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Well, it is certainly not Julie Andrews singing My Favourite Things. It's hard to know why comedian Harry Hill decided to release the blood-curdlingly bad single I Want a Baby - which pokes fun at working class culture from pit bulls to pink tracksuits via digs at teenage pregnancy, ASBOs and Kerry Katona. It is a mean, sneery off-the-dial insult of a song that makes Vicky Pollard seem like sophisticated satire and a Daily Mail editorial a shining beacon of enlightened liberal thinking. If it is meant to be knowingly affectionate, any ironic winks were lost in the edit.
While this may not be Sachsgate – Chavgate, perhaps – I Want a Baby may well have dented Hill's credibility, sending Twitter into a tizzy and forums into a frenzy. I've always enjoyed Hill's mix of music hall, surrealism and smart off-the-wall one-liners – "why is it only Tudor buildings we mock?" – and TV Burp is one of only a few genuinely laugh-out-loud programmes. It is populist, intelligent and, amazingly, on Saturday nights on ITV1. The former doctor with the trademark massive collars has pulled off the rare trick of going from cult to primetime without dumbing down. Until now. This ditty about the fictional 14-year-old Chantelle – "Me mum has got a fag on, me dad has got a tag on" – is in danger of losing the very fans that have discovered him on the mainstream channel.
Comedy has had a habit of poking fun at the post-Shameless underclass for some time now. There's Vicky Pollard, of course, BBC3 uber-chav Lee Nelson and, on BBC2, Harry & Paul have a running gag featuring the Benefit family, who roam the streets with their devil dog. These jokes, all by smart, middle-class wags, can certainly be clever pieces of social commentary – Ali G managed it – but I Want a Baby feels devoid of insight. There have been hints of Hill's growing tendency to look down on the unfortunate in his fashion taste-teasing You've Been Framed voiceovers, but that did not prepare me for this.
It's not that Hill has completely lost it. He has just launched his own lo-fi internet-only series via AOL, which harks bark to his C4 golden era of badger parades and Stouffer the Cat. But sometimes even the canniest comedians misjudge the mood. It was as if alternative comedy had never happened when Al Murray created his camp, pink uniform-wearing Nazi, prompting an outcry. Let's hope Hill listens to the protests this time. Johnny Marr reportedly refused to give Hill permission to include a Smiths medley on his forthcoming album of comedy cover versions, Funny Times. At the time I thought it was Marr who had had a sense of humour failure. Now I think it is Hill.

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On Sale! Moleskine Travel Collection Bags
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25 Apr
The Moleskine Folio Book Collection represents the largest Moleskine journals dedicated to creativity, free expression, and design. In fact, they're huge! The Folio Collection is available in A4 and A3 sizes, offering generous space to be filled with drawings, projects and writings.
Like the Moleskine Classic Journals, Moleskine Folio Books have a sewn binding, acid-free paper, rounded edges, elastic closure, cloth ribbon placeholder, and a rear expandable inner pocket.
All paper used in the Moleskine Folio Collection is certified as responsibly harvested by the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC).
See all Moleskine's A4 and A3 Folio Notebooks, and while you're there, check out the Moleskine Folio Office Series. Post-it notes, binders, folders, and so much Moleskine love.
18 Apr
Moleskine's ubiquitous little black notebook. You see them in coffee shops, nestled into purses and totes, and at the office and others' homes. But what is it about Moleskine that galvanizes creatives and professionals across the world to identify with these black notebooks? We think the answer's clear: Moleskine is synonymous with community.
Whether it connects you back to reality or piques your imagination, Moleskine is a source for inspiration. And the inspiration doesn't just come from the blank pages and classic black covers of the notebooks themselves, it also manifests in the reality that hundreds, even thousands, of others are using their Moleskine notebook at the same time as you. It's that underlying current of creative energy we believe makes Moleskine so appealing.
The nameless little black notebook so many legendary artists and thinkers have used over the past two centuries was originally made by a French bookbinder whose name was lost to obscurity. The notebook was even spotted among such greats as Pablo Picasso, Vincent van Gogh, Ernest Hemingway, and the man who ultimately coined the name 'Moleskine', Bruce Chatwin.
The original notebook faded over time and was last seen in the 1980′s, but was ultimately picked up by a small Milanese publisher named Modo&Modo and the brand name Moleskine was officially trademarked in 1997. A little less than a decade later, the trademark was acquired by an Italian company that took on the name for itself. Moleskine SRL now has the sole objective of bringing back to life the notebook that captured that minimalist style and quality that literally has centuries of experience. As they say, "To the initiated, there is no substitute."
Moleskine S.p.A. creates and sells FSC-certified products. All Moleskine notebooks are made with acid-free paper, making them environmentally friendly. In addition, Moleskine produces their packaging in such a way as to keep waste to a minimum. Much of it is designed to be reused, for example the B-sides of the paperbands which are printed with useful tools, or the wallet packaging, which can be turned into environmentally-friendly photo frames.
On the foundation front, Moleskine primarily supports lettera27, a non-profit working toward a universal right to education and access to knowledge around the world. However, Moleskine also does a phenomenal job supporting young creatives via myriad organizations.
Where they are really seen supporting the creative community is through MyMoleskine, a hub for Moleskine fans around the world to share their art, hacks, and general passion for the brand. Several projects such as the Cover Art series have risen from this meeting place to showcase artists' work on Moleskine notebooks – a platform previously thought unattainable by the general creative public.
Beginning with the tried and trusted classic design, Moleskine's Classic Hard Cover Journals are known for their quintessential features: sewn binding, acid-free paper, rounded edges, elastic closure, cloth ribbon placeholder, and a rear expandable inner pocket.
Moleskine's Volant and Cahier series are also staples in the Moleskine arsenal, the first being perfect bound with bright covers and the latter side-stitched with craft covers. Moleskine has also taken a creative page out of their fans' notebook and and expanded with their ever-increasing Limited Edition selection, through collaborations with LEGO, Star Wars, Le Petit Prince, Pac-Man, and their published book series "The Hand of …" They've even developed hobby-specific notebooks known as the Moleskine Passions Journals.
It's hard to encapsulate all of Moleskine in the proverbial nutshell as they've also expanded their offerings with their fairly recent New Collections. The Moleskine New Collections are sets of striking pieces that focus on writing, travelling, and reading. Perfectly compatible with the legendary notebooks, they were designed by Giulio Iacchetti to incorporate signature Moleskine function and aesthetics: the elastic band, the rounded corners, the black color, the simple design. The offerings include bags, pencils, pens, computer cases, reading glasses, a rechargeable reading light and an e-reader stand.
Moleskine ultimately corresponds with travel, culture, imagination, and identity. Moleskine connects with individuals because it is a symbol of modern-day nomadism, a romantic notion turned into reality each day through every far-reaching fan. And we'll admit, we're all Moleskine fans.
17 Apr
Be inspired to write, journal, and doodle with Moleskine's Writing Collection. With the focus on daily inspiration, writing, and travelling, each piece is the perfect complement to Moleskine's legendary notebooks. Designed by Giulio Iacchetti to incorporate signature Moleskine function and aesthetics, the Writing Collection is part of the greater New Collections by Moleskine. The myriad, distinctive accessories enhance the activities of the modern-day nomad in each of us. Below are the latest additions to the Writing Collection – what is your favorite?
