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What was supposed to happen: Mandy would land in the Virgin Islands, head to the Revenge Café on St. Thomas, and start living her dream life. She'd begin a new career sharing ownership of the restaurant with her best friend, Chance. She'd break her addiction to therapy cold turkey. And shed let the slow, laid-back pace of island life fix whatever was broken within her. What actually happened: apparently the Revenge Cafe is the "it" place for people dying, let alone dining. While she's dealing with a murder on the premises, Mandy learns Chance had been dabbling in a variety of activities that may or may not have been legal, and that may or may not have set her up to be the next victim. With people from her past refusing to stay there, a ghost in the dining room messing up closing time, and a too sexy police detective vying for her attention, Mandy wants only to bury her head in the sand, or at least drown it in a bottle of rum. But as the list of suspects grows to include an old boyfriend and former members of the VIPD, she realizes her own inner demons can destroy her faster than any living, breathing person. It is only after she gets the courage to face them head on that she finds the real murderers and learns they were the least likely of suspects.
©2014 Lisa Shiroff (P)2014 Lisa Shiroff
"Prepare to be surprised!"
I love mysteries and when the solution surprises me, I like them even better. This one was a real surprise.
The most memorable moment is the "car chase" at the end. Mandy is an incredible, wonderful, delightful, makes-you-laugh-out-loud character.
Wendy Pitts adds dimension and atmosphere that would otherwise be missing, if I just read the book. Her voices bring the characters alive and give them personality that I definitely wouldn't get just reading it.
Dining and Death in Paradise!
Get this audio book, you'll love the characters. You will also feel the spirit of island.
This was a great mystery. It kept me guessing until the end. Wendy did an amazing job bringing every character to life. I really enjoy listening to her. More please...
Listening to Mandy's adventures driving.
I love the enthusiasm Ms. Pitts has in her performance. Especially in the driving scenes. You can really feel what Mandy is going through.
When Matt and Mandