in-line on passing downs.
Titus Young will return kicks and punts this season. Mitch Burroughs and Chris Potter will also return punts. Doug Martin and Jeremy Avery will spell Young on kickoffs. All have exceptional return skills.


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A PLANNING application for the proposed western link road in Elgin is due to be unveiled next week.
If approved, the proposed £8 million road will link Edgar Road with the A96 on the western outskirts of Elgin.
A Moray Council spokesman said that the planning application is expected to be validated and on the Moray Council website (www.moray.gov.uk) some time next week.
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As an anthropologist, Holly McCartney is more comfortable in a museum than shopping on Rodeo Drive. She isn't prepared for the media frenzy on her arrival in L.A. to accept a posthumous acting award for her late sister...or for her sister's gorgeous friend Nate Devlin to come to her rescue. Though he resents her for some reason, she can't fight their irresistible chemistry - especially when the paparazzi force her to stay at his mansion.
Photographer Nate only agrees to help Holly survive Hollywood for her sister's sake, but she soon gets under his skin in a way no other woman has. The more time he spends with her, the more his attraction grows and he finds himself opening up to her in ways he never expected. But will ghosts of the past stand in the way of their perfect Hollywood ending?
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Piper and Leo, with help from Coop's ring, must travel back in time to change the events that lead to the deaths of Piper's sisters and the manor's destruction. Meanwhile, Billie uses her power of Projection to do the same thing and finally realizes the truth in what her sister has become; many familiar faces gather to help Piper in her time of need.moreless
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When Phoebe must constantly save the life of her new boyfriend, a warlock shows up from the future, claiming that future Cole sent him in order to kill the boyfriend before Phoebe dies instead. However, present Cole cannot allow this and tries to help the sisters protect Miles, but when the warlock decides to work on his own agenda, by stealing the Book of Shadows, it results in the death of two of the Halliwell sisters. The survivor must decide whether going back to change the past is the right thing to do.moreless
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text: Frank Kupke wrote: > Good questions. I am about to write a paper explaining the design of the DSTM library in more detail which I will link when available. Please bear with me, here. In the meantime please find some shorter answers below. > Well, that was pretty comprehensive. A few questions remain... > - If the failure comes up *before* the transaction has been validated ok, it is aborted. Right. So the transaction rolls back and the application gets an exception? > - If the failure comes up *after* the transaction has been validated ok, it is committed. > So if a TVar goes walkabout in the split second between validate and commit, the others commit anyway, and then the application gets an exception? In that case, is there a way to determine whether or not the rest of the transaction completed? Because it looks like you can the same exception either way, regardless of whether a commit happened or not. >> 4. What network transport does this thing use? TCP? UDP? What port numbers? >> > DSTM uses TCP communication. It searches dynamically for available ports starting at port 60001, using 60000 for the name server. If two nodes are running each on a separate machine with a different IP address, chances are that both use the same port 60001. If they run on the same machine, most likely one will use port 60001 and the other 60002. > Right. So both the nameserver and any clients run on random port numbers? (Begs the question of how the clients figure out which port a remote nameserver is on...) >> 5. How does it work? Does it spawn a Haskell thread for each machine connection or something? >> > Each node spawns a Haskell thread listening to its designated port and spawning itself a thread for each accepted TCP communication, i.e. one for each foreign node talking to it. Each such thread implements a communication line between two threads. I have tried several communication line schemas which I will describe in more detail in the paper yet to come... > What impact (if any) does threaded vs non-threaded RTS have?


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Unilever sells Bertolli, Ragu for $2.15bn
Mizkan, which aims to expand beyond its home market in Japan, also picks up two North American manufacturing facilities (a sauce processing and packaging facility in Owensboro, KY and a tomato processing facility in Stockton, CA) in the transaction. The move follows Mizkan's recent acquisitions of Holland House and Border Foods.
Ragu is the top-selling pasta sauce in the US. The two brands bring in combined annual sales of $600 million, with room for growth, as the North American pasta sauce market is currently valued at approximately $2.3 billion.
Unilever plans to use the proceeds to fund its recent buyout of share rights held by family trusts tied to company co-founder William Hesketh Lever, as well as to fund bolt-on acquisitions. The consumer and foods giant is also looking to sell off SlimFast and has set an asking price of $1.7 billion.


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The American went bogey-free on Thursday, carding a five-under-par 65 for an early advantage in Texas.
Johnson had four birdies on the front nine, including two in a row at the eighth and ninth holes, before adding another late in the day to finish a shot ahead of a four-man group.
Hunter Mahan made a blistering start to proceedings, eagling his opening hole before following that up with a birdie, but he faltered badly to end the round tied for second at four under.
The American is joined by compatriots Harris English and Robert Streb, and New Zealand's Tim Wilkinson.
Two shots further back were Jimmy Walker, Tim Clarke, Brice Garnett, Freddie Jacobson, Bo Van Pelt, Jason Dufner, Jordan Speith, Ken Duke, David Hearn and Wes Roach.
Mahan led for much of the afternoon at the Colonial, with four birdies and an eagle catapulting him atop the leaderboard.
But he could not maintain that momentum, as he holed two bogeys at the 12th and 15th before ending his round with a double-bogey.
That opened the door for Johnson, who hit four birdies in a steady front-nine display.
Johnson fired six consecutive pars and he stepped things up at the 16th, birdying for sole possession of the lead.
Meanwhile, it was a difficult day for new world number one Adam Scott, who ended the day six shots off the pace.
The Australian scored a one-over-par 71, which included four bogeys, two of those coming back-to-back at the 17th and 18th before the turn.
Defending champion Boo Weekley was tied for 64th alongside Scott, who overhauled Tiger Woods for the top ranking on Monday.