The natural travelling companion of the Moleskine notebook, in a new version with a retractable point and no cap.
Set of two fluorescent colored lead pencils made of linden wood, plus a sharpener and a special cap.
Indispensable tools for sketching, drawing and dreaming, Moleskine pencils are made of high quality cedar wood.
With its elegant, rectangular shape, inspired by the design and personality of the Moleskine notebook, this refillable mechanical pencil combines convenience with total writing comfort.
28 Mar
Many Moleskine and LEGO fans let out a sigh of relief and muttered online "Finally!" when the new Moleskine LEGO Limited Edition Notebook series came out. But why are they saying that now? Moleskine has collaborated with the likes of Star Wars, Pac-Man, Le Petit Prince, among others. Surely LEGO fits in with those grandmasters? Well, they do, but they also stand apart slightly. LEGO inextricably aligns with Moleskine's well-known mantra of the customer's constantly evolving creative personal identity (while the others mentioned already have their stories established). It really is a match made in heaven to have Moleskine and LEGO – two incredibly creative brands with strong histories – come together in this new series of notebooks where you can "Think With Your Hands."
And did you know? LEGO is a contraction of the Danish words "leg" and "godt," which means "play well" in Danish. Coincidentally, the word LEGO in Latin loosely translates to "I study" and "I put together." LEGO began with humble beginnings in 1916 in Denmark in the workshop of Ole Kirk Christiansen. After a fire consumed the workshop in 1924, Christiansen rebuilt and began constructing wooden toys in 1932, only moving to plastic in 1947 after purchasing a plastic injection molding machine.
LEGO's plastic bricks really took hold in the 1960′s and soon LEGO was experiencing exponential growth in multiple markets. Today, LEGO produces a massive amount of blocks, as evidenced in this neat fact: "Every year, about 19 billion LEGO bricks are produced. That translates to 2.16 million LEGO elements are molded every hour, or 36,000 per minute! The LEGO manufacturing process is so precise that only 18 out of 1 million LEGO bricks produced is considered defective." (10 Neatest LEGO Facts.)
LEGO has continued to evolve over time, and still has a strong hold on the toy market today. Combined with the strong evocations of Moleskine notebooks, this is an instant classic not to be missed. Like the Moleskine Classic Journals, Moleskine LEGO Notebooks have a sewn binding, acid-free paper, rounded edges, elastic closure, cloth ribbon placeholder, and a rear expandable inner pocket. All the Moleskine features you've come to know and love, bound together with the excitement of LEGO.
The legends of Moleskine and LEGO finally meet in this instant notebook classic. The Moleskine LEGO Pocket Ruled Notebook combines two of the most iconic creative mediums to encourage the potential of unlimited thought. The themed black cover is debossed with a yellow LEGO screenprint and the real yellow LEGO brick embedded in the cover is perfect for any Lego enthusiast. Arrange your words, sketches, and thoughts to construct a world of your own in this pocket-sized notebook for free expression. Let your ideas flow on all 192 lined pages (96 leaves) while using the yellow cloth ribbon placeholder and themed adhesive labels to stay organized. Look to the inside cover and be inspired through the colorfully designed axiom "Think With Your Hands".
The Moleskine LEGO Large Ruled Notebook is perfect for a traditional Moleskine aficionado. The themed black cover, debossed with a black LEGO screenprint and embedded with a real black LEGO brick, along with the original cloth ribbon placeholder make for a characteristic Moleskine notebook. Arrange your words, sketches, and thoughts to construct a world of your own in all 240 lined pages (120 leaves) of this large-sized notebook. The combination of two iconic creative mediums encourages the potential of unlimited thought, as emphasized by the colorfully designed axiom "Think With Your Hands" on the inside cover. This notebook is sure to be an instant classic in any Moleskine collection.
22 Feb
The ever-popular Passions Journals from Moleskine have some new additions! They make it fun and easy to keep track of your favorite things in signature Moleskine style.
The Moleskine Passions Chocolate Journal is for chocolate enthusiasts and professionals alike. Write all about the intricacies of chocolate and organize them in 4 themed sections and 4 blank tabbed sections; plus you can use the 202 adhesive labels to personalize the journal. Reference the map of cacao varieties and the glossary of chocolate making, then you still have room to catalog chocolate making, tasting notes, recipes, events, and shops.
The Moleskine Passions Restaurant Journal is the perfect place to record all gourmet indulgences. The 240-page journal has space to chronicle restaurant, bar, and cafe notes, as well as chef's tips and your wish list. Easily organize your passion with 5 themed sections, 5 blank tabbed sections, and 202 adhesive labels to personalize the journal.
The Moleskine Passions Beer Journal is an indispensable companion for the casual beer drinker and the beer connoisseur. This 240-page (120 leave) journal not only has a glossary, pouring tips and glass types, it has tasting notes, a homebrewing log, space for your recipes, your cellar, and your favorite beer addresses. Easily organize your passion with 5 themed sections, 5 blank tabbed sections, and 202 adhesive labels to personalize the journal.
The Moleskine Passions Home Life Journal is the ideal extension of your personal space. This 240-page journal has space to fully plan out changes in the home, organize related small or large jobs, and keep all your interior design inspiration in one place. Easily organize your passion with 6 themed sections, 6 blank tabbed sections, and 202 adhesive labels to personalize the journal.
The Moleskine Passions Art Journal is your personal art gallery all in one. This 240-page (120 leave) journal has a leading exhibitions calendar, art history timeline, and space for jotting down your art inspirations and impressions. Easily organize your passion with 5 themed sections, 5 blank tabbed sections, and 202 adhesive labels to personalize the journal.
We've got so many of the Moleskine Passions Journals to choose from now: Recipe, Wine, Book, Film, Music, Wellness, Baby, Dog, Cat, Gardening, Style, and Travel (beside the above 5). Do you own one of the previous Moleskine Passions Journals? Tell us your honest opinion if the Passions Journal works for you or not. We'd love to know!
7 Feb
We had such a fun time with this contest and received over 100 submissions! Below is the winner as well as a few more to whet your appetite. Click any of the images to go to the Facebook album that has ALL of the haiku. Tag your haiku when you see it, comment on the ones you love, and submit another one at the end just for fun!
24 Jan
The Moleskine gift package includes 1 Moleskine Classic Large Squared Notebook (Red), 1 Moleskine Volant Pocket Plain Notebook (set of 2 – red), and 1 Moleskine Passions Wine Journal!
A haiku is a Japanese poem with a total of seventeen syllables, broken into three lines (traditionally of five, then seven, then five syllables). Haiku in English don't always follow the strict syllable count, and they can be endlessly creative, so have fun with it! Read more about haiku on Wikipedia.
15 Nov
One day I received an envelope from the Art House Co-op, which owns and manages The Brooklyn Art Library gallery in New York. I had applied to participate in their annual Sketchbook Project, which allows people from all over the world to create their writing and art in "sketchbooks." Expecting an artist's book with thick pages, I was surprised to find a small blank Moleskine journal in the envelope.
