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The millennials -- people in their 20s -- are just now entering the workforce, bringing with them new promises and challenges for HR, not to mention a whole new way of working.
They are described as smart, coddled and civic-minded, as team players and techno-wizards. They are the millennials, the newest generation of employees, and they are rewriting the rules of employee engagement.
At 80 million strong, the millennials, born 1978 through 1999, are in a position to get what they want -- and what they want is decidedly different from what many of their baby boomer and Generation X managers want.
In just the last four years, millennials have grown from 14 percent of the workforce to 21 percent -- nearly 32 million workers, according to a February report by Grand Rapids, Mich.-based office-furniture maker Steelcase entitled Millennials Make Their Mark. Their size and influence will increase as baby boomers retire, other reports suggest. In 2005-2006, college hiring was projected to rise by 14 percent over the previous two-year period, says the National Association of Colleges and Employers in Bethlehem, Pa.
"The issue of 'what does this generation want out of work?' drives a lot of our people strategy," says Jennifer Allyn, an HR director in the Office of Diversity at New York-based auditing and consulting firm PricewaterhouseCooopers, where, according to her, the average age is 29.
Companies that do not recognize and handle the potential for age-related clashes are setting themselves up for misunderstandings, conflicts and failures in recruiting and retention, consultants warn.
"I tell baby boomer managers all the time, 'You've got to put yourself in their shoes. You may not like it, but that's the reality of the workplace,' " says Bob Jewell, a management consultant who heads OMEGA Leadership Group in West Chester, Ohio.
"Every generation is a little different from the next," says Ed Adams, senior vice president of human resources at St. Louis-based Enterprise Rent-A-Car. "Millennials have been exposed to a culture of dual-career families, downsizings and rightsizings. They've had more free time and more structured activities, used more time-saving devices and more creative comforts, than any other generation. They have a different perspective about work and the role it occupies in their lives than earlier generations. Most importantly, millennials have more choices than any other generation of workers. We should listen to them and learn how to develop attractive careers and job environments where they and the business can be mutually successful."
It's a two-way street in which young employees and their older managers must strive to understand and adapt to each other, says Claire Raines, a Denver-based workplace consultant who specializes in generational issues.
At the risk of generalizing, working millennials in their late teens and 20s possess some defining characteristics, with profound implications for everything from hiring to office design, according to human resource executives and recruiting and management consultants.
Ambitious and goal-oriented, they seek "interesting, meaningful" work, not just a paycheck, says Steven Rothberg, founder of CollegeRecruiter.com, a Minneapolis-based Web site for job-hunting students and recent graduates. At the same time, they value the security of health and retirement benefits.
They ask lots of questions, not to challenge authority but to understand their role in an organization. New as they are, they want their ideas taken seriously.
Millennials are also multitaskers who like to stay busy, often with three or four projects at once. Lindsey Hackman, 26, a speech-language therapist near Washington, holds two part-time jobs and recently wrote a children's book.
They like to work in teams. Forget cubicles. Open up the office space and let them interact as they work. "They're very comfortable with shared rewards," says Kevin B. Wheeler, president of Global Learning Resources Inc., a recruiting consulting firm in Fremont, Calif.
Millennials love the latest technology. With laptop and cell phone in hand, they'll work from anywhere at any time. "I work at home, I work on airplanes, I work at hotels," says Sommer Kehrli, 27, a self-employed organizational development consultant in Mountain View, Calif.
Finally, this generation needs "to feel noticed, respected and involved," the result, perhaps, of having been "the center of their parents' lives," says Bernadette Kenny, senior vice president in charge of HR at Adecco Group North America, a staffing firm based in Melville, N.Y.
Thus we're presented with the phenomenon of "helicopter parents," who hover over their children's job hunts, at their children's requests, just as they hovered at science fairs, cheered from soccer sidelines and solved their children's problems for them. "There's definitely more parental involvement than ever before," says Marie Artim, assistant vice president of recruiting at Enterprise.
For HR practitioners, this presents a delicate balance between trying to get the most out of a diverse and multi-generational workforce without catering too much to one side, and trying to present a welcoming, nonjudgmental atmosphere for the newcomers.
Recruiting Differences
To keep millennials -- and their parents -- happy, Enterprise sends information to the parents of prospective employees. It's even allowed parents to be on the phone when job offers are discussed. "We look at it as a great way to educate [parents] about the opportunities we offer," Artim says. "They've become part of the process." With 55,000 U.S. employees, Enterprise plans to hire 7,000 for its entry-level management-training program this year.
Extreme behaviors, such as intervening in performance reviews, are the exception rather than the norm, experts say. Still, "supervisors are pulling their hair out over this. They hate it," Raines says.
It takes more than parental involvement to appeal to millennials, however. First and foremost, recruiters must retire a one-size-fits-all strategy, Wheeler says. "We'll have to have different strokes for different folks, different recruiting packages for different generations."
Millennials look for suitable employers, not just suitable jobs. For many, that means a workplace that is diverse, flexible, fun and community-minded. Traditional job postings don't cut it with this crowd, Rothberg says. Millennials want to know about a company's culture and people, too. "Paint a picture for them so they really understand what they're getting into," he says.
A recruiting Web site is a natural place to deliver these messages. The best of them use dazzling graphics and video; short, punchy text; and profiles of young employees and their experiences both at and outside of work.
Enterprise's Web site (www.enterprise.com) touts entrepreneurship, diversity and social responsibility. It features photos and stories of employees describing how they started and grew at the company. There are also online polls about fun at work and contact information for Enterprise's 200 U.S. recruiters. (For other compelling recruiting Web sites, see PricewaterhouseCoopers, www.pwc.com, and Federated Department Stores Inc., www.retailology.com.)
Useful as these sites are, it's important not to hide behind them, Artim says. Enterprise personalizes the recruiting process with targeted e-mail campaigns, interviews and job fairs. On campus, its "high-touch approach" involves company sponsorships of student-group projects and presentations on job skills, she says.
Keys to Management
Once hired, many millennials prefer to be managed differently from the way baby boomers are accustomed to. Pay attention to the following areas.
Work/life priorities. Millennials work to live, boomers live to work, experts say. Married with kids or not, young employees expect work/life balance, and that means flexibility. "If corporate management has a very rigid schedule, that can be a problem," says Nancy Robinson, vice president of consumer strategy at Iconoculture Inc., a consumer research firm in Minneapolis.
The millennial's attitude is, "I got my work done, so I'm going home." Boomers, who became managers by putting in long hours, may perceive this as a weak work ethic or an unwillingness to pay their dues.
Consultants' advise management to get over it and focus on results, not hours. It's time to appreciate that people have lives outside work and that technology allows many jobs to get done anywhere, anytime.
Dawn Sikorski, 28, who graduated from law school in 2005, is holding out for a job with the federal government instead of a law firm, in part because the hours are saner. The Rockville, Md., resident says of a recent internship at the U.S. Department of Justice, "I liked the focus on good-quality work. If you finished by 5 p.m., you could go home." In contrast, her current temporary work is based on billable hours.
Communication styles. E-mail and instant messaging are second nature to millennials, who were raised with computers. Not so for boomers, who prefer the phone and personal meetings. Millennials' penchant for "talking" on machines isn't worse, just different, experts say, but it can be a setup for misunderstandings.
The solution, says Jewell, is to "sit down with the millennial and ask, 'What's the best way for me to communicate with you?' " Chances are, supervisor and subordinate can arrive at a happy medium, with each adapting a bit to the other. For instance, the open door can replace "appointments only."
It's also best to use precise words because millennials are not big on nuance. "[Millennial] employees have a tendency to be much more direct in their communication. Boomers tend to think and choose their words carefully," says Margaret Downey, director of training, development and culture at CSX Corp., a rail transportation company based in Jacksonville, Fla. The upshot: Boomers may view millennials as blunt or rude.
Managerial training at CSX includes a presentation on generational differences to "help people understand there has to be give and take in both directions. We give each generation communication strategies to be more effective," Downey says. That's key for a company with an aging, 35,000-person workforce that includes 63 percent boomers and 4 percent millennials, she adds.
Coaching and growth opportunities. Millennials want to learn quickly. They want to work with people across an organization, not just in their department. They want experience outside the job for which they were hired.
Millennials think "skills," not "career," says Jewell, because "they don't trust companies to keep them employed."
Older managers who climbed the corporate ladder may view this behavior as impatience or an inability to commit to a company or a job, but they should stop judging these eager employees and coach them, management consultants say.
That's not to say managers should roll over and play dead. "Managers have to have a bottom line. What's the 20 percent of rules that can't change?" says Trudy Sopp, co-executive director of the Centre for Organization Effectiveness, a leadership institute in San Diego.
Millennials respect authority but not blindly, says Jim Concelman, manager of leadership training at Pittsburgh-based Development Dimensions International. They want to be coached, but they balance their elders' advice against that of peers and other sources. It's a different perception of power.
"If they're working for someone who's a heavy-handed manager, they'll leave," he says.
PricewaterhouseCoopers formalizes coaching by matching each of its 2,000 partners with 10 to 12 employees. The partners "check in with you on your life and your career" and help instill "a sense of feeling connected to the firm," says Allyn.
The firm also provides frequent feedback, another important aspect of managing millennials. Annual performance reviews don't work for this generation.
"Once or twice a year is not enough. They want a lot of recognition. They want specific feedback on an ongoing basis," says Eva Har-Even, an executive coach at WJM Associates Inc. in New York.
PwC managers have 30 days to respond to employee requests for feedback after a project ends. By the end of a year, employees have six to 10 feedback forms instead of one annual review. Managers are taught how to give more and better feedback. "The idea is to write a lot of narrative," Allyn explains.
Keeping millennials on board can be challenging, experts say. They have little allegiance to employers because they've seen their hard-working parents downsized and forced into early retirement, says Rothberg.
To retain them, treat them respectfully as individuals while providing them with interesting work and chances to expand their skills and contacts, consultants say. "They don't want to stagnate and do the same thing," Har-Even says.
And loosen up. A little fun and flexibility at work can go a long way. At CSX, the management trainees play softball and go rock climbing. At Enterprise, they volunteer for local charity events.
It's all about helping employees succeed. Managers who rise to the challenge will be rewarded with hard-working problem-solvers who will become the next generation of workplace leaders.
Har-Even concludes, "It's important to understand this generation. They can be a gold mine."