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When: Sunday, 8 p.m.
Where: Belly Up Tavern, 143 South Cedros Ave., Solana Beach
Tickets: $20 (advance); $22 (day of show)
Phone: (619) 481-8140
Online: bellyup.com
Name: Kinky Friedman (born: Richard Friedman)
Age: 65
Debut album: "Sold American" (1973)
Songs of note: "Drop Kick Me, Jesus, Through the Goal Posts of Life," "Get Your Biscuits in the Oven and Your Buns in the Bed"
First book: "Greenwich Killing Time" (Vandam Press, 1986)
Latest book: "Heroes of a Texas Childhood" (Kismet Press, 2009)
First movie: "American Raspberry" (1977)
Quote of note: "Mojo (Nixon) is an idiot savant. He could be my Dr. Watson."
Name: Mojo Nixon (born: Neill Kirby McMillan Jr.)
Age: Turns 53 on Monday
Debut album: "Mojo Nixon and Skid Roper" (1985)
Songs of note: "Elvis Is Everywhere," "Don Henley Must Die"
First book: "The Mojo Manifesto" (as yet unpublished and unwritten)
First movie: "Great Balls of Fire" (1989)
Quote of note: "Kinky used to tell the same jokes, over and over, until he ran for governor of Texas. Now he has new jokes."
It's a good thing Mojo Nixon is the opening act for longtime pal Kinky Friedman's Sunday concert at the Belly Up Tavern, instead of just dropping by to hang out and take in the show.
"There was this time in Ohio where Kinky said: 'Mojo, come up on stage and play a few (solo) songs,' " Nixon recalled. "And then I could hear him and his band, laughing, as they left the dressing room and started to get in the van."
Friedman chortled with delight.
"That's the old Tom Sawyer (fence-painting) gambit!" he said.
The Mark Twain reference is apt, and not just because Friedman — a veteran singer-songwriter-turned-best-selling-novelist — has been hailed as his generation's answer to Twain and Will Rogers.
Rather, it's because Friedman and San Diego maverick Nixon have enjoyed a Tom Sawyer/Huck Finn relationship that has produced enough fertile material to fuel a good book. One would expect nothing less from these two veteran cultural provocateurs, whose first attempt at artistic collaboration was a memorable failure.
"In the 1980s I hired Kinky to write the screenplay to a movie I was going to do, called 'Citizen Mojo,' " Nixon said. "The result was 30 pages of gibberish. I think most of the budget went up our noses."
Their now long-dormant penchant for very expensive Kleenex notwithstanding, Nixon and Friedman are close friends despite their decidedly different political perspectives. "I'm an anarchist Libertarian," said Nixon, 52, whose career as a rabble-rousing musical satirist now takes a back seat to radio broadcasting.
"Mojo is much to the left of me," said Friedman, 65, who in the 1960s was a Civil Rights champion and a member of Students for a Democratic Society. He is likely one of the few people whose friends include Bill Clinton, George W. Bush and Willie Nelson.
While Friedman speaks in well-modulated tones, Nixon says nearly everything in an animated cackle. He hosts one daily and two weekly shows on Sirius Satellite Radio — the roots-music-celebrating "Outlaw County," the NASCAR-celebrating "Manifold Destiny" and an outspoken political talk show called "Lying (Expletives)" — all of which Nixon records at his home studio in Coronado. With any luck, his Sunday solo opening spot for Friedman at the Belly Up will include such Nixon chestnuts as "Debbie Gibson is Pregnant With My Two-Headed Love Child," "Don Henley Must Die" and "Jesus at McDonald's."
References to Jesus are a recurring theme in the work of Nixon and Friedman, who spoke together in a recent joint phone interview, the former from his Coronado home, the latter from his rural Texas ranch.
A Chicago native, Friedman grew up in Texas and was a child chess prodigy. In the early 1970s he founded the envelope-pushing band Kinky Friedman & The Texas Jewboys, two of whose original members will accompany him here Sunday. The group's repertoire includes such vintage Friedman-penned gems as "Get Your Biscuits in the Oven and Your Buns in the Bed," "They Ain't Makin' Jews Like Jesus Anymore" and several others whose titles can't be printed here.
A University of Texas psychology major, Friedman served two years in the Peace Corps in Borneo before launching his music career. He became a successful author in the mid-1980s and now has nearly 20 books to his credit, including "Texas Hold 'Em: How I Was Born in a Manger, Died in the Saddle, and Came Back As a Horny Toad" and "You Can Lead a Politician To Water, But You Can't Make Him Think: Ten Commandments for Texas Politics." In 2006, Friedman ran for governor of Texas as an independent candidate, vowing to abolish the death penalty and legalize gay marriage and marijuana.
"I'm still lecturing Christians about the death penalty," he said. "I say: 'I'm sorry you have to hear this from a Jew. But, remember, you heard it from a Jew the first time.' "
Friedman's campaign slogans included "Kinky for Governor: How Hard Can It Be?" and "Kinky: Why the Hell Not?" He got about 600,000 votes and only came in fourth, despite boasting the catchy campaign theme song, "Kinky Is Everywhere" (in actuality, Nixon's retooled version of his MTV-fueled 1987 hit, "Elvis Is Everywhere.")
Undaunted, Friedman this year ran for State Agriculture Commissioner in Texas, using the slogan: "No Cow Left Behind." Will he run for public office again?
"Does the pope wear funny hats?" Friedman shot back. "As long as Willie (Nelson) keeps singing, I'll keep running."
Nixon, who has never had any serious political aspirations beyond ruling the world, posed a question.
"Kinky, what's worse?" he asked. "Record company executives or politicians?"
"I think politicians are a little more crooked," Friedman replied, causing Nixon to gasp: "Good god!"