Since I had never completed a full artist's book before, I needed inspiration—some creative spark—to get started. Created in the 1990s, Moleskine was based on the iconic black hardcover journals used by famous artists and writers, such as van Gogh, Picasso, and Hemingway, in their travels. Like these artists, I could showcase my work in a journal, but unlike them, my travels would take place in my imagination.
I stared at the journal and thought about how I was going to create my art in about half the size I was used to working with (this Moleskine was 5 x 8.25 inches). I could use any medium as long as the journal maintained the same dimensions when closed. (Some people in the past got around this restriction by creating poster-size pages that worked like fold-out maps.) I was determined to honor the tradition of using the Moleskine as a journal and not as an altered book.
The journal itself—a large plain Cahier—was simply a cardboard cover with stitching down the spine, and 40 blank sheets (80 pages) inside. On the front inside cover was an "Art House Library" pocket, with an inserted card. The card said "Shh… this is a library." My name, location, a theme that I selected from a list ("Outside of myself"), barcode, and online location for my journal were printed on the inside back cover.
I named the journal "Beside Myself" with the subtitle "modern life, nature, and everything else in between." I wanted to review and provide commentary on what I had learned so far about art and life. I would pretend to be my doppelgänger looking over my shoulder while I worked.
I created a series of drawings and gave them playful names such as: my brain on art; unisex head and Warhol sketch; my favorite soap and emoto phone; one continuous puzzle and protection against the evil eye; heart is where the home is and heart coral; life is a maze and play the game of life; and odd couple Norma Desmond and Bozo the Clown.
In this journal, I included a range of media: prints, etchings, screenprints, and mixed-media art, using ink, colored pencils, paint, digital media, glue, tape, and acrylic medium. I then applied a fixative spray to each page so that the pages would not stick together. The pages remained intact and sturdy no matter what I did with them.
As I worked with my journal, I noticed that it was developing into a living thing – a personification of my creativity and an expression of my inner spirit. It was a sad day when I had to mail back my Moleskine journal, but I knew that it would continue to live on in my heart and in the "cloud."
Meet the Writer: Amy A. Rudberg is a freelance writer/blogger and artist who lives and works in Chicago. Her interests include papermaking, printmaking, mixed media, and digital art.
14 Nov
The closer we get to the end of the year, there's always more talk of datebooks, organization, renewal, and resolutions. We want you to be prepared. So get started early with one of 10 Moleskine 18-Month Pocket Soft Cover Weekly Planner we're giving away! That means 10 lucky winners each will receive one (1) of these academic planners.
Featuring the wildly popular Weekly Planner+Notes format, this datebook covers July 2011 to December 2012. The Weekly Planner+Notes format shows the week's appointments at-a-glance on the left, complemented by a page for notes and ideas on the right. Also included is an annual overview for 2011-2013 (1 page per yearly view), plus a monthly overview for the 18 months (July 2011-Dec 2012), in calendar format with 1 page per month.
Perfect for throwing in your bag to always have on hand, this pocket-sized planner is 3.5 inches wide by 5.5 inches tall and is just right to help keep your life organized. And did we mention its durable soft cover? That means it can handle traveling with you in any situation and is a bit lighter to boot.
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We'll choose random winners from all of the entries. This contest is only open to US residents, and you've got until the end of this Thursday 11/17 to enter as many entries as you can. We will announce the winners on Friday 11/18/11!
27 Oct
The Moleskine New Collections include pieces that focus on writing, travelling, and reading. Designed by Giulio Iacchetti, they specifically incorporate signature Moleskine function and aesthetics: the elastic band, the rounded corners, the black color, the simple design.
Impeccable detailing and stitching makes this a durable piece that will last. The resilient, water-repellent exterior is made from matte black polyurethane on a woven support. The interior is completely lined in ivory faux-suede with a soft, luxe feel, and includes an "In case of loss" label sewn inside. The sides and bottom are made from stretch fabric with light padding to protect your laptop and ensure the best fit.
Available in three sizes to fit laptops with 10-inch, 13-inch, and 15-inch sized screens, one question always comes up with the laptop cases: What actually fits?
These are but a small sampling of what you can fit into the Moleskine Laptop Cases. Not to mention adding in a journal, notepad, pen or other small item. So we want to turn the question to you: What actually fits?


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By this question I mean: Why is it important to start weights at a percentage of a number that is a lot less than your true 1RM, such as in 5/3/1? The reason why I ask this is because in 5/3/1 there is a deload week every month, and while you still technically do the lifts, you are supposed to do it a a very low % and only do 5 reps.
So essentially, during the deload week you are not really working your muscles at all. On top of that, you only do each major lift 1 time a week, meaning that on the first week after your deload week, it as been a full 14 days since the last time you lifted strenuously for that lift. FINALLY to my point: being that on 5/3/1 you have a 14 full days where you do not train your major lift with any effort, aren't you almost "restarting"?
And because of this, wouldn't it be then necessary to start light all over again? For example, If you can take 14 days off from doing any heavy deadlifting, and then still jump right into 85% of your 1RM without issues, then why do you have to start with a 1RM so much lower than our true 1RM when starting a new program or resetting?
A few observations:
I'd disagree with your definition of "not really working your muscles at all". To me, that would be skipping the workout. The point of a deload is to still exercise your muscles, but allow for added recovery, especially since you've just had four rather heavy sessions in the past week. And as you improve, that 60% set you do is going to become a much larger number. Regardless if 160 kg is your 1RM or 15RM for your squat, it's still moving 160 kg. This is reflected in his 5/3/1 for Beginners template, where he says that intermediates can use it as well, but will need to lower some of the percentages because of how much that extra work comes out as.
While you might be doing the major lifts only once a week, you're using the various muscle groups more than once. E.g. your hamstrings and glutes are being used in both deadlifting and squatting. Don't forget the assistance and conditioning work as well.
You're also forgetting the bigger picture of what happens as you do multiple cycles of 5/3/1, you add 5 or 10 lb to your lifts each cycle. Those increases apply to your deload week as well, so your deload week will also get harder and harder.
Starting light is important because it gives you room to grow. Strength adaptations can take place even when training below your 1RM. Stating too heavy will only get you stuck quickly.
The deload week is a week where you rest from lifting heavy but you do train. It is designed so that you do just enough work to maintain your strength while allowing your body to recuperate. So while you indeed rest 14 between lifting "heavy" for a given exercise, you do not enter the next cycle in a de-trained state, relative to the last cycle.
The last question becomes irrelevant given what I explained below.
Read (or re-read) the book.
Rep records=stronger.
Nuff said
I can't answer the question from a scientific standpoint, but from experience if you started at 100% how many cycles do you think you'd consistently progress on? If you start on 90% you'll be fitting PRs for multiple cycles which means 1.) You're getting stronger 2.) Its a great mental boost. Don't forget you can always do heavy triples and doubles above 90% if you want to after you get your required reps.
You could have a deload once every two cycles if you're sleep and nutrition are on point IMO. But when I do that on the new cycle 5 week which replaces the deload week, I usually only do the minimum reps required and one BW exercise - at least that week has significantly lower volume than normal then.
Honestly, I couldn't even finish reading your question. Using your logic, why don't you just go do a meet every weekend for the next 10 years straight. You should lift heavier and heavier weights every meet, forever? Then you can just retire once you hit a 5,000 raw total.