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After the first glass, you see things as you wish they were. After the second, you see things as they are not.Finally you see things as they really are, which is the most horrible thing in the world.
I've had Absinthe a few times, and I would have to agree with Mr. Wilde. Banned for a 100 years in Europe because of the widespread problems it caused in the 19th century, more Absinthe was drunk than beer between 1890 and 1914. Absinthe was drunk by notables including Wilde, Ernest Hemingway, Pablo Picasso, Edgar Allen Poe and Vincent Van Gogh. Some even speculate visits to the Green Fairy led to the decision-making process that caused Mr. Van Gogh to remove his ear.
Absinthe was loved not only for its high alcohol content, ranging from 50 to 70 percent (that's 100 to 140 proof), but also for the dreamlike effects brought about by the wormwood. Sounds great, doesn't it? Never fear, la Fée Verte is back on the market, and while the ban is still in effect in the U.S., the stout of heart can buy all the Absinthe they need online.
Absinthe Recipes
Traditionally, Absinthe was drunk mixed with water, or if a batch had a particularly high wormwood content, strained through a sugar cube and splashed with water. Below are a couple recipes I modified from the Sebor Absinth website, and have enjoyed immensely:
Put two ice cubes in a champagne flute
Add 2 shots Absinthe
Fill glass rest of the way with champagne
Bull Rush
Mix 1 can red bull, 1 shot vodka, 1 shot sebor
pour over ice
Where to Buy Absinthe
If you're up for the challenge, my friend got his bottle from Sebor Absinth, or you can go to the Absinthe Buyer's Guide to shop around.
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Neither the Continental Club nor the Drink Bar is open for happy hour on Mondays. So the young woman from Tennessee suggests we try the bar at the Fusion Café [3722 Main, (713)874-1666]. With its painted concrete floors, mustard-yellow walls and mostly empty tables, it looks like one of those cheerful little resort-town cafes designed for tourists who never show up. We split a Jamaican pâté (a sort of savory fried pie) and a couple of rum punches.
The bartender seems concerned when we sit down. "We don't have a happy hour," he says apologetically. It's not a big bar, and Fusion doesn't have a lot of liquors. But the Caribbean menu and the large selection of rums make ordering pretty easy. "Can you make a Jamaican rum punch?" I ask. The question inspires a large grin. "Rum punch is my specialty," he says. Remind people to drink this cocktail with a straw, because the rum is on the top and the fruit juices are on the bottom, my companion dictates as I take notes.
2 shots Parrot Bay Coconut Rum
1 shot Bacardi Silver Rum
1 shot Captain Morgan's Spiced Rum
1 shot grenadine
3 shots orange juice
4 shots pineapple juice
2 shots cranberry juice
2 lemon slices
2 lime slices
2 orange slices
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Combine all ingredients except the fruit slices in a shaker and mix well. Fill two tumblers with ice and pour the punch over the ice. Garnish each glass with three fruit slices and a straw. Serves two.


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BOSTON - Maybe it was just good karma for a city that can use some.
Maybe it's as simple as that, an explanation for an unlikely and unprecedented comeback.
It'd be an easier explanation for some Toronto Maple Leafs fans to swallow or maybe even some Leafs players.
The hockey gods just figured Bostonians deserved this one. A karmic give-back of sorts.