Friedman continued: "Record company people are nearly as bad, but they're not without charm. Politicians are like abusive spouses. They ignore us and treat us like (expletive) for four years. Then they come back, and say: 'l love you, baby.' "
A lengthy political discussion ensued, prompting Friedman to quip that their interviewer had lapsed into a diabetic coma.
When the discourse was over, Friedman was asked why it had been almost 20 years since he last did a West Coast concert tour.
"I don't know," he said. "Just lucky, I guess."
George Varga: (619) 293-2253; email@example.com; blog: uniontrib.com/popoffCopyright © 2017, The San Diego Union-Tribune


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Australia 'Rocked' By Landmark Doping Report By ACC That Signals Country's 'Blackest Day'
Australia's top sporting codes "have been rocked by revelations" that organized crime is behind the increasing use of banned performance-enhancing drugs by ''multiple athletes'' across sporting codes and possible attempts to fix matches and manipulate betting markets, according to Michael Gordon of the SYDNEY MORNING HERALD. Top professional and participation sports heads "expressed shock" after being briefed on a 12-month investigation by the Australian Crime Commission that found professional sport in Australia was ''highly vulnerable to organised crime infiltration.'' Police are "pursuing evidence" that some coaches, sports scientists and support staff at clubs have "orchestrated or condoned the use of banned drugs and that organised crime figures distributed the drugs." The probe, code-named Project Aperio, revealed personal relationships between pro athletes and organized crime groups that might ''have resulted in match fixing and the fraudulent manipulation of betting markets'' (SMH, 2/8). The AFP reported in some cases, players were "being administered with substances that have not yet been approved for human use." Home Affairs Minister Jason Clare said, "The findings are shocking and will disgust Australian sports fans." The report said there were "clear parallels between what has been discovered in Australia and the USADA (U.S. Anti-Doping Agency) investigation into Lance Armstrong" (AFP, 2/7). NLN's Jones & Buttler reported drug-taking pro athletes were urged to "come forward before you get a knock at the door." The report also revealed that at least one match "may have been fixed" and is being investigated. Police have been handed 100 pieces of intelligence by the ACC and criminals pushing performance enhancing drugs "have been linked to money laundering, fraud and match fixing." Doctors are "writing scripts in false names" for drugs supplied by compounding pharmacies. ACC Exec Dir Paul Jevtovic revealed that phone taps and coercive hearings "had been used." He added the use of drugs not even scheduled had left the commission with "clear evidence players are being used as guinea pigs" (NEWS LTD. NETWORK, 2/8).
'BLACKEST DAY': In London, Alison Rourke reported Clare said that in some cases, sports scientists had "orchestrated the doping of entire teams." Clare: "It's cheating but it's worse than that. It's cheating with the help of criminals. We're talking about multiple athletes across multiple codes." Former Australia Sports Anti-Doping Authority Head Richard Ings said that it was a "wake-up call for Australian sport." Ings said, "This is not a black day in Australian sport. This is the blackest day in Australian sport" (GUARDIAN, 2/7). The PA reported Ings said that Australians "had been complacent about the idea of drug use in their country." Ings: "I think we have been seduced by the romantic nature of sport. There has been a belief with some sports and even with some officials that doping just would not take place in Australian sport and if it did it was isolated and sporadic." Legal constraints "prevented the identification of any particular sport, teams or athletes." However, the sporting body heads at the announcement and a statement from umbrella organization Coalition of Major Professional & Participation Sports "outlined the collective determination to tackle the issue." The statement read, "These are serious matters that require immediate action and the development of a longer term plan" (PA, 2/7). In Sydney, Ben Packham wrote senior politicians are demanding "more details" and claiming "the taint of corruption now hangs unfairly over all players from major codes." Former prime minister Kevin Rudd said the ACC should "reveal the extent of the problem." Rudd: "The key thing now is to establish the facts which players, which clubs because I'm a bit concerned about every person out there who we've all watched, admired ... is now walking around with a total cloud over their head" (THE AUSTRALIAN, 2/8).
'WAR' DECLARED ON SCIENTISTS: In Sydney, Caroline Wilson reported Australian Football League PA CEO Matt Finnis has "declared war on maverick sports scientists as disturbing evidence continued to unfold of unusual chemical practices undertaken" last year at Essendon FC. Essendon footballers "were injected in the stomach" by sacked sports official Stephen Dank and were "intravenously fed supplements at a Botox clinic." Finnis said that "he was horrified" by ACC's statement that athletes were being used as ''guinea pigs'' (SMH, 2/8). Also in Sydney, Brent Read reported "controversial" sports science consultant Dank is a shareholder in a medical clinic promoting the sale of drugs that the ACC and ASADA have" identified as being misused" in professional sports and the wider population. According to the Australian Securities & Investments Commission's database, Dank "has a share" in Medical Rejuvenation Clinic Australia (THE AUSTRALIAN, 2/8). In Melbourne, Kaila & Hunt reported the clinic boasts "a substantial range of Australian-produced Protein Peptides ... at very competitive prices." Its website makes special reference to 15 products, including GHRP-6, CJC-1295, IGF-1, SARM, Hexarelin and MGF, which the Therapeutic Goods Administration said were "not registered for use in Australia" and "should not be available for commercial supply or sale" (HERALD SUN, 2/8).
UNACCREDITED SCIENTISTS: In Sydney, Rick Morton reported the vast majority of Australia's estimated 500 sports scientists who work at the elite level are "not officially accredited, work in a field flush with cash and are expected to bend the rules to maintain a competitive edge." Exercise Sports Science Australia board member David Bishop said the lack of registration across multiple codes had led to "charlatans" practicing at the highest level. The ACC's report was "careful to draw attention to the crucial role played by some sports scientists in flouting the rules." The report states, "Some of these (sport) scientists are playing a critical role in pushing legal and regulatory boundaries in relation to sport supplementation programs and medical treatments given to players" (THE AUSTRALIAN, 2/8).