There are about a billion reasons why what you are suggesting won't work. Here are some big ones:
-Just starting out, you are going to have weak connective tissue. Volume builds these.-You are going to have bad technique-You are going to be in terrible 'lifting shape'
Add these three variables up over any length of time and that will make an injury.
Pick a tested program (5/3/1, BFS, 5x5, whatever the hell) and work the shit out of it. If you eat enough and work hard enough, you will get very strong. Unless you are surrounded by people who do it already, there is no reason to do anything too complicated right now.
If you don't like the deload every 4th week then don't do it. It's only suggested. I used to not do deloads. Pretty sure I didn't do a deload for like 4-5 MONTHS. I paid for it. My joints were hurting all the time. Back always sore. I figured, "If I stopped to do a deload, I would get weak." That is absolutely false. You feel fresher for your workouts after a break. You really do have to leave your ego at the door though. I stagger my deloads for each lift so that I'm deloading a lift every week. I wasn't a big fan of deloading all lifts in the same week. For instance, my first week of a new cycle will look like this:
MP- 5'sDead- 3'sBench- 5/3/1Squat- Deload
Then the next week will look like this:
MP- 3'sDead- 5/3/1Bench- DeloadSquat- 5's
I don't even do the required sets/reps on the deload week, I skip them completely and just do some light BBB sessions. Try it, might work for you.
Thanks for the replies guys. Just FYI though, I wasnt trying to give reasons why I should skip deload, or even claim that there is no point in starting light, I was simply saying that I dont UNDERSTAND how it is helpful, and how taking 14 days off is okay. But I suppose I am not giving the deload week enough credit.
What percentage of your max are you using to start?
you are not taking 14 days of the muscles or the movements. there is a skill component to weight lifting. that deload week is all about skill in my opinion with a dash of active recovery.
and as others have posted you are working upper body twice in a week. so say you do overhead on friday then tuesday do bench. that is 4 days between upper body workouts not 14.
^^^^ what he said is completely correct, and what storm said, although he was pretty harsh, is also codrext.
Keep in mind you are not doing a deload of the muscles, but off the nervous system. The nervous system recovers more slowly than the muscles, and taxing the nervous system to its limits constantly is one big big reason for burnout.
Your "deload" week is meant to rest the nervous system while still practicing the skill component of the lifts an d also working the muscles.
The 14 days you speak of is the period for which maximal strength "stays with you" before starting to decline, which is why it concerns you. However, that is 14 days without doing anything--not going to train the muscles at all. If you train the muscles, just not tax the nervous system, this 14 day period does not apply in the same manner. That is essentiall what you are doing, and also one of the many reasons for starting at 90% instead of 100%


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Homes threatened by Carson Valley fire
September 21, 2012
Firefighters have closed Highway 395 south of Gardnerville, near Ray May Way, to battle a fast-moving wildland fire threatening at least five structures.
Reports of the fire came in at about 12:25 p.m. Friday. The incident has been named the Carter Springs fire.
East Fork crews on scene said the flames were on the east side of the highway, consuming about 30 acres, and spreading south at a fast rate towards structures "in immediate danger."
The fire was reportedly burning in multiple spots.
By 12:35 p.m., rescue personnel were preparing to evacuate homes in the area, assisted by Douglas County Search and Rescue and the Sheriff's Office.
The hills above Pine View Estates were burned last summer in the 4,180-acre Ray May Fire, which started Aug. 16, 2011.
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County Manager Steve Mokrohisky said Friday afternoon that East Fork Fire officials were working to set up a phone line for concerned residents. In the meantime, he said, residents should call East Fork at 782-9040 with any questions.
The highway has been closed at Ray May Way to the north and at Pine Valley Road to the south.
By 1:10 p.m. Friday, one air tanker, one helicopter, six engines, one hand crew and two command posts were battling the blaze.
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Has anyone tried Begonia 'Buttercup', Begonia quadrialata subsp. nimbaensis, Begonia versicolor, Begonia chlorosticta, or Begonia limprichtii? Can I grow them outside in the summer and in a wardian case in the winter?
And those dratted rexes. If I put them in an aquarium in my greenhouse, do you think they might survive (although thrive would be my choice)?
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Has anyone tried Begonia 'Buttercup', Begonia quadrialata subsp. nimbaensis, Begonia versicolor, Begonia chlorosticta, or Begonia limprichtii? Can I grow them outside in the summer and in a wardian case in the winter?
I've seen my mentor grow Buttercup, versicolor, and quadrialata in salad bowls / glass bowls under lights with excellent results.
I have chlorosticta since May and it is growing quite nicely in a plastic lettuce container. I have no intentions of growing this outdoors. B. limprichtii has been a stinker for me. I have it under a clear cup but it is sulking. If it ever starts growing I might have a different opinion of it.
The problem with rexes in aquariums is that often the aquarium is not big enough. One particular rex I decided to grow in an aquarium is Pink Diamonds. It has thrived in this tank (120 gallons). The bad thing is it is shading out rajah. So the answer is yes, rexes can thrive inside a tank but often it is not big enough since the begonia can grow bigger in this environment rather than outdoors or in normal house air.
Here is a picture of one of my mentors' many tanks. This one has several rexes in it plus U404. When her begonias become too big, she starts a new one and used to hand off her big one to her husband to grow outdoors or winter over in a fiberglass greenhouse.
so, if I grow the rexes in an aquarium for the winter, how do I prepare them for life outside in the summer? Gradual opening of the top, or just push them out of the nest?
Gradual is best if indoors. If moving to the outdoors ASAP then it may be okay. They will be shocked either way - going outside or inside so they might look pretty haggard for a couple of weeks.
I grew some in a terrarium before that looked excellent and then I pulled them all out - they died in a week or so by keeping them indoors.
I was just going to put the pots in the aquarium, but I see that you have a layer of soil. Is that for moisture or are some of your begonias planted in it? I have sphagnum moss that I could use for moisture retention. What do you do about pm?
You can put potted plants in and also put the plants directly in the soil. There are advantages for either way.
PM is not a problem if you have sterile conditions to begin with. It only becomes a problem if you put an infected plant in and it spreads to other plants. In that case start spraying with a fungicide (or Milstop). The biggest problems I've faced are rot from too much moisture and drying out. Fungal outbreaks can be disastrous but usually occur when it is very moist and rotted leaves are allowed to become breeding grounds.
How often do you water? And do you leave standing water in the bottom of the aquarium?
I water if I see wilt. You should never ever have standing water. You want to water very sparingly because once it is wet, it becomes difficult to remove all the excess water.
One suggestion by a terrarium guru is one tablespoon of water at a time. In other words sprinkle in one tablespoon of water, cover, and come back a little bit later (an hour?) to see if the plant(s) have perked up. If not, then another tablespoon.
Personally I don't go by this little nugget. It is good to start with but pretty soon you get an idea on how much to add at a time. If you add too much then it is harder to get the excess out than add some more in. If you vent too long, it can dry out faster than you think. If you added too much you will see how much condensation there is. It is a balancing act. My medium sized tank can stay pretty dry in the middle but the walls can stay quite wet. I use a turkey baster to squirt some water in the middle, then vent to get rid of some of the wall moisture.