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So the Rangers got a nose in front of their Eastern Conference semifinals with the Washington Capitals. But, ultimately, that scornful new countdown chant their strident fans repeatedly hurl at Washington headliner Alex Ovechkin is an honorific, and Ovechkin knows it.
"Yeah," Ovechkin said of the organized yell, at once clever and cliched. "I can't wait. It's always nice to hear the fans are booing you or they're cheering you. You know, it's nice. [It means] you're still out there and still get some respect."
It begins each period with 8:08 to play, referencing Ovechkin's uniform number, and goes from "8-7-6 . . ." to a thoroughly uncreative declaration of Ovechkin's lack of value (in the judgment of Madison Square Garden patrons). But in effect, it serves as a canticle of praise, an acknowledgment that Ovechkin -- perhaps more than any other Washington player, with the possible exception of goalie Braden Holtby -- has the ability to shave the Rangers' playoff beards.
Having scored the winning goal against the Rangers in Game 2 of this series and the first in Saturday's Washington Game 4 victory, Ovechkin Monday night assisted on Brooks Laich's tying goal in the second period. And, of course, Ovechkin's charging penalty on Rangers defenseman Dan Girardi on Saturday further raised the temperature in the passionately partisan Stanley Cup playoffs.
Yet, rather than give him the cold shoulder, Rangers fans shower attention on Ovechkin.
"On the ice, I don't hear," he said. "On the bench, I hear it. And want to laugh, but I can't."
Holtby was the more prominent Washington presence Monday night, yet the skills of The Great Eight, as Ovechkin has been called, stand out as obviously as the yellow laces he has been wearing on his skates since he was a young teenager in his native Russia because "I thought it was cool."
With a hop and three quick strides, he goes from a standstill to full flight, a careening challenge to score -- he leads Washington in playoff goals, with four -- or to fling his 6-3, 230-pound body into an opponent -- he is second on his team in hits.
It all just seems to fuel that Garden countdown chant, which isn't even original, modeled as it is on a worshipful call started last month by the Ottawa Senators fans in recognition of their veteran captain, Daniel Alfredsson. The Ottawa faithful would count down from 11 with 11:11 to play in each period -- Alfredsson wears No. 11 -- finishing with an "Alfie! Alfie! Alfie!" cry.
Much less refined is the Rangers fans' reverse message for Ovechkin amid the action-movie suspense of a series that Rangers coach John Tortorella called a "straight-ahead, hard series; most facets of it, harder than the Ottawa series."
Meanwhile, whether the Rangers fans intend it or not, their continued recognition of the Great Eight's imposing presence is like calling him Gospodin Ovechkin -- a respectful title of address, similar to "sir."


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Death is just the beginning. Released on this day in 1985, Stuart Gordon's horror comedy classic RE-ANIMATOR. Next month, we are paying homage to this classic with official products based on the original film, and then it's sequel later. More details to come soon, friends!
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Nu was the barrier separating the forces of chaos from the ordered cosmos in this world. The god Re was said to enter her mouth after setting in the evening and travel through her body during the night to be reborn from her vulva each morning. She also swallows the stars and have them reborn later. In the death cult she plays a part in the resurrection of the dead; she is portrayed on the inside of the lids of the sarcophagi. The pharaoh was said to enter her body after death, from which he would later be resurrected.
As sky-goddess Nut was portrayed as a naked woman covered with painted stars, held up by Shu. Thus she forms the firmament above her husband Seb, the earth. Her fingers and toes were believed to touch the four cardinal points or directions. The principal sanctuary of Nut was at Heliopolis.


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By ABBY SLANKER
Canfield Village Middle School math students found numerous successes in several competitions in which they competed throughout the spring months.
"When many students think about school activities in the spring, they usually think of outdoor activities like baseball and track, or spring plays and musical concerts, the not-so-fun OAA tests, or maybe they just get excited for the end of the school year. However, at CVMS, a growing number of students think about math! That's right, math," said Dominique Tozzi, CVMS gifted mathematics teacher.
Throughout the year, many students look forward to the various math competitions that occur; the first of which is MathCounts. Team members included, Sam Hepola, Max Lee, Bobby Long, Caroline Griswold, Anna Cincinnao, Harmeet Kaur, Sam Accordino, Anthony Joseph, Alex Petrallo, Jon Gant, Kyle Huston, Beverly Sipp and Taylor Mead. The team is coached by Shelly Dwyer, eighth-grade math teacher.
Eighth-grade students Max Lee and Bobby Long finished third and ninth, respectively, in the local competition at Youngstown State University, earning both of them a spot in the state tournament.
"As excited as we were for our MathCounts participants, we were equally as excited about our T.A.P.S. (Team Approach to Problem Solving) competitors. There were 30 teams from grades seven and eight representing CVMS, and the questions proved to be quite challenging," said Tozzi.
The seventh-grade team of Robyn Bores, Emma Kadilak, Daria Sansoterra, and Maranda Solomon, who named themselves "The Radicals," met this challenging year, their first in the competition, head on and tied for second place overall.
Twenty-one fifth- and sixth-grade students, the highest number in recent years, competed in the Eastern Ohio Council of Teachers of Mathematics math competition at Austintown Fitch High School April 27. The students brought home several awards.
Participants included sixth-grade students Evan Skripac, Jake Donadee, Isabella Audia, Nicole El Hayek, Jessica Lee, Hannah Keffler, Victoria Messuri, Julia Petrallo and Rachel Beil.
Donadee earned the first place trophy in the Geometry Category, while Petrallo earned the third place title for Calculator Problems.
The fifth-grade team included, Andrew Marenkovic, Joe Scolieri, Sanjana Nallapaneni, Aiden Orlovsky, Holly Eberly, Sydney Kinkade, Ben Weiss, Benjamin Martin, Arvind Subramanyam, Nick Goodrich, Zach Russo and Zach Perrico.
Bringing home third place titles were Russo in Numbers and Number Relations, Scolieri in Calculator Problems and Marenkovic in Mental Arithmetic, while Sydney Kinkade brought home the first place trophy for Calculator Problems.
"So while spring may mean a lot of different things to different people, some students will always equate spring with the opportunity to participate in challenging math competitions," said Tozzi.
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A candidate for mayor in D.C. says Vincent Gray shouldn't seek a second term and the U.S. Attorney for the District is speaking out against critics who say his investigation into the mayor's 2010 campaign is taking too long. News4's Tom Sherwood reports.
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Gmail gains Material Design, support for non-Gmail accounts in version 5.0
Google's been on a Material Design spree as of late, updating apps like Google Play Newsstand and Google Play Store with a more Android 5.0 look. Now the Material Design-ified version of Gmail has surfaced too.
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A PENSIONER has had to give up a weekly visit to a social club after council bosses said they could no longer offer her transport.
Disabled Iris Lewis, 78, had used the Oxfordshire County Council Dial-a-Ride service for six weeks to get to Iffley's Gladiator Club.
But the council has now said it cannot pick her up from her Spindleberry Close home in Blackbird Leys, because it would "disrupt schedules" and was "unsustainable".
Wheelchair user Ms Lewis, who suffered multiple strokes last year, said: "The club is my lifeline. It is the one time I go out, on a Thursday morning."
She said the council even asked if she could get someone to take her from her home to the bus and from the bus to the club to save time.
The mother-of-five said: "They should be doing that themselves.
"All they have to do is push me straight out. I do not ask them to hang about for nothing."
The Dial-a-Ride service has come under extra pressure after a number of councils cut their share of funding from £470,000 to £160,000 in 2012.
Oxford City, Cherwell, West Oxfordshire and Vale of White Horse district councils cut all or most funding.
The county council pledged to keep funding its share, but said it could not afford to put in any more. More than 28,000 journeys were made by the service in 2012/13.
A letter from the council to Ms Lewis said demand is "very high" and her service is "unachievable as it is causing "disruption with the schedules".
It said: "This is due to the time you wish to travel not being compatible with other journeys being made, which is having an effect on the daily schedules.
"Unfortunately Thursdays are oversubscribed and have no alternative travel times."
County council spokesman Marcus Mabberley said: "Most people who use Dial-a-Ride are picked up from their home address and are taken with other passengers to one specific location, for example a supermarket or a town centre.
"This helps to ensure that bus time schedules are kept to and that Dial-a-Ride service users are not kept waiting for significant periods. Other passengers had to wait for the vehicle to pick them up whilst Mrs Lewis was taken to the Gladiator Club. This made it unsustainable."
He added: "We are unaware of this lady's personal financial circumstances, however other options could include a taxi or a specialist service."
The annual cost of using the Dial-a-Ride service is £5. The cost to Ms Lewis of a return trip from her home to the club in a taxi is about £16, which she said she couldn't afford.