SUPPLIERS POINT FINGERS: In Sydney, Phil Lutton reported significant figures in the sports supplement industry have "welcomed additional scrutiny to their operations," but warn that athletes "remain at risk from the glut of unregulated, imported products that have flooded the local market." Many sports supplement suppliers have commercial relationships with clubs and individual players, "giving cause for the ACC to pinpoint the growing industry as a major threat to the integrity of sport." Supplements made in Australia are "heavily regulated and subject to testing" by the Therapeutic Goods Administration. However, imported brands from the U.S. and Britain "can be manufactured under substantially less stringent conditions" (SMH, 2/8).
HOLD YOUR BETS: In Sydney, Milanda Rout reported sports betting across the country "should be banned" in the wake of the ACC investigation. Anti-gambling campaigner and independent senator Nick Xenophon wants a "temporary ban on the industry," which in '10-11 resulted in more than $3.3B worth of betting, until "measures to clean up sporting codes are implemented." Senator Xenophon said the "extraordinary" findings required an immediate response from the government "to protect the integrity of sporting codes that millions of Australians love" (THE AUSTRALIAN, 2/8). In Melbourne, Tom Conlin reported betting agencies "have begun suspending betting" on markets involving the Round 1 Adelaide-Essendon game in the wake of the drug scandal surrounding the AFL side. Tattsbet is "not offering odds" on the side's round 1 clash with the Crows, due to take place on March 22, as well as futures betting on all clubs' end-of-season table positions (HERALD SUN, 2/7).
U.K. HEEDS WARNING: The PA reported U.K. Anti-Doping CEO Andy Parkinson, has warned the U.K. is "vulnerable to exactly the kind of threats" highlighted in the ACC report. Parkinson stressed that there "should be no complacency" in the U.K. over the battle against such issues. Parkinson: "It is vital that independent anti-doping organizations and professional sports administrators in particular work together to combat any potential use of performance-enhancing substances, developing effective prevention programmes to ensure a clean sport culture among players" (PA, 2/7).
Aussie Sports Leagues React To ACC Report About Use Of PEDs, Illicit Drugs
Drug-cheating athletes "have been warned they will face automatic bans of four years" -- double the current penalty -- "if they fail to turn themselves in by the end of the year to authorities conducting an Australia-wide purge of the major sporting codes," according to Chip Le Grand of THE AUSTRALIAN. World Anti-Doping Agency President John Fahey said Wednesday that his organization "would adopt tougher penalties in response to growing evidence that professional sport was being corrupted by the proliferation of new-generation, performance-enhancing drugs and the influence of organised crime." He said any athletes who offered "substantial assistance" to investigating authorities would be shown the same leniency given to cyclists who helped expose Lance Armstrong's drugs fraud. The four-year penalty, which "would apply to any Australian footballer, rugby league, rugby union or soccer player found to have taken a banned substance, would be adopted at WADA's world conference in November." Fahey said, "If you are caught, you will be dealt with in a manner that can take you out of the sport forever" (THE AUSTRALIAN, 2/8).
TARNISHED REPUTATIONS: In Sydney, Denham & Read reported forensic accountants "have been sent into at least four" National Rugby League clubs and the Australian Football League "has called an emergency commission meeting to broaden the powers of its integrity unit." The ARL Commission "has hired accountancy firm Deloitte to conduct forensic analysis of the sports science departments across its clubs." NRL players Greg Inglis and Johnathan Thurston, in Brisbane to promote Friday's All-Stars game, said that "they feared all players had been tarnished by the revelations and rugby league needed to weed out the drug cheats quickly." Inglis said, "I'd love to see this resolved in a quick manner. But I heard there's more details to come out. I'd just like to see it cleaned up and wiped out so we can get on with playing the game" (THE AUSTRALIAN, 2/8).
ARU SEEKS INTEGRITY: Also in Sydney, Smith & Harris reported the Australian Rugby Union "will significantly expand its integrity unit as a result of the Australian Crime Commission's revelations." New ARU CEO Bill Pulver said that "rugby was not under the ACC microscope." Pulver said, "There is no current investigation of any of these matters in relation to rugby." But in his first week in the job, Pulver now realizes that the ARU "has no option but to tighten its defences." Pulver said, "It would be naive to suggest the problem does not exist in rugby union as well." Asked whether that meant the ARU would expand its integrity unit, Pulver replied: "I suspect there will need to be an expansion of our investment in this area. Clearly this is a very important area in the future of our game and so we will invest appropriately" (THE AUSTRALIAN, 2/8). NLN's Jessica Marszalek reported the country's top athletes "have been told to turn themselves in and dob in their mates before they are hauled before authorities on doping or match-fixing claims. Justice Minister Jason Clare said that police officers in every state and anti-doping authority ASADA "were sifting through a mountain of information following 30 hearings." That included "more than 100 intelligence reports prepared from the year-long investigation" by the ACC. Clare said, "Don't underestimate how much we know. And if you are involved in this, come forward before you get a knock at the door" (NEWS LTD. NETWORK, 2/8).