In other terrariums, I just place the potted plant in the jar or tank. Then when it is time to water I lift the potted plant out, water the pot like I would normally, let it drain, then place it back in the vessel (sometimes I wipe the container out to clean excess moisture and any algae growth). There will always be excess moisture this way but no standing water. I may water every few weeks with this method.
Here is a picture of my bipi in a tall jar. Lots of condensation after watering a few days earlier. If you see rot, then vent the top a little bit.
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Black leaders, Black media and the Black community's outrage over the U.S. Supreme Court's recent decision gutting the Voting Rights Act is thoroughly justified. However, the question is, will this righteous outrage be sustained? For years now, such outrage, in far too many similar cases, has been episodic, not sustainable. Tragically, the pattern has been the same; within a relatively short time, it's business as usual in the Black community, with outrage a faded or lost memory.
Of course, there are many other similar examples of righteous outrage over the years, forgotten, but no less significant. They include: Leonard Deadwyler, shot and killed by LAPD when rushing his expectant wife to the hospital; unarmed Eula Love, killed by LAPD; Rodney King, beaten mercilessly by LAPD; unarmed 13-year-old Devon Brown, killed by LAPD; Trayvon Martin, a faded memory too, but for the start of George Zimmerman's trail recently. Further, strong dissatisfaction over public schools' failure to educate Black children and widespread police abuse by LAPD and LA County Sheriff deputies has in most cases, been met with a muted response, not righteous outrage. For Black people, moving beyond episodic engagement will be very difficult, but can and must happen.
Let's examine the Supreme Court's decision in the recent VRA and affirmative action cases. Reactions range from "deeply disappointed" (President Barack Obama) to "outrage" (Congresswoman Karen Bass). The gutted provisions of Section 4 and Section 5 are at the heart of the Court's Voting Rights Act (VRA) ruling. Section 4 is the "covered formula" the federal government uses to determine which states and counties are subject to continued oversight. Chief Justice John Roberts said the formula was "outdated and unworkable," and the Court agreed.
Under Section 5, any changes in voting laws and procedures in the covered states—including much of the South—and even certain counties in California, had to be pre-cleared with Washington. But the court ruled Section 5 cannot be effectively enforced because it relies heavily on the covered formula, albeit the main tool for protecting Blacks and other minorities from state and local governments that set unfair and shifting barriers to the polls. Without Section 5, the very power and effect of the entire VRA will crumble.
VRA opponents argued, and the Supreme Court concurred in a 5-4 vote, that monitoring voting procedures under the law was overly burdensome and unwarranted. (This, despite Congress having re-authorized Sections 4 and 5 as recently as 2006.) It should also be noted that despite the bogus claim that America is a post-racial society, race and federalism were at the center of the VRA debate and there is overwhelming evidence that Blacks, in particular, continue to encounter targeted discrimination at polling places throughout America.
In dissent, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg said Congress re-authorized the VRA-including Sections 4 and 5- seven-years ago, with overwhelming bipartisan support, "….and (since) that body is empowered to enforce civil rights amendments by appropriate legislation, it merits this court's utmost respect." (Justice Kennedy voted with the majority; he is usually the No swing vote on civil rights. but the Yes swing vote in gay rights cases.)
Many conservative groups argue "ancient formulas" are still being applied, not to reverse discrimination, but to benefit a particular political party. Liberals, citing strong evidence that Blacks and other people face continuing barriers in and outside of the South, counter that Section 5 and federal oversight are being demonized by the right for political gain with the intent of continuing to divide Americans over race.
Depending on the particular opinion poll, Americans are sharply divided on affirmative action. Leading up to the Supreme Court's VRA decision, an opinion poll by ABC News and the Washington Post showed that 76% of Americans opposed affirmative action in college admission. But a poll conducted by the Public Religion Research Institute found that 68% of Americans favored the principles of affirmative action. Similar conflicting findings are shown in other polls about the role the government should play in trying to improve conditions for Blacks and other people of color. Polls, notwithstanding, Blacks are still the most demonized.
The court punted on affirmative action, (Fisher v. University of Texas). It neither ruled nor gutted affirmative action; it sent the case back to the Appellate Court for further hearing. Many contend in doing so, it reaffirmed the court's doctrine in the landmark case, Grutter v. Bollinger, (2003). In that case, essentially, the court found that race, ethnicity and gender can be used in admissions decisions in colleges and universities as long as none is used as a primary or unilateral factor.
The intent here was to suggest we step back and acknowledge that in addition to continuing racism and systemic barriers to Black progress, the Black community too has a responsibility to develop its own self-benefiting strategies. The problem is, many Blacks are conditioned to feeling second class and do not envision having a role in developing a united agenda that serves their best interests. Change requires new mindsets, philosophy, tenets, organization, and arguably, most important, new behavior. All are critical for Black Americans; sustainable righteous outrage is only one of many important indicators that we have embarked on a self-determined agenda toward a better future.


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CRESCENT CITY, Fla. (AP) The engineer of the Amtrak train that crashed near this hamlet told investigators he threw on the emergency brakes just before the deadly derailment because he saw misaligned tracks ahead, the NTSB said Friday.
More than half of the Auto Train's 40 cars skidded off the tracks Thursday. Four people were killed and more than 150 injured.
George Black of the National Transportation Safety Board said investigators have not yet determined what caused the train to hurtle off the tracks. He said investigators were still trying to confirm whether the track was out of alignment.
The tracks had been visually inspected eight hours before the crash and had been in good condition, according to CSX, the freight railroad that owns the track.
It is not uncommon for rails to expand in the Florida heat, but Black said the temperature 81 degrees did not appear to be a factor. Misalignments can also be caused by damage done by a previous train.
Black said four other trains had passed over the area just before the wreck, apparently without trouble. He said investigators examined two of those trains for signs of damage from bad track and found no problems.
Amtrak spokeswoman Cheryl Jackson said sabotage was not suspected.
The engineer, who was not hurt, was tested for drugs, a routine step after an accident. The results were not immediately disclosed. The engineer's name and background were not released.
The train, which carries both passengers and cars and is a favorite among tourists traveling between Washington and Orlando's theme parks, was going 56 mph in a 60 mph zone when the accident happened, Black said.
The death toll was reported at six Thursday but was revised Friday by investigators and medical officials. In all, 166 passengers were taken to hospitals. Twelve remained hospitalized, including a 73-year-old woman in critical condition.
Sharon Mahoney, the 52-year-old general manager of the Auto Train service, was on the train at the time. She was not injured and helped direct the rescue efforts, according to Amtrak.
Mahoney was riding in the first passenger car, a sleeper that did not leave the tracks. "I was just thrown about in my chair. We trembled for about 60 seconds. I could hear the squeal of the brakes," she said.
When passengers and crew were taken to a high school, she rode the bus with them. "I needed to be there with our guests and crew," she said.
The Auto Train was bound for Washington with 418 passengers and 34 crew members, as well as 200 automobiles stacked in 23 specially designed cars.
The accident happened about an hour into the trip. The two engines and first two cars stayed on the track, but 14 of the 16 passenger cars and seven others derailed in the remote, heavily wooded area 60 miles north of Orlando.
It was the Amtrak's deadliest crash since March 15, 1999, when a train collided with a truck and derailed near Bourbonnais, Ill., killing 13 people and injuring more than 100.