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Might just check it out due to DAT ALBUM ART
First track was definitely pretty.
Is it me or does "pleasantly impressive surprise" come off as a little awkward? I could be goin' nuts but I thought I'd mention it just to see.
Solid review. This album name is very straight to the point. no beating around the bush! I like it.
Album Rating: 4.0"It sounded annoyingly synthy"
They're there Sowing, but it's in no way overbearing, like it got at times on their 2nd LP.
"Fanfarlo are slowly forcing me to forgive them for their 2nd LP..."
The experiment they had to have.
"It's sad they're not going the Witchi Tai To route. I really thought they'd hit on something with that cover."
Such an interesting song & it worked a treat on the EP. Unsure a full album's worth of similar tunes would be successful though.
"listened to most of this yesterday, pretty good stuff. i didn't download but i hope to revisit eventually"
Definitely worth revisiting 36C. Too many tracks grew on me, for it not to be.
It's actually not all that clear on here, so look for a huge image elsewhere & it will feel like you're George Clooney trying to beat the $hit out of Sandra Bullock.
"Is it me or does "pleasantly impressive surprise" come off as a little awkward?"
Yeah, a little. I just like to be verbose. Why put "pleasant surprise" when you can throw in a few more characters. ;-)
Album Rating: 4.0Great review man! I just listened to this and dig it a lot
Digging: Shadow of Intent - Reclaimer
Album Rating: 4.0Thanks. And good to hear. We need more of that attitude for this album.
Album Rating: 3.5This is legit quality. Their sophomore gets me more on the vibe (this sounds weird I know) but this is a grower, I'm actually quite liking it. I'm of the mind that they deserve more attention than they get too anyway.
Album Rating: 4.0They definitely deserve more attention than they get.
So are you saying you actually think their 2nd LP is their best? If so, you're definitely in the minority there.
Album Rating: 3.5In regards to their debut. There's only a couple songs there that I really like, while Rooms gets me right from the get go. But yes, I suppose I'm going against the flow with that? Anyway, I think this new one is prob. doing way better than their 2nd.
Album Rating: 4.0Well, you already know that I disagree re: their debut, but I think that's what they're trying to do with this album; bring together those who liked either of their 1st 2 albums. And I reckon they have done a great - if not exactly perfect - job.
From the tracks I've heard this is something my wife would love.
I can dig a few of the tracks. Not bad but just not that interesting.
Album Rating: 4.0Your wife has good musical taste Apollo... Either that, or you're calling me a woman! :-)
Album Rating: 3.0Sounds pretty good.
Album Rating: 3.0Pretty But Boring: The Album
Album Rating: 4.0"Pretty" is a good description. "Boring" is to each their own, I guess. But I do agree they should have shown a little more diversity here. I felt they did that better on their debut.
Nice review. The album cover is intriguing.
this is p good, defintely worth the dl
Album Rating: 4.0Thanks Spec. I must say, people around Sputnik are bigger on album art than I am. I mean, I don't ignore it & dislike really bad art, but even the crappest band could have sensational album art. It doesn't make the music any better.
Keep meaning to check this, the artwork is awesome. Oh and it does make the music better, good artwork makes you want to like an album, maybe making you enjoy it more than you would otherwise
Album Rating: 4.0Hmmm, well count be a skeptic.
Bands: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z


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Mark Caygeon Junkin, Agriculture Strategy

I've been on farms where there were several owners and each man had his own way of milking cows. As a result, the somatic cell count was through the roof, the cull rate was high and production was off. The father's attitude to the son's ideas about milking protocols was "nobody is going to tell me how to milk my cows."

Getting everyone agreeing on milking the same way resulted in more milk in the tank and less on the floor. I've seen it change interpersonal behaviour beyond the parlour. Whenever I walk onto a dairy farm as a mediator in a crisis situation, I ask each person on the farm their milking routine. I really don't care about how they milk their cows. What I am listening to is how they describe how they perceive they milk their cows, the reasons why they do what they do, and how they disagree with how everyone else milks the cows.


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Apparently, jail time just isn't enough justice for Michael Jackson fans. A group of 100 fans in France are suing Jackson's doctor, Conrad Murray, for the emotional damage they suffered over the pop star's death.
Members of the "Michael Jackson Community" have hired lawyer Emmanuel Ludot to file the lawsuit which could award each fan up to 10,000 euros (US$13,000).
"It's similar to losing a childhood friend in a traffic accident. Because this death affects you, you have the possibility to file a suit and seek compensation," Ludot told AFP.
Jackson died on June 25, 2009 at his Los Angeles home after overdosing on anaesthetic propofol. Murray, who was hired to look after Jackson as he prepared for his "This is It" comeback tour, administrated the fatal dose. Last November, he was found guilty of involuntary manslaughter and was sentenced to four years in prison.
The case of the emotionally damaged fans against Murray will be heard in Orleans, France on April 11.


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hopefully drivekey comes out with an update. only reason why i bought a chip is so that i wouldnt have to mess around with soft modding. id be pissed if they didnt fix this issue.
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hopefully drivekey comes out with an update. only reason why i bought a chip is so that i wouldnt have to mess around with soft modding. id be pissed if they didnt fix this issue.
Still haven't received a response back from the folks at DriveKey.com.
I have followed up with this email:
Hey guys. I sent a question out to you a while ago and have not gotten a response yet. I'm a member of many different forums online strongly advocating your product. I've mentioned that I sent you an email inquiring about any firmware updates to your product, yet you have not provided a response. Are you working on a Wii firmware 4.2 fix?
We await your response.
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I was so happy with my Drivekey, all my games PAL and NTSC worked great, but now with the 4.2 update, only NTSC games work :mad:
Drivekey staff, please dont dissapoint us!!!
Just a quick update. Have not heard back from the folks at Drivekey.com. :confused:
i had i feeling you wouldnt because they havent yet solved the problem of the drivekey not being able to work with the newest wii drive
No change in situation?
hi, mines been updated to 4.2e and im using drivekey modchip, alot of my backup games are now not working.
Anyone know any fixes yet?
I have the same problem as most of you. My wii is NTSC-U and my PAL games don't work (don't have jap games, but they most likely don't work either).
In a fit of desperation, I've tried to softmod my wii to get them working again. Needless to say, it's very complicated. Softmodding on 4.2 (getting homebrew channel is a breeze, but getting backups to load...not so much) is still like shooting in the dark, as you have to try various methods and HOPE that one works.
I was just wondering if anyone knows of a homebrew hack that just opens up the region lock. I figured that if such an app were to exist, that would take care of the region problem (and the drivekey would take care of the backup problem, since that part is working fine as is).
In other words, is there a simple homebrew app/hack that JUST takes care of the region lock and IS NOT a backup loader?