NRL REACTS: The Sydney DAILY TELEGRAPH reported NRL officials responded swiftly to Thursday's "alarming revelations of widespread drug use in sport by commencing an audit of the supply and administration of all performance services to its players." The NRL was not immune with new CEO Dave Smith, declaring "more than one player, and more than one club" was mentioned in the report. In response, Smith said the NRL would establish a "fully resourced" integrity unit to oversee the operations of its clubs (DAILY TELEGRAPH, 2/7). In Sydney, Brad Walter reported Smith would not confirm "whether he knew the names of players and clubs alleged to be involved in the use of prohibited substances or match-fixing, which the ACC claims to have evidence of occurring in an unidentified code on one occasion." Smith, "I couldn't talk about those sorts of things or give any indication whatsoever. It affects more than one player at more than one club, but the absolute vast majority of our players do a great job. They are great athletes and play a great game of football" (SYDNEY MORNING HERALD, 2/8). Also in Sydney, Andrew Webster reported players and clubs that "stand accused of doping and with possible links to organised crime will still be allowed to start the NRL season" (THE DAILY TELEGRAPH, 2/8).
AFL MOVES SWIFTLY: Also in Sydney, Greg Denham reported the AFL Thursday "moved swiftly to shore up the integrity of the competition after admitting that it could not rely solely on drug testing of its players." AFL Commission Chair Mike Fitzpatrick "called for an emergency meeting to broaden the power of the league's integrity unit." Fitzpatrick declared "the world has changed and we must respond to it." In relation to the ACC report, he said, "I'm not sure if it's a couple of individuals or more widespread." Last night all 18 clubs were put on notice by the AFLC and "sent a list of reforms to be acted on following a meeting with senior club personnel." The raft of integrity reforms "includes background checks on all staff, including sports scientists, high-performance managers and subcontractors, as well as an audit on supplements used by players" (THE AUSTRALIAN, 2/8). Also in Sydney, Denham reported in a separate piece "powerhouse AFL clubs Geelong and Hawthorn will remain committed to the principle of the AFL's three-strikes illicit drug policy despite a number of reservations following the release" of the report (THE AUSTRALIAN, 2/8).
MATCH-FIXING BIGGEST CONCERN: Also in Sydney, Ray Gatt reported the biggest concern for Australian football in the light of Thursday's damning report "is match fixing, not the use of performance-enhancing drugs." A Football Federation Australia spokesperson said, "As far as we are aware, and we have been in touch with VicPol, there is no A-League match under investigation." While FFA CEO David Gallop said that the ACC report "didn't specifically concern soccer," he said that the code "would not become complacent in dealing with the issues of performance-enhancing drugs and match fixing" (THE AUSTRALIAN, 2/8). Also in Sydney, Dominic Bossi reported Western Sydney Wanderers Exec Chair and former A-League CEO Lyall Gorman said that "the game has not received reports of approaches from organised crime syndicates involved in illegal substance use or match-fixing." However, "it is believed one A-League game was identified as worthy of investigation by match-fixing experts after it allegedly attracted wagers" of more than A$40M ($41.1M) from Asian punters to Hong Kong betting agencies. The amount of money "was a massive spike on normal trends" (THE AUSTRALIAN, 2/8).
Drugs Just The Start Of Australia's Problems As Organized Crime Infiltrates Country's Sports
Organized crime "is using performance-enhancing and illicit drugs to entrap athletes who may then be blackmailed to fix matches," according to Malcolm Conn of the Sydney DAILY TELEGRAPH. A report by the Australian Crime Commission "found a link between the illegal use of drugs and attempts to match-fix or spot-fix." Cricket Australia CEO James Sutherland, who is also the head of Coalition of Major Professional and Participation Sports, confirmed that "illegal activities were sometimes intertwined." Sutherland said this was the most alarming aspect of the "shocking" report. Sutherland said, "It's fair to say that this report further highlights a propensity for organized crime to get closer to athletes with a possible implication of compromising the integrity of sporting events by fixing matches or spot fixing" (DAILY TELEGRAPH, 2/8). In Sydney, Wayne Smith reported Australian Rugby Union CEO Bill Pulver, who "being put through a torrid initiation in his first week in the job," said that "what was deeply concerning" about the Australian Crime Commission briefing "was that performance-enhancing drugs appeared to be just the leading edge of the problem." Pulver said, "What organized crime is doing is penetrating professional sport by investing in legitimate businesses that are supplying to professional sport" (THE AUSTRALIAN, 2/8).
CRIMINAL EXPOSURE: Also in Sydney, Lisa Davies reported individuals with ''extensive criminal associations'' are involved in legitimate business partnerships with major Australian sporting codes, leaving athletes "exposed to exploitation and corruption through otherwise legitimate relationships." The report stated: "Illicit drug use by athletes leaves them particularly vulnerable to exploitation for other criminal purposes, including match fixing and fraud arising out of the provision of 'inside information.' There is also evidence to suggest that some athletes are supplying others with illicit drugs" (SYDNEY MORNING HERALD, 2/8).
AITA Rejects Players Fresh Demands As CEO Says 'Players Have Agreed To Only Disagree'
The All India Tennis Association "outrightly rejected the rebel players' fresh demands," saying that their inclusion in the Exec or Selection Committees is "not possible unless they enter the national federation through elections," according to the PTI. The organization also said that the three-member committee it has formed to resolve the ongoing crisis "would go ahead with its work and if players make themselves available, they will be considered for selection." Somdev Devvarman, who is leading the players' revolt, has asked the national federation to re-constitute its Exec and Selection Committees by having 50% players representation "in the two bodies." The AITA had "acceded to most of the earlier demands." AITA CEO Hironmoy Chatterjee said, "We want to resolve it honestly, but I think the players have agreed to only disagree. Some people are playing petty politics from outside and in the process they are jeopardising the careers of several players. It is like holding the country to ransom. They are destroying the careers of young players" (PTI, 2/7).