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Youngest Briton Entered into a Beauty Pageant… While still a Foetus!
This week on Loose Women, there was one morning headline that had really won the presenters' attention; a six-week-old baby had become Britain's youngest beauty pageant entrant.
Baby Luna's potential was first realised at her 20 week scan, when Luna's mother, Amanda Collins, said: "As soon as I saw her image on the screen at my antenatal session I knew she was a stunner."
Kaye Adams was quick to point out that there were three other child stars sat with her at the Loose Women table…
A young Jane Moore's claim to fame was that she was Miss Pears' 1968 South of England finalist, only to lose out to Miss Susan Wood – a name she's never forgotten!
Gloria Hunniford explained that she was involved in homespun entertainment at the tender age of seven, before the days of television. This was purely for the money however, which ultimately meant that she could buy the uniform and books that allowed her to go to grammar school – a far cry from some of the aspirations of today's entrants.
For Sherrie Hewson, it was accompanying her mother, who was a model, in front of the camera aged four, which had put her in the spotlight. The ladies cooed over a photograph of a four-year-old Sherrie on screen, holding tightly on to her favourite doll.
When Kaye asked the difference between this example and the examples we see in the children's beauty pageants of today, Jane Moore explained that she felt Sherrie's modelling was an extension of what her mother was doing.
For Jane, it's the fact that some of the entrants' mothers seem to be living through their children that's the real problem with some of the examples we see today:
"My problem with the pageants is that it's more about the mother than the child. The mother is very obsessive and spending thousands of pounds and it's almost like the mother is living whatever dream she didn't fulfil."
Gloria felt that it's the way in which the young girls are encouraged to dress and behave:
"It's the overtly sexy clothes that they put children into and the way they have to move in a sexy fashion…let children be children to goodness sake."
It's clear that the ladies feel that there's a definite grey area when it comes to babies and beauty pageants, but what are your thoughts? Do you think it's important to let children be children, free from the glitz and glamour that we usually associate with adult performers, or do you think that it's simply a bit of fun? Let us know in the comment box below.


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A stop-and-frisk proponent thinks Scheindlin's ruling against it is big
The case was specifically focused on police stops outside private buildings in the Bronx whose owners had signed up for the "Operation Clean Halls," which allowed NYPD officers to stop and question people entering and leaving the buildings.
But Southern District Court judge Shira Scheindlin's decision to require that the officers be more discerning about stops was broad, and signaled a likelihood that she will have more to say about police policy when she rules on two pending stop-and-frisk cases before her.
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"Operation Clean Halls" was a small component of the NYPD's controversial, citywide stop-and-frisk program, which is regarded by the mayor and most of his would-be successor as necessary in some form, but which critics say unfairly targets young black and Latino men.
In her ruling yesterday, Scheindlin fired a warning shot at the NYPD, saying some of the evidence they submitted to the court in order to defend themselves actually helped prove the plaintiff's case. Specifically, Scheindlin said the NYPD was "unable to produce a single written policy or procedure governing any aspect" of the program from its inception until 2012, after litigation began.
Also, she said, the NYPD wound up submitting a script from a training video that "misstates the law."
The script indicates that if an officer yells "Stop, police" and a suspect stops, the officer would not then frisk the suspect.
Scheindlin wrote that "it is difficult to imagine" a scenario which would unfold that way.
Citing research from Columbia University professor Jeffrey Fagan, a vocal critic of stop-and-frisk, the judge said that officers sent to high-crime areas are primed to find suspicious behavior even where none exists.
"[A]s Dr. Fagan notes, when police officers are in an area where they are primed to look for signs that 'crime is afoot,' they may be more likely to perceive a gesture as an indicator of criminality," she wrote.
The NYPD has been critical of Fagan's research for some time. Another expert whom the NYPD quotes favorably, Frank Zimring, has said it's unclear what effect a more selective application of stop-and-frisk would have on the city's overall crime numbers.
Heather Mac Donald, a fellow at the Manhattan Institute who has written about police policy, said Scheindlin's ruling was "very worrisome" and may indicate how the judge "is going to rule in the remaining cases before her."
And the chairman of the New York City Public Safety Committee, Peter Vallone Jr., told me, "The Clean Halls program has very little to do with stop-and-frisk, but I guess critics will grab at anything to go after the NYPD."
The other court cases, Mac Donald said, "are even broader in their effect, are likely to go the same way," and if stop-and-frisk is undone, it could "jeopardize New York City's reputation as the nation's safest big city."
I asked Mac Donald how quickly New Yorkers would see that happening. She said "perps" have learned how dangerous it is to carry guns, and "it would take a while for them to realize the risk has gone way down." But the publicity following this and the other rulings could make it happen sooner, she said..
Mac Donald said she was dismayed by Scheindlin's ruling, especially since another city, Los Angeles (under police commissioner Bill Bratton, who held a similar title here), has similar stop-and-frisk statistics which a federal judge found acceptable.
"If it was good enough for a federal judge in Los Angeles," Mac Donald said, "it should be good enough for a federal judge in New York to come up with the same decision."
Although there are two other cases for Scheindlin to rule on, Mac Donald is assuming she'll rule in a similar way, which is in favor of plaintiffs and against the city. For supporters of stop-and-frisk, Mac Donald said, for what it's worth, the fight moves to the campaign trail.
"I think one has to fight the battle politically. The next mayoral election is going to center around this but it's very hard to overturn a judge's ruling in the political arena," she said.
Although the ruling was only issued yesterday, I asked if she was able to look back and see where her side could have argued for their cause better.
No, said Mac Donald, because the deck was stacked against them. She referred to the judge as "very smart" but not sympathetic to their arguments. Also, she said, there is the press.
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Bellmore students turned ideas for fictional businesses into a real-life regional win.
Teams from John F. Kennedy High School beat out 20 Long Island teams to take the top two spots at the regional level of Virtual Enterprise International, a competition in which students create and manage a virtual company in class. They handle every aspect of running a business, from human resources decisions to accounting to product development.
The first-place team's business, titled Cupcake Break, was an upscale and luxurious bakery specializing in making custom cupcakes with an option for catering. The team will next present its business plan at the national level, later this month in Manhattan.
"The students actually come to class as if they are employees," said Victoria Cardinale, a business teacher and facilitator of Kennedy's first-place team. "This is a class that's totally different than anything else they take in high school. It introduces them to the real world."
First-place teammates are Nicole Barclay, Skyler Brodman, Dante Dano, Halley Davide, Tim Dillon, Austin Goldman, Zackary Haefling, Zach Hecht, Jim Karp, Brandon Lerner, Joe Marcus, Mike Rejtig, Alan Sorin and Rob VanNess.
The runner-up team's company, Baja Backyard Accessories, was an outdoor supply company that turned a backyard into a "paradise" in an economy that makes it hard for people to travel on vacation, school officials said.
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The Bethpage school district recently educated students on the importance of preventing bullying with an anti-bullying week that included police lectures and school art projects.
At Bethpage High School, students wrote positive messages in footprints that were displayed on a banner in the school lobby, while John F. Kennedy Middle School hosted a breakfast in which 90 high school volunteers delivered anti-bullying messages to younger students.
The elementary schools coordinated poster contests and anti-bullying pledges.