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FALLBROOK – As one of the special events the Fallbrook Vintage Car Club sponsors each year, club members had the opportunity to visit and take a tour of Motte's Historical Museum on Aug. 24 in Menifee.
Twenty-nine members made the trip to the museum (located inside a big, rustic barn) located on Highway 74(E) about a mile and a half off of Interstate 215. The Motte family has been viewed as pioneers of the Perris Valley area with farming being their main endeavor. The family grew fruit and other produce for distribution in the Southern California market and continues to do a great deal of farming currently.
The museum is a Motte family-operated enterprise which was initiated in 2007 at the encouragement of the family matriarch, Evelyn Motte, after their fruit and produce business closed.
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During the tour, car club members were treated to a question and answer session by Leon Motte, one of the brothers of the Motte family. All in all, it was a great way for club members to take a ride in the country and spend some time looking back into early California life.
The museum is a non-profit, tax-exempt, charitable corporation and hence there is no admittance fee, only a request that visitors provide a small donation.
For information on the Motte Historical Museum, call (951) 821-6210 or visit www.MotteMuseum.com. For more information on the Fallbrook Vintage Car Club call (760) 723-1181 or visit www.fallbrookvintagecarclub.org.


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VANCOUVER -- Ladies and gentlemen, the 2006-07 edition of your Edmonton Oilers ...
Coach Craig MacTavish won't ice the 20 players he'll start the season with against Calgary Thursday when the Oilers wrap up their pre-season against the Vancouver Canucks tonight - injuries to forward Fernando Pisani and defenceman Matt Greene have scotched that plan - but it doesn't take a genius to figure out what's up based on his lineup tonight.
Aside from the obvious, meaning the first three lines, the first five defencemen and goaltenders Dwayne Roloson and Jussi Markkanen, here's what you can expect when MacTavish makes his final round of cuts after today's morning skate.
Norwegian rookie Patrick Thoresen will be one of the wingers on the fourth line alongside veteran Marty Reasoner opening day. The other will either be Alexei Mikhnov or Marc-Antoine Pouliot.
Whoever comes out second-best between Mikhnov and Pouliot will get one of two roster spots as the 13th and 14th forwards with Toby Petersen, Rob Schremp and J.F. Jacques the candidates for the other.
On the back end, Ladislav Smid and Jan Hejda will both dress against the Canucks tonight because Greene is out. One of them - likely Smid - will be the sixth defenceman behind Jason Smith, Steve Staios, Daniel Tjarnqvist, Marc-Andre Bergeron and Greene. The other, Hejda, will get the seventh spot in the pressbox.
Got it so far, coach?
"Yes," said MacTavish, asked if we can read anything into Thoresen and Pouliot getting the nod to flank Reasoner tonight.
"I've liked Pouliot and I've liked Patrick. There's definitely potential there to see them opening night, for sure."
Mikhnov, at least to start, will be among the top 23 for a couple of reasons. First, the big winger from Kiev has been very good. Second, without a farm team of their own, the Oilers don't really want to ship him to Iowa or Hamilton or Milwaukee, where they can't keep an eye on him and bring him along. Language and communication are issues.
"Mikhnov is intriguing," MacTavish said. "We want to give him the experience.
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With Thoresen being the surprise of this pre-season and having a job locked up, Pouliot, at worst, has earned one of the two extra spots based on his play.
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Album Rating: 2.0Listen here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kOtgze9J708
Album Rating: 3.0I liked this album. But the review was decent so pos.
Good review. I agree with what you said in your first paragraph about how people tip-toe around the genre, it annoys the hell out of me. It seems that for every review of a metalcore, nu-metal or deathcore album, the reviewers makes some kind of apology to themselves and their image for having listened to an album from the genre. #StopTreatingGenresLikeDiseases
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Album Rating: 4.0I liked the album, but good review anyways.
Album Rating: 3.0Did you already have this reviewed?
Album Rating: 4.0I gave a shot at reviewing this back in May.
Album Rating: 3.5 | Sound OffA bit of a grower
I've still never given Carnifex a chance, but I often hear hype about their deathcore status or whatever. Nice review though, these kinds of reviews where the instrumentation is talked about bit by bit are neat. Pos'd
Album Rating: 2.0@Scuro, examining a genre for its trademarks (be they good or bad) is something more reviewers ought to do instead of everything I said in the first paragraph. I don't really understand why people are afraid to call bad things bad or good things good. Unpopular opinions generally aren't unpopular because they're a negative influence - they're unpopular because people disagree with them. I guess people don't like actually defending their points.
@Rest of you, thanks for all the positives and such.
That's a fair point and I agree. I'm just sick of the generalisations and the need for some reviewers to make excuses for listening to something. Every genre has good and bad acts, some more than others, but you can't write them off completely.
Album Rating: 3.5 | Sound OffA lot of your points I can understand, but you're being very critical. Like sure the drummer doesn't do anything original but at worst he's average
Album Rating: 2.0Not in my opinion. Doing nothing to separate yourself from the rank and file makes you as good/bad as the rank and file, and in this case, deathcore's rank and file is below average.
Most deathcore I have heard the drummers have been pretty high profile, fast, technical drummers.
Of course, that is your opinion. Good review, but I can't stand it when people start ragging on about the genre the album being reviewed is in (not that you really did here). Like, we get it, you don't like deathcore, but you are reviewing a singular album, not a genre.
Album Rating: 2.0It's still important to note when an album or a band rides a fad purported by a specific (sub)genre. I would do the same thing to a black metal band that confined their music to high screams and low-fi production quality for no other reason than to be 'kvlt'.
The problem with the drummers in most deathcore outfits is that they have the technical proficiency to craft good fills, but they tend to default to the start-and-stop methodology of fill into breakdown into another fill; they also tend to write without complexity, which can lead to a lack of variety, which can lead to boredom for me. Whether or not the drummer did this of his own accord or the accord of his buddies is unknown, and also unrelated.
I agree completely. But, in fairness to these bands, those trends are just a staple to the genre. They are there almost entirely to please fans of deathcore. Which, since I am, I don't have many issues with most of the time. But obviously if you're no fan of the genre you're probably not going to find much interest in these trends. Same can be said with pretty much any genre like you already pointed out with black metal.
I read a quote once from the guitarist of Fit For an Autopsy, he pretty much said that the main reason he included breakdowns into his music was to please fans of the genre and to make live shows more fun.
I mean, what can you do? It is what it is.
Album Rating: 2.0I'm of the opinion that you shouldn't bother trying to please others and instead only make music that you yourself enjoy. Of course, that kind of practise outmodes the usefulness of reviews like my own, to some extent. I suppose that's just how it is, much like you said; I'd never personally change my methodology just to please someone else when it comes to art.
Well, i'd assume/hope that these guys are fans of the genre themselves, and would assume they probably have a blast making the music they do and that's why they include genre cliche's. If not, why even bother being in a deathcore band? I can't imagine these guys make a ton of money.
Album Rating: 2.0The bigger names like Whitechapel turn a significant profit, last I heard, and the potential/promise of that kind of life where you force yourself to conform to a popular fad is inspiration enough for people to artificially create their music.