Merger Of Two Betting Pools In Hong Kong Horse Racing Lead To Revenue Increase
After more than six years of Jockey Club lobbying, the Hong Kong Home Affairs Bureau Wednesday "backed the two-way combining of betting pools with foreign jurisdictions, allowing overseas punters access to the larger and more attractive pools here," according to Alan Aitken of the SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST. The system, known as "commingling," would mean a boost of HK$200M ($25.8M) a year in revenue for the government on top of more than HK$10B ($1.3B) it currently receives in duty from the Jockey Club. The Betting Duty Bill "will be put to the Legislative Council in the second quarter of this year," with the new set-up to start in time for the '13-14 season in September. The countries that now wager on Hong Kong races pay the Jockey Club a 3% fee on holdings. Jockey Club officials said that these small, localized holdings total HK$3B ($387M) to HK$4B ($516M) a year globally. This figure "would at least double if the same bets were commingled into the larger pools here" (SCMP, 2/7).
League Notes: Indonesia Fights To Bring Back Tennis, Gymnastics To '13 SEA Games
Following Southeast Asian Games host Myanmar dropping several sports from this year's edition, Indonesia "is pushing" for tennis and gymnastics to be put back on the agenda (JAKARTA GLOBE, 2/7). ... The Pakistan Cricket Board's consultant for the Pakistan Super League, Haroon Lorgat, "is trying to convince the Cricket South Africa board members to issue 'No Objection Certificates' to their players to play in Pakistan." It is believed that Cricket Australia and CSA "have denied their players to participate in PSL" for security reasons. However, CSA President Chris Nenzani insisted that "no decision has been taken in this regard yet" (PAKISTAN TODAY, 2/6).


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Cole Camp is a historic city with a rich German heritage. Its downtown, dating from the late 1800s, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It includes houses built during the Civil War period. One of the first Civil War battles in Missouri was fought just outside of the city. Cole Camp is known as the place where the prairies and the Ozarks meet. The chamber hosts a variety of events throughout the year. The city has several antique and gift shops, restaurants and a winery that is open seasonally.
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Prosecutors are set to unveil criminal charges today against former Enron Corp. chief financial officer Andrew S. Fastow today, sources close to the investigation said.
Fastow, who surrendered to federal law enforcement authorities early this morning in Houston, is to be charged with fraud stemming from his alleged role in masterminding secretive partnerships that hid millions in debt for the Houston energy trader and made him and his friends rich.
Fastow, 40, spent about 30 minutes at the FBI office before two agents led him out in handcuffs. He was driven away in a Ford sedan, which was believed to be headed for the courthouse in downtown Houston.
He would become the highest-ranking Enron officer to face criminal charges for his alleged role in the company's collapse into bankruptcy last year. A Justice Department spokesman declined to comment yesterday, as did a representative for Fastow.
Fastow was forced out of Enron last October after his role in the company's off-balance-sheet partnerships became public. Enron's board later told Congress that Fastow reaped $45 million from just two of the scores of partnerships.
Prosecutors plan to file the charges in a criminal complaint, a document that allows them to lay out evidence against a potential defendant before he or she is indicted. The government then would have 30 days to win a grand-jury indictment.
The complaint is expected to detail the evidence prosecutors have gleaned about Fastow from his former right-hand man, Michael J. Kopper, and others. Kopper pleaded guilty to wire fraud and money laundering in August and said he kicked back money to Fastow and his relatives.
The government's Enron Task Force already has moved to freeze some $23 million in allegedly tainted funds belonging to Fastow, his family foundation and several of his associates. Prosecutors also have signaled their intention to seize Fastow's newly built home in the ritzy River Oaks section of Houston.
Fastow still could agree to cooperate with prosecutors and provide evidence against top Enron executives in exchange for leniency from a sentencing judge. His spokesman has maintained that Fastow created the partnerships after seeking advice from top lawyers and accountants.
The Securities and Exchange Commission will file a separate lawsuit today alleging that Fastow broke securities laws, a law enforcement source said.
Also yesterday, a bankruptcy judge gave permission for Enron's unsecured creditors to sue Fastow, Kopper and other former executives for fraud, negligence and other claims in a Texas state court. Attorneys for the creditors told the judge they were worried that some former Enron officers would try to "dissipate" their assets before they could be sued.


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Like many others I have learned about this band's existence through the listenning of music by a few other bands. At first I got into Sunn O)))'s magnificient drone doom and decided to dig deeper into Gred Anderson and Stephen O'Malley's musical careers. It led me inevitably toward Thorr's Hammer, which was their previous band. Pushing more towards death metal then drone, this was still an amazing doom metal band. They didn't release much material under the name Thorr's Hammer, but the EP they released in 1996 titled Dommedagsnatt is a unique masterpiece of doom metal.
Why is this interresting to know in the context of a Khlyst review? Well, because Thorr's Hammer and Khlyst have something in common... the Norwegian vocalist Runhild Gammelsæter, who has one of the deepest and most appropriate voice for both bands.
If I felt the need to go back to Sunn O))) and Thorr's Hammer's music to make that review, it's because I feel that Khlyst cannot seem to accomplish what the two previously stated band did. Khlyst tries to be a drone doom band, a dark ambient band and an avant-garde band, but can't seem to accomplish most of these goals. Even Runhild Gammelsæter's vocals feel mutilated on this record. And she is a great vocalist. She displayed so much skills while in Thorr's Hammer, but she can't seem to use any of her growling abilities well in here. And I have to blame this on the stubborn will of Khlyst's members of being avant-gardist and experimental. I have nothing against screamed, yelled and "disembodied" crazy vocals. But on this record... it feels just wrong. Most of the time it just sounds plain ridiculous, and with the cacophonic guitars used to support these vocals, it really just doesn't accomplish anything good or impressive. Khlyst are one of these bands who just try so hard to record chaotic and psychotic music that they ruin any kind of credibility their music could have. Even the name of the album includes the word chaos. I guess they really wanted to make it clear and obvious to the auditors, that this album is meant to be chaotic. If you couldn't tell by the music, at least the album title informed you of the randomness of their song-writting.