"Themed weeks are essential in emphasizing the importance of what goes on in classrooms on a regular basis, in terms of teaching students social skills necessary to be productive and kind citizens," said Kerri McCarthy, principal of Kramer Lane Elementary School.
Cancer fundraisers
Long Beach High School recently raised $1,200 for the National Breast Cancer Foundation through a Badminton for Breast Cancer event spearheaded by National Honor Society members Lila Martz and Brigitte Gilbert.
To raise the funds two-person teams donated $10 each to compete, with the rest coming from local businesses and individual sponsors.
In other news, various clubs at the high school recently raised $1,084 to help purchase a digital mammography machine for Long Beach Medical Center's Breast Health Alliance.
Schools to Watch
Both Oceanside and Jericho middle schools have been recognized nationally and on the state level as an Essential Elements School to Watch for 2012.
The schools will be honored at a spring conference in Washington, D.C. The award was issued by the New York State Middle School Association.
Schools were examined in a process that included two visits by a team of middle school evaluators who spoke with students, faculty and board members.
"We are fortunate to have a team of visionary educators and the community support to constantly raise the bar," Oceanside Superintendent Herb R. Brown said in a statement. "It comes down to one all-important factor, which is the dedication to students."
Youth essay contest
The Long Island Outdoor Communicators Network, On the Water magazine and the Coastal Conservation Association New York have launched a 2012 Youth Essay Writing Contest designed to introduce youngsters to the enjoyment of fishing and other outdoor activities.
The contest is open to all Long Island students in grades 1-12. The deadline is Oct. 31.
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text: Johannesburg - Public Service Minister Richard Baloyi on Tuesday questioned whether the Public Service Commission (PSC) has teeth or is just churning out recommendations.Delivering his keynote address at the 2nd Biennial Labour Relations Conference, Baloyi praised the commission for being a custodian of good governance but at the same time challenged it to ensure implementation of resolutions."We need to ask ourselves if the PSC has teeth, does it have power or the ability to enforce adherence to rules. We need to investigate that," he said.The conference was convened by both the PSC and the Public Service Coordinating Bargaining Council (PSCBC). It was postponed last year because of the public service strike in August.Its main aim is to sustain dialogue on the integration and coordination of labour relations in the public service sector.Baloyi said the event was an opportunity to do some introspection on issues concerning both the PSC and the PSCBC.These include discussions on what really constitutes a fair offer or demand with regards to salary disputes, and whether the PSCBC was acting freely without fear or favour.What the government wants to see is labour peace, the advancement of productivity and the fight against corruption within the public service, he said, adding that government is also ready to be advised.Baloyi also referred to organised labour as being an important partner in labour relations issues, but warned that while that was the case it did not mean there was no room for improvement.The first conference of this nature in 2007 identified higher level problems, such as the effect of corruption on growth and development as well as unemployment.It resolved to promote sound labour relations, which could be done through the retention of labour relations practitioners.


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Voice technology speaks to workers
Pet Supermarket installs a voice-directed picking solution to create a best in show distribution center.
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Pet Supermarket is a growing pet retailer with 120 stores across the southeastern United States. With new store openings and increased sales at existing locations, the company's distribution center in Sunrise, Fla., was facing rising shipping volumes and workloads.
The DC was growing beyond the capacity of a paper-based picking process that restricted efficiency and generated more than 1,500 sheets of paper a day. The process also generated clerical work for three full-time associates, and made it difficult for supervisors to manage daily production.
"We couldn't keep producing this mountain of paper, and using paper and clipboards slowed us down," says Mac Whetsel, vice president of operations. "In the 'dog pound' (a pallet rack section where large sacks of dog food and similar products are picked), guys are slinging 40-pound bags of dog food, so they'd have to put their clipboard down every time they needed to grab something." Growth also caused financial challenges.
Pet Supermarket wanted a solution to handle its growing demands without paper and without adding to staff and payroll.
The company selected a hands-free, voice-directed picking solution (Lucas Systems, lucasware.com) that includes productivity, management and speech recognition platforms. The speech platform was particularly important, since Pet Supermarket's DC employs people from more than 30 countries. The productivity module gives managers a handle on individual and area-by-area productivity rates in real time. The systems also provide immediate picking status so workers can be moved from one pick area to another to ensure picking efficiency in all areas.
The dog pound, which was the first area to start production picking with voice, was up and running flawlessly within days. "In less than two weeks we had the whole warehouse running on voice," says Whetsel.
Since moving to voice, the same number of pickers can pick one-third more pieces, more than 60,000 pieces per day without overtime.
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Cheryl Burke is a two-time Dancing with the Stars champion, winning the coveted mirror-ball trophy with Drew Lachey and Emmitt Smith. The 15-season pro will blog for PEOPLE.com while competing on season 16 with her partner, D.L. Hughley.
I was surprised Lisa Vanderpump left last week because I thought people would be like, "She was really sick!" Normally when that happens on the show, people really want to keep you on, but I think that obviously this show is so tough and no one really knows what they're getting into.
It's seven days a week and it really takes a toll on your body. It's tough shooting doing this show and shooting the Housewives show at the same time. Even for D.L., he's on the road and he's doing his stand-up show somewhere new every weekend. It's tough doing two jobs at one time.
It's so sad to see anyone go, and Lisa was so sweet, funny and classy. We've all become really good friends at this point. I watch the Real Housewives once in awhile, so it was also really nice to meet her!
This last week has been really tough. We've got a group dance and then our individual dance, where we're dancing with another professional couple side by side, so that gives us even more pressure for D.L. to really look good.
We're doing the tango and that dance has a lot of rules. It consists of a lot of steps and concepts, and it's been the hardest, most challenging dance for D.L. so far – but I've never seen him work so hard.
This week it's all about getting into character, and because the tango is a man's dance, it really needs to look like he's leading me. Our song is also longer than normal, so this requires a lot from him.
The concept is going to be really cool, and it's something the show has never done before. It's contemporary, and not a traditional old tango song. It's super dynamic and has an Amy Winehouse feel to it.
We've already rehearsed for 15 hours in the last three days, and I think you'll really see an improvement in his dancing this week. We started rehearsing at 10 in the morning on Friday, and we didn't even take a break all day. Because we got such great feedback last week, D.L. is feeling more confident.
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Photo by Jenny LensTake the white man's table scraps, transform them into something new, and spice it up so good that the white man wants it back. That's much of the story of black American culture in the past century. At the Doheny Blues Festival this Saturday, you will for sure see many shirtless white guys eating pork tips and listening to Little Milton sing.
Milton is filling in at the fest for his blues contemporary, Otis Rush, who had to cancel to recover from a stroke. Both were first discovered by Ike Turner, who is also on the Doheny bill.
Like other bluesmen, they all probably started their careers on used or department-store guitars and amps, which they turned up to distort and growl in ways the manufacturers never intended. When Turner graduated to a Fender Stratocaster, he was the first player to force its vibrato bar into making sproingy, flying-saucer-mating sounds, far from the gentle warble for which it had been designed. Don't blacks ever read owner's manuals?