Album Rating: 3.5 | Sound OffMaybe deathcore bands treat their music more as fun that pays,not as art
There are certian qualities that deathcore bands share though, that's what allows you to sort bands into genres, their similarities. You can't really condemn a deathcore band for sounding like a deathcore band.
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Oasis star Noel Gallagher and wife Meg Mathews have named their baby girl Anais, after Meg's favourite author - French erotic writer Anais Nin.
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Born in 1903, Anais Nin has become an iconic figure of modern womanhood. Free-thinking and cosmopolitan, she actively pursued the sexual liberation promised to women in the works of DH Lawrence and Sigmund Freud.
French by birth, Nin was taken to New York by her mother, following the departure of Joaquin.
The young girl's letters, imploring her father to visit, but never posted, soon became a diary.
Her desire to record her thoughts and emotions became a mania she repeatedly tried to overcome.
"The period without the diary remains an ordeal. Every evening I want my diary as one wants opium."
At 20 she married banker Hugo Parker Guiler, and followed his job to Paris. It was back in her native land that Nin's sensual and sexual maturity was reached.
Henry and June
Regarding herself as an artist, the bored wife craved creative company. She found a number of her appetites satisfied by the great American novelist Henry Miller.
Falling for both Miller and his wife - the subject of the 1990 film Henry and June - Nin found writing the perfect vehicle to express her desires and analyse her deeds.
As her circle of lovers increased, Nin entered psychotherapy. After seducing both of her analysts, she studied the science herself under the tutelage of Otto Rank.
Following affairs with novelist Gore Vidal, and even her own father, Nin began a relationship with the young American actor Rupert Pole.
For 20 years she divided her time between Hugo in New York and Rupert in California. Just as she recorded her thoughts and experiences, Nin committed the lies she told the pair to paper. This filing system allowed her to keep both relationships completely separate.
Though having printed her works since 1946, at Hugo's own expense, it was not until the publishing of her censored diaries in the mid-1960s that Nin found fame.
Although heavily influenced by the erotica of Surrealism in the 1930s, Nin's writings struck a chord with readers during the sexual revolution of the 1960s.
Critics have often been disparaging of Nin's literary abilities, suggesting her approach to sensuality was both manipulative and mechanical.
Indeed, an early edition of one book was deemed to require diagrams by its editor, so confusing were its descriptions of sexual activity.
However, accusations of self-obsession and narcissism have not stopped a cult growing up around Nin.
Since her death in 1977, and that of Hugo in 1985, Rupert Pole has seen to it that Nin's original diaries have been published.
Despite reservations about her status as novelist, diarist and artist, few can deny Anais Nin of not being a women of her time.
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Skip to comments.Delta Pulls Ads From Daily Show Over 'Vagina Manger'
Posted on 05/08/2012 10:18:24 AM PDT by tcrlaf
Catholic League president Bill Donohue declared an early victory in his campaign against the Daily Show for a joke about a "vagina manger," after Delta Airlines pulled its advertising from the program.
Donohue also pledged in a press release to continue his campaign. His next target: Kellogg's, whose executives can expect to receive photographs of the obscene stunt.
Delta spokeswoman Leslie Parker confirmed to BuzzFeed that the airline pulled its advertising last week. Parker said that "We are constantly evaluating our advertising strategy and at this time no longer advertise during The Daily Show," and denied that the decision had anything to do with "any opinions expressed" by the show.
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And Delta doesn't DARE admit the boycott is what caused them to pull the ads. Can you just IMAGINE the left media sh**-storm that would ensue?
I don't like this censorship crap on either side but I understand they do it to us all the time
Thank you Bill Donohue!
Well... I hope the Daily Show's advertisers understand that many of us boycott without much fanfare. We cross you off the list and don't go back.
Why not Vagina Koran? Or, Vagina Mohammad? Remember when the very mention of a person named Mohammad in a bear suit was stopped by Muslims?
Vagina manager? What's that? I've been a vagina massager, but never a manager, them things is utterly unmanageable!
This is not censorship and neither was it censorship when MediaMatters convinced some not to advertise on Rush. IIRC, only governments can engage in censorship.
It's business and the perception of the public.
Boycotts and embargos are private actions implicitly authorized, even encouraged by the 1st, 9th, 10th amendments.
Which religion is it that requires a personal pilgrimage to a shrine in some dusty middle-eastern city, and then kissing a stone inside a giant metal vagina?
Has that been a subject of mockery yet on the Daily Show?
good to see. keep it up.
whenever they cross the line, push on their advertisers
it's one of the few ways to stop them... by draining their support
That's not a vagina.
It's a dilated sphincter, discharging its evil contents into the world.
A city council in California tried to extend the Media Matters "boycott" to prohibiting stations in the community from broadcasting such programming. Additionally, there were calls to the FCC to ban Rush so there were attempts in censorship in that case.
Government restriction of speech is censorship. And it was politically based, not because of the word "slut" being used.
You neglected to mention that city is segregated and any lowly kufir non-muslims who'd dare enter would be put to death.
Not "vagina manager" (that would be a pimp). Vagina manger. I think it's something that would give a vagina the mange, so probably Jon Stewart.
Yikes! I guess my mind refused to accept that reading.
It's not a box an animal would eat from?
I suppose that is the makings of a vulgar joke.
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KAMLOOPS - Grade 5-7 students around the district have been looking forward to year end camping trips but this year many of them have been cancelled because of the teacher strike.
Several schools have cancelled year-end camping trips to Eagle Bay Camp because of the strike upsetting students and their parents who helped raise money to make the event possible. Most schools begin planning a large year end trip in September and fundraising is done throughout the year to help cover some of the costs.
Westmount and Arthur Stevenson schools have already cancelled Grade 6/7 school trips and rumours are Aberdeen Elementary is looking at a possible postponement. Pacific Way Elementary has not cancelled a trip to Sunnybrae Camp as of yet though there is some concern from parents it could still be.
Other events, such as teacher luncheons put on by Parent Advisory Councils, are also being affected by the strikes. At Pacific Way the council decided to a last minute change in the date of the luncheon after it was announced teachers in Kamloops would be striking on the original day, Thursday, June 5.
Earlier this week Superintendent Terry Sullivan said graduation ceremonies would not be affected by the strike, though the district track meet was cancelled.
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For Alfred Hitchcock, it was, "Good evening." For Bernie Mac, his greeting to the television audience every week on his hit TV show comes down to one word: "America." In every episode of his self-titled sitcom, Mac plops himself down in his favorite chair, stares into the camera, and repeatedly addresses the community he refers to as "America." This is his sanctuary, where he can tell the audience exactly what he's thinking, no matter how un-P.C. it may sound. More than that, the device is Mac's way of playing host to his audience, a role Mac takes seriously.
"I've always been a host," said Mac in a recent interview with BSW. "My grandmother taught me that; she was a great hostess. When you open the door, you mean it. If you don't mean it, don't invite people to the party."
Mac means it. As The Bernie Mac Show prepares to enter its third year, the sharp sitcom and its star show no signs of slowing down. A critical favorite when it premiered in 2001, Bernie Mac was heralded for its innovative storytelling—in addition to Mac's interstitials, the show features no laugh track and doesn't always go for the quick joke. The subject matter alone is daring enough: In a premise paralleling Mac's real life, his alter ego suddenly finds himself raising the three young children of his junkie sister. Not exactly ordinary television, especially considering that the show stars a standup comedian best known for supporting parts in programs like Moesha or films such as Life and House Party 3.