The few good moments of the record Chaos Is My Name are the tracks II, V, VI and the closing piece of the record VIII. These are the tracks on which the band focuses on drone doom elements rather than random distortioned and incoherent guitar sounds thrown in together with drum lines that do not seem to follow any specific time signature behind the crazy disembodied vocals of Runhild. But on tracks like V, VI and VIII it seems that the band manages to do something coherent for a few minutes. On V, the drums are beautiful and fit very well with the soundscaping guitars. This one track kinds of reminds me of Sunn O))) & Boris track Etna on the album Altar. On V, Runhild is also giving her best performance of the whole album. Her screams are powerful, chocked up then loud and powerful, it sounds like she is struggling against something and for once, the concept of mental illness and chaos is well delivered. This good feeling keeps up through VI. No more vocals here, but a gloomy feeling, with again, some superb drumming and guitar effects are used to create a soundscaping. VI also takes some of the "melodies" if we can call them that, from the track II. It really creates a good feeling of continuity to ear the same melodies over an album, it makes it feel more like a whole then a collection of unraled songs thrown in together on a single record. Sad thing is... that the other tracks on the album are absolutely unbearable. The tracks I, III, IV and IV are mostly terrible failed experiments. They are filled by incoherent and chaotic riffs, unstructured drumming and butchered vocals. If this concept would have been used on only one track or two, than maybe it would have been interresting to hear. The concept isn't all bad, but it fails to expend properly over the lenght of the album. These tracks really harm the good moments of the album mostly because there are too many of them and also because they are placed in-between the good drone tracks. The most dissapointing moment of Chaos Is My Name is the title VII. It ruins the atmosphere created by the previous pieces and especially considering the fact that you have been listenning to this mixed bag of good and not so good titles for the last 25 minutes when you reach this one, as soon as Runhild starts screaming, you feel the urge to punch your computer, stereo or whatever device you are listenning this catastrophe on. At least, the album closes with another quite enjoyable track, so at least you don't feel like you've been raped that hard when the whole thing is over.
Bottom line, the good tracks really cannot manage to save this mess. Even if the good tracks cover most of the lenght of the album, the atmosphere is broken so many times by bad tracks and experimental catastrophes, I just can't get over the bad moments to appreciate the good ones. Remember that this is supposed to be a drone doom album, and that this particular genre is a genre based on lenghty tracks, atmosphere and soundscapes. You cannot hope to write a good drone doom album if you ruin the atmosphere you are trying to create all the time. This is why I cannot give a good rating to this album. Track-by-track, this album had it's moments, but as a whole, it fails completely and most specificaly in what it tries to achieve.
'Chaos is my Name' is a truly different beastie to what you'd expect. Even if you've heard the member's past work (Khanate and Thorr's Hammer being the most notable, I imagine), you will be put off by this. Sure, like both aforementioned bands, it is slow, and has some crazy vocals. Think you can take it? Think again.
This album, as evidenced by the song titles, is meant to be listened to in one sitting. People might find this a challenge, but, personally, I think it's way too short. Because of these two points, I'll avoid referring to single tracks except for the following exceptions. Some of the tracks can be slow, such as 'II' and 'VI', but they're more on the ambient side rather than drone doom. These juxtapose heavily with tracks like 'I' and 'III', which are essentially, directionless noise. And by the last sentence, I mean it in the nicest way possible.
The noisier tracks are, put simply, nothing short of incredible. Droning notes are interrupted by rapid-fire bursts of distorted guitar, which will probably remind you of James Plotkin's previous work in electronic acts such as Atomsmasher and Phantomsmasher. These are complimented nicely by Tim's drumming, which at times is reminiscent of Jazz fusion, and other times grindcore. What makes this even better, though, is Miss Gammelsaeter. Nothing she has done previously can prepare you for this. They're not like the chanting she done on Sunn O)))'s "Gates of Ballard", nor are they straight-forward death grunts like in Thorr's Hammer. She sounds positively possessed in this. Squealing, gurgling, retching, roaring and groaning, there's not a single moment when she doesn't sound magnificently terrifying.
While I can imagine people would find this album hard to swallow, it's definitely worth having. I'd listen to some samples first, though. It's too fast for doom, too death metal for avant-garde and too scary for normal folks. If this doesn't bother you, don't hesitate. While it's not the best thing Tim or James has done (Personally, I prefer Khanate), this is Runhild's crowning achievement, and probably the epitome of female fronted metal bands.
Since Khanate broke up, James Plotkin sure hasn't wasted any time brooding over what might have been: he's done a full-length recording with fellow ex-Khanate khan Tim Wyskida and now he brings out this new record with Runhild Gammalsaeter. Although it's short at about 36 minutes, the aptly named "Chaos ..." runs the musical gamut from experimental free jazz to bouts of death and doom metal to electronic sampling and manipulation of guitars and drums to slow ambient dreamscapes. If the first track is all crazed stop-start stuttering rhythms and bursts of shrieking guitar, the second track pulls you in a totally opposed direction into a world of floating phantoms full of suspense and emotions too deep to mention with echoing gongs that promise spiritual relief. There is a constant alternation between extreme states that offer bliss and meditation, and those that inflict punishment and violence. Plotkin proves himself no slouch at handling and tweaking studio gadgetry to suit his intentions: episodes of electronically treated guitar worthy of the standards of laptop guitarists like Kevin Drumm and Christian Fennesz can be found here; and Plotkin also drops in bouts of erratic percussion in amongst slowly turning clouds of cymbal mist. Fans of the No Neck Blues Band, Oren Ambarchi's solo work and English tabletop guitarist Keith Rowe may find much to admire about Plotkin's quieter ambient work here.