Most people only know of Ike in the context of Tina Turner's story, as a wife-slappin' SOB, which is never a good thing to be. But he also helped shape 20th-century popular music, recording possibly the world's first rock song, 1951's "Rocket 88"; discovering talents like Howlin' Wolf, B.B. King and others; and making some damn good records with Tina and his Kings of Rhythm.
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A half-century ago, while Turner and Co. were electrifying the blues at Memphis' Sun Studio, fellow Dohenyite Chuck Berry was up in Chicago's Chess studios creating rock & roll. Both Turner and Berry were rocking before Elvis, and Berry is the rock's essential wellspring. It's not just that his guitar licks became rock's signature sound, or that he was the music's first auteur, singing and playing his own songs, with lyrics that place him among the great American poets. It's that the whole of modern America was just burstingout of him, like some titan vomiting forth the mass of creation.
The idea of teenagers as distinct beings scarcely even existed before Berry started delineating their dreams and woes in songs such as "School Days." Before you could sing about sexual frustration in song, Berry did in "No Particular Place to Go," in which his calaboose's newfangled "safety belt" stands in for the chastity belt of old. A decade before the black-pride movement and certainly before American radio would play songs about racial aspirations, Berry was doing it in code with "Brown-Eyed Handsome Man." Other Berry songs celebrated the new consumer society, reveling in Coupe de Villes and "coolerators." The fact that people of his color weren't allowed in most of the stores selling such items doubtless added to the frustration with modern life evoked in "Too Much Monkey Business." His lyrics were always sly, mischievous, exuberant, rocking, and whenever their staccato rhythm let up, Berry's guitar would jump in like a buttered buzz saw.
But what's he done lately, you might ask? The onetime human torrent has only released one album of new songs in three decades, 1979's Rock It. His live shows have often been masterpieces of indifference, playing a brutally out-of-tune guitar in front of an unrehearsed band. But even with a blunt instrument, Berry can still bludgeon you with anarchic solos or between-song flights of poetry. He may be 77 now, but he's probably still slier than the rest of us.
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Romans was joined by his teammate Anthony Norris and Athens Christian's Garth Brown and Zach Lillie on the first team.
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Republican Women Ask AL HB56 Conference Committee: Who Will you Stand with: The Obama Administration or Alabama Voters?
May 27, 2011, 16:15 ET from Alabama Federation of Republican Women
TUSCALOOSA, Ala., May 27, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Alabama Federation of Republican Women asked a pointed question of the six legislators appointed to the HB56 conference committee to hammer out a final bill on illegal immigration: "Who will you stand with: The Obama Administration or Alabama taxpayers and citizens?"
This question referenced this week's U.S. Supreme Court decision to hand the Obama Administration defeat in its challenge to Arizona's law that mandated E-Verify and punished employers who hired illegal aliens.
Elois Zeanah, President of the Alabama Federation of Republican Women, asked committee members to "bring home to Alabama" the effective tool of E-Verify, upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court to enforce federal immigration laws and hold employers accountable.
Zeanah stated: "I realize that some of you are politically ambitious and depend on campaign contributions from the business lobby that helped write Alabama immigration bills to fend off the use of E-Verify. I also know that some of you represent Alabama districts that are heavily impacted by illegal aliens. This is one of those times that you should not be conflicted to put your political ambitions over the welfare of Alabama citizens and taxpayers in your district!"
Zeanah also asked legislators to send a strong message to illegal aliens who receive free public benefits. She stated, "Alabama taxpayers can no longer afford the yearly costs of $300 million for illegal aliens! The committee must remove the exemption that Scott Beason added to his substitute HB56 bill to enable illegal aliens to continue to receive tax dollars for family planning services.
"If Alabama legislators have the courage to mandate E-Verify to remove the magnet of jobs, and remove the magnet of welfare for illegal aliens who have children born in Alabama, illegal immigration will be immediately cut through attrition, saving millions of jobs and tax dollars," Zeanah concluded.
The six legislators appointed to the committee are Senators Scott Beason, Clay Scofield and Rusty Glover, and Representatives Micky Hammon, Kerry Rich, and Newton Demetrius.
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(hereinafter called Shipper) which: (a) submits to
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hereof; and (b) executes an Interruptible
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If you've been following my weekly dispatches for the past few months, you'll recall that I've been approaching a workshop wherein my piece for eleven instruments was to be rehearsed and played. You may also recall that the prospect of working with a sizable group for the first time in years had reduced me to a sniveling, tremulous wreck. Well, the workshop was last Wednesday, and I'm relieved to tell you that it was a complete success—a golden opportunity for the four student composers whose pieces were played, a chance for lively and stimulating discussion, an encouraging red-letter day for a music school still finding its footing, and, I hope, a collaboration that the players were able to take something away from as well.
Because it's the players, of course, who made the occasion. The London Contemporary Orchestra is a relatively new arrival on the UK new music scene; it's a flexible constellation of as many as 80 performers, mostly students or recent graduates from London's major conservatories. This is a group to keep your eye on, especially if your eye is in the United Kingdom. Although the players who came all the way out to Uxbridge (the Arbutus of London, so to speak) were, by and large, on the younger end of the group's roster, they absolutely exuded professionalism and musicianship. I suppose this shouldn't be so surprising—after all, they joined the LCO because they're passionate about contemporary music—but I was really impressed.
My piece was first on the chopping block for rehearsal; their initial run-through was much more complete than I'd anticipated. It helped, of course, that Brunel professor Peter Wiegold was holding the baton (actually a pencil, in this case). Peter's experience and insight brought a lot of new depth to the piece and freed me up to listen and make notes in my score. When the performers raised issues or questions, we were able to get things sorted out quickly, and I learned that if you write an Eb in the first violin and D# in the second, you'll be likely to hear two different pitches. This seems so obvious in retrospect.
Brunel postgraduates Yuko Ohara, Duncan MacLeod, and Tristan Rhys Williams supplied three distinct and compelling pieces as well; Ohara's evocation of an electrocardiogram was frighteningly well-orchestrated and suffused with strange tension, and MacLeod's piece began with improbable hocketing and concluded with an eerie, unhinged chorale. Williams's piece asked the most of the performers in terms of non-traditional instrumental writing, incorporating a variety of string and wind techniques, piano preparations, and unusual percussion instruments, occasionally deployed in imitation of a reel-to-reel tape deck's transport; the result was highly alienated but somehow equally touching.
I could go on—the LCO and my colleagues deserve all the praise I would heap upon them. For my part, I'm just relieved that the day passed with no major train wrecks, no embarrassing errors in the parts (well, there was a single bar of alto clef in the cello—never again!), and most importantly, nothing major in the piece that I want to change. To hear such a capable ensemble realize the instructions that I labored over with so much trepidation and be happy with the result? That's the feeling that keeps me from giving up and getting a real job. That's why I'm in this business.


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NEW YORK, March 6 (UPI) -- The U.S. fashion reality show "What Not to Wear" is to end its 10-season run on TLC this summer, its hosts Clinton Kelly and Stacy London confirmed Wednesday.
"I'm proud of the work we've done and the lives we've changed," Kelly told People.com. "And I'm relieved I don't have to point out that dark-wash jeans look dressier than light-wash jeans every day of my freakin' life."
"I'm excited about our final episodes. ... We are getting to do things we've never had the opportunity to do before, and there are many surprises in store," London said. "I do love that we are going out with a bang."