The gamble paid off. Among the show's many triumphs is a 2002 Peabody Award for excellence. At the 2002 Emmy Awards, the program's pilot episode scored a writing award for creator Larry Wilmore, an honor almost unheard of for a freshman series. This year, Mac received his second consecutive nomination for outstanding lead actor in a comedy series, the first African-American to be nominated in the category since Tim Reid for Frank's Place in 1998. (An interesting side note: Reid guest-starred last season as Mac's combative father-in-law.)
Outside of television, Mac is even more in demand. In addition to starring in films such as Ocean's Eleven and Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle, he currently has no fewer than five films in the works, including a race-reversed remake of Guess Who's Coming to Dinner? with Mac in the Spencer Tracy role and Ashton Kutcher as his potential son-in-law.
TV or Not TV
The television graveyard is littered with the carcasses of shows built around standup comics who failed to convert their material into a quality program. For every Seinfeld there are a dozen Boston Commons. So how did Mac find a way to translate his humor into a hit show?
"By watching those that failed," Mac replied bluntly. "And I saw the transition they made: They did it for money instead of telling the story from their heart. It's not about dollars and cents, because television will wreck you. People forget what got them there. Hollywood didn't get them there."
According to Mac, it was when he realized he didn't need stardom that the town came calling. "I saw what happened to other people, and I went in and told the networks, 'I don't need Hollywood. I can always go back to the mike.' I built an audience when they didn't even know who I was, and that's the luxury I have. That audience was already there before I got on television, and those people made me."
Initially, Mac was wary of what he referred to as the Johnny-come-lately mentality he found in dealing with the industry, particularly when people would suggest trying to change his image to help him "cross over." Said Mac, "They're always jumping on the bandwagon, saying, 'Ooh, you're great.' Then they'll try to take everything that you've built and turn it into this big fairy-tale television show. You don't talk like that, you don't sound like that, and the people who have been following you for 20 years don't know you like that."
America first got to know Mac as a standup comedian, his profession since 1977. In the early 1990s, Mac was opening for such names as Dionne Warwick and Redd Foxx, and began to make appearances on Def Comedy Jam and in films such as Mo' Money. But it was The Original Kings of Comedy, Spike Lee's documentary/concert film following the wildly successful tour of Mac and fellow comics D.L. Hughley, Cedric the Entertainer, and Steve Harvey, that many regard as Mac's breakthrough. Shortly thereafter he was tapped by director Steven Soderbergh for a major role in Ocean's Eleven the same year his sitcom debuted.
But Mac doesn't credit any one project for his current success.
"I think it was a barrage," he reasoned. "I think it was from the beginning to where we are today. From the comedy clubs, from going on the road and building that process and making my fans and going on Def Jam and doing movies like House Party 3. I don't think it was a specific thing."
Jump Off
Mac was raised and still lives in his beloved Chicago, which he credits with keeping him sane.
"I don't have any Los Angeles buddies or friends; I'm not in that little world, and I'm glad I'm not. I'm glad that it took me 25 years to even get noticed. My chops come from a different place. It's not where I had to be part of a clique; I was self-made. That's the blue-collar mentality that I have from being in Chicago."
It's the same mentality Mac often brings to his roles, whether as the straight-talking (and scene-stealing) brother of Chris Rock's presidential candidate in Head of State or as his TV persona every week. When Mac first brought the idea for his series to Fox Television, he had one goal.
"I stressed to them that I don't want money, I want respect," recalled Mac. "When you tune in, I want you to say, 'That's a good show.' I don't want to do fart jokes or beat somebody down to build myself up. You've never seen that on the show, and you never will. I'm not going to belittle somebody or wear a dress for a laugh."
Instead The Bernie Mac Show finds its laughs in a more universal place: raising a family. "It's about universal parenting," noted Mac. "It's not about a black family, a white family. It's about a guy who, in the privacy of his own home, talks about what's on his mind. And he tells the truth—what you want to say."
That frankness comes across in lines like the now infamous "I'm going to bust your head until the white meat shows," one of several threats Mac makes to his television children. (He also frequently promises to "kill those kids.") There was some early criticism that the show was making light of child abuse, a charge Mac dismisses.
"I haven't heard anything like that," he said of the criticism. "Maybe they said it to the reporters. But one thing I'm glad I've grown up with from watching shows like Lost in Space, Beverly Hillbillies, I understand it's television. It's a little truth, a little fiction. When I saw a cowboy jump off the roof on television and I was playing cowboys, I didn't jump off the roof, I jumped off the third step. Because common sense kicked in."
And anyone who has seen his show knows better than to question Mac's parenting skills. In a rare feat, the program manages to maintain its edgy humor while featuring some genuinely touching moments. A recent episode featured the children going on strike against Mac, living in a tent in the yard until Mac bribed them with food and television back into the house one by one. When Vanessa, the eldest girl, finally caved, she grumbled to Mac, "You won, OK?" Mac reminded her that she was the winner—she was living with people who cared for her and finally had a future after years of being raised by an addict mother. It was an amazing moment, made all the more remarkable by the fact that it's true. "That really happened," said Mac proudly.
Indeed, Mac estimates that more than 90 percent of the stories on the show are true, tales from his own life, only lightly fictionalized by the show's writers. Perhaps this is why he bristles when the subject of Wilmore's dismissal is mentioned. After winning the writing Emmy for the pilot, Wilmore was fired in March by Fox over "creative differences." While Mac doesn't focus on the skirmish, he is tired of the press concentrating on how Wilmore's absence might affect the show.
"Larry was instrumental in the show, but he didn't create my life," said Mac. "And that's something I wish people would stop saying. That story was told in 1994, and I was telling it for years. Can't nobody tell my story better than me. I lived that life. So what changed?"
Monster Mash
Judging from recent episodes, some of which have been the strongest in the series history, nothing. Mac is still charming in his outrage, and the show still features one of the strongest casts on television, from Kellita Smith as Mac's wife to the three remarkable child actors (Camille Winbush, Jeremy Suarez, and Dee Dee Davis) who portray his adopted brood. And Mac is still practicing his tough-love brand of parenting, something the real-life Mac strongly believes in.
"I'm tired of that modernized you-can't-say-that-P.C.-give-them-a-piece-of-candy-and-let-them-stay-up-late-you-don't-want-to-hurt-their-feelings parenting," Mac said. "Then they grow up to be big chumps and punks and sissies. And like a vampire, you can't drive a stake through their heart, because you created a monster."
There are many factors that Mac credits for the show's success, but every good comedian knows it's all about the timing.
"When this show came on, people were lusting for it the same way they did with Sanford and Son. People had been dying for Redd Foxx, and when Sanford and Son came out, Hollywood couldn't understand who this old man was everyone was going crazy for," said Mac. "Whatever we do, timing is important. It wasn't time for me before. That's why I run my own race; I don't think or worry about what somebody else is doing. I focus on what I'm doing, I try to do the best every day. That's my success for me, and it works." BSW