But the great revelation is Runhild Gammalsaeter's incredible singing: she's not forgotten her turn as death metal growler for Thorr's Hammer (track 7 in "Chaos ...") and on top of the gravelly tones she adds shrieking, retching, moaning, cat-scratching hissing and gabbling (the rest of the album). It's like she is truly possessed by demons wreaking havoc in her mind and body. Comparisons can be made between Gammalsaeter and singers like Diamanda Galas and ex-Swans member Jarboe who have explored similar emotionally and psychologically fraught territories.
Alas the album ends all too quickly after spitfire death metal jazz guitar and electronics fireworks. I wish every track could have been a bit longer though it's possible that a much longer album could compromise its concept in which self-punishment and self-abasement alternate with moments of reflection and atonement for sins and horrors unknown. I really would like to see Plotkin and Gammalsaeter continue with the Khlyst project over a number of recordings and it would be great too to see Gammalsaeter develop as a unique and idiosyncratic vocalist and not simply be remembered for past associations with other musicians.


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- Height: 13m
- Ascents: 6
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Starts just right of A. Easy for a few bolts (a little chossy, be careful), then a sustained section of bouldering leading to a pumper finish. Probably the best rock in the cave.
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Calado progresses to GP2 with ART
25 October 2011 – Lotus ART has announced that James Calado will be stepping up to GP2 for the 2012 season. The Englishman, who tested for the French outfit in Barcelona last Wednesday, will make the switch from GP3 and race alongside Esteban Gutiérrez.
"This is excellent news because it allows me to climb up an additional level very early in the season and I will then have the time to prepare myself for the challenge of GP2," says the 22-year-old from Worcestershire, who also raced for ART in GP3.
"James' performances in his first GP3 year were a key reason for continuing our collaboration in GP2," adds Team Principal Frédéric Vasseur.
"James impressed Lotus ART with his professional approach and his ability to face every race situation: Safety Cars, changing track conditions, starting from the back of the grid - he was spared nothing and James always rose to the task with a remarkable state of mind and performances which enabled him to compete for the title down to the last race."


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That's delightful.
This is beautiful, Warbler.
Soooo beautiful, Warbler! Thank you!(I posted that seagull in black & white for you & PG, but I don't think it's better than the color one. Maybe I didn't get the contrast right...?)
Love the pansies ... they are so pretty..
Nice little garden that you found, Dave. I like the way the flowers are set off by the fence. The pansies in VA that I saw were so pretty. This is a nice assortment, too.Have a wonderful trip!
Enjoyed your pansy/rock/fence picture Dave. Have a safe and enjoyable trip.
beautiful thanks
Aw, nice thought anyway Dave.
Thanks Suzi and Sandy. But do you have Va. rocks, Sandy? There's nothing so great as Va. rocks. They're very unusu...er..rare...er.. uniqu...er heavy! Yeah! Heavy! :-)) You can take that for granite.I'm leaving tomorrow for Iowa and Missouri for ten days. But I'm flying into Kansas City or I'd drop a box of Va. rocks off to you.
Dave. Why would we buy your rocks when we have friends who travel across the country to GIVE them to us? Just sayin'. LOL
What a pretty little flower bed.
So PRETTY!
Its a compliment coming from you, the flower king, Jack!
they are georgeous Dave
Too late Photo, Laura already struck! Its been cool enough here, Tex that they are still looking good and filling out more. ThanksOl' Warbler sells Virginia rocks cheep, LJ. :-))
Such pretty little pansies, warbler...but would you look at those rocks! Fabulous!!
Pretty. I love these little flowers because they're so cheerful in winter when nothing else will shine! Thanks.
Cute but don't let Chickster and LJ see the rocks.


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UNICEF strives to help Papua New Guinea break cycle of violence
By Chris Niles
NEW YORK, USA, 14 August 2008 – UNICEF is at the forefront of a nationwide effort to end domestic and gender-based violence in Papua New Guinea.
Recent studies show that violence towards women and children is endemic in the country. For UNICEF, a major priority is to have this cycle of abuse identified as a public health crisis.
According to UNICEF's Regional Office for East Asia and the Pacific and local advocates, Papua New Guinea has one of the highest rates of family violence in the world. Three-quarters of children and two-thirds of women reportedly have experienced violence in their homes.
Rape is under-reported
Papua New Guinea also has one of the world's highest rates of sexual violence.
"The scope is broad and large," said UNICEF's Representative in Papua New Guinea, Hamish Young. "Police say that 8 per cent of women have been raped, but rape is an under-reported crime, so the reality is certainly much higher."
Nearly half of reported rape victims are under age 15, and 13 per cent are younger than age 7.
Harmful traditional practices
The causes of such widespread violence are complex, but among the contributing factors are the country's traditional tribal practices, which relegate women to the status of chattel. The practice of paying a bride price is still widespread. As a result, it is difficult for a married woman who experiences violence to return to her own family, let alone look to them for assistance or protection.
In addition, Papua New Guinean women have almost no political voice.
"Women are excluded from political processes at all levels – from village, district, right up to the national level," said Mr. Young. "There's only one woman in Parliament."
Modest achievements, work to do
Papua New Guinea's leadership has shown a commitment to breaking this cycle. The government has instituted several legal reforms, including amendments to the Criminal Code that remove marriage as the basis for a husband's defense against charges of raping his wife. Changes to the Evidence Act protect the identity of survivors when testifying.
A Child Protection Act, recently passed, introduces a broad range of measures to ensure children's rights. And UNICEF is working with the government to develop Child Protection Councils and to establish a data collection system. UNICEF is also helping to develop a national strategy on family and sexual violence.
"It's a bleak situation, but there is definitely the political will to address it," said Mr. Young. "There have been modest achievements to date, but definitely a lot more work needs to be done."
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