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Quagga and zebra mussels, hitchhikers that travel from the Baltic Sea to the U.S. in ships' ballasts, are the top two offenders on the list of threats posed by invasive species. These rapidly reproducing mussels clog water-delivery pipes and devastate waterways. "Our department is the only state agency in the nation that is training dogs to detect mussels," Shimek says. That training began in 2008, when Shimek took stock of the looming threat. So far, the state's boat-inspection program has yet to put the dogs to work in any systematic way, relying instead on human inspectors. Still, the dogs are getting ready for deployment. In fact, K-9 invasive-species detection is a whole new arm of conservation.
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From the standpoint of agencies whose employees carry firearms, dogs are also helpful when it comes to public perception. Dogs' popularity was among the justifications offered by Colonel Dabney Watts for adding a K-9 program to Virginia's Department of Game and Inland Fisheries. The idea had been kicked around over the years but never got going, and Watts believed he had solid evidence of its usefulness with everything from agency branding to reducing employee hours in the field. "We sent a survey to 18 states" with K-9 programs, he told colleagues in an April 2011 presentation, "and got 14 very positive responses."
Today, 24 wildlife agencies in the U.S. have K-9 units, Watts said. Their time has come. "There will be other uses for these dogs, non-traditional ones," in the future, he added.
The nation's first wildlife K-9 program began in New York in 1978 with the Department of Environmental Conservation K-9 program, and soon caught on in other states. At first, additional police dogs were assigned to the wildlife beat; then in the 1980s, sporting breeds were introduced, which, according to Watts, "helped gain widespread public acceptance for the use of dogs by wildlife agencies."
About 35 percent of the work is public relations, he estimates—one reason Virginia chose three Labs for its program. The Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks, which started its K-9 program in 2002, also uses even-tempered Labrador Retrievers.
In 2011, Idaho joined California and Kansas when the Idaho Department of Fish and Game added Pepper to its workforce. The Lab will help track poachers, assist in search and rescue, and promote conservation efforts by visiting schools and other groups. The program, which consists of only one team, is considered a trial. After five years, it will be evaluated to see how well it worked. If it succeeds, more Scent Detection K9 teams will be authorized for use throughout the state.
How do you train a fish and wildlife dog when you're launching the first such program in the state? Like Virginia and Kansas, Idaho sent their dog and handler to Indiana, where the state's Department of Natural Resources hosted a free training academy. Merely attending, however, is no guarantee of success. Of the three dogs Virginia sent, two flunked out in the first 10 days. Luckily, Kansas, with its well-seasoned K-9 program, brought backup dogs.
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Though the work may be similar from state to state, there are also regional differences. Florida is rich in biodiversity—and wildlife crime—but not every state crawls with alligators. In southern California, dogs help conduct surveys of desert tortoises. One thing all wildlife agencies share is the desire for people-oriented dogs, fully socialized with humans and animals alike. Hence, most are companion dogs, pets of wardens who later join the K-9 team. For example, Ruger was Warden Bob Pera's wife's dog until the Shepherd decided he needed a job. "He started going to work with me every day," Pera says.
When it comes to breed, the field is wide open. Mixed breeds are welcome and "pre-owned" dogs of every sort can find a job if they've got the knack. When DFG is planning to offer a detection academy, a request is put out to see who's interested. Shimek then travels to interview candidates, and find out if they have a dog. Once they graduate from the six-week academy, the department purchases the warden's dog for a dollar.
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Popular author Lutishia Lovely has made a name for herself with novels exploring the relationships, sex lives, and secrets of a lively church congregation.
In Heaven Forbid, the Gospel Truth Church has lost its pastor to a scandalous downfall and is in dire need of a new leader. But is Reverend Doctor Pastor Bishop Overseer Mister Stanley Obadiah Meshach Brook Jr. the answer? And what of Passion and Stanley's marriage, which has taken a major hit thanks to Stanley's flagging libido?
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"not christian lit . . . Be aware!"
. . . . just thought I'd advise those abstaining from certain content (notice, I said be aware not beware).
We know that there is sex, homosexuality, and profanity in the world but when I purchase an inspirational or christian selection I am looking for a departure from that that contains true inspiration free of the world's way of entertaining the masses.
While the setting is often in and the characters are members of a church, that does not make the content inspirational or christian.
I feel the book would have been just as good if it mentioned certain things versus enacting them and creating the inevible visualizations. It isn't a bad read, just well . . . :-) You choose.
This was a good listen. The storyline was unpredictable and held my attention from start to finish.
"Lawd! Lawd! Lawd! Heaven forbid Indeed!"
This has fast become one of my favorite "church series." My only question is will Princess get what she deserves in Rapheal or is Kelvin actually her Prince? Is Rev. Dr. O actually divorcing Mama Max and will the ministry continue to be blessed because of their impending divorce? And is marrying a Noble woman the answer? Hmmmm what about Passion and Stanley, DL or just low-down and really confused? OMG! The Gospel Truth and its friends and their churches have some serious drama and Lovely tackles it all--what a blast! Excellent read...download it today, you will not be disappointed!
"Good listen!"
I'm a fan of author and she always brings a good story line.
She did a wonderful job in bringing the story to life.
There were no loose ends.
When the pastor's wife found his blow-up doll and porn collection.
It was very easy to confuse the characters Passion and Princess, since they both have such playful names. Passion, as a first lady's name, doesn't seem believable. I really don't understand her motivations at all, after finding out that her husband had been wearing women's underwear and had a secret male lover. It just doesn't make sense how she could go from being so upset about her sexless marriage to being so desperate to help
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What did Texas Longhorns do during rain delay in win over TCU Horned Frogs? Eat chicken fingers
Not only is Texas a much improved team, but the Longhorns also are a lot better at handling the unexpected.
As a result, Texas (5-2, 4-0) is one of just two undefeated teams in Big 12 play, along with Baylor. Texas survived TCU and a 3-hour, 6-minute weather delay for a 30-7 win early Sunday morning. Longhorns players remembered a similar situation at BYU earlier this year and the response that led to a 40-21 loss.
This time, they munched on chicken fingers and kept things low-key while waiting for the all-clear.
Quarterback Case McCoy said their handling of the rain delay showed "showing this team is maturing every day and every game."
Texas methodically put TCU away, building a 17-7 lead before the thunderstorms hit on a 65-yard touchdown pass to Marcus Johnson from McCoy. Johnson finished with three catches for 120 yards.
The defense has allowed just two touchdowns in the past two games against Oklahoma and TCU.
TCU struggles: The Horned Frogs need to win three of their final four games against West Virginia, Iowa State, Kansas State and Baylor to be bowl eligible for the ninth consecutive season.
Not even the return of senior quarterback Casey Pachall from a broken left forearm could jump-start things. Pachall finished 13-of-34 for 140 yards with one interception under a heavy Texas pass rush.
Swoopes debuts: Texas decided to play freshman QB Tyrone Swoopes late in the fourth quarter, removing the possibility of a redshirt season.
The move had as much to do with the condition of former starter David Ash (concussion-like symptoms) as with Swoopes. Coach Mack Brown said Ash hasn't been cleared medically and won't play against Kansas on Saturday.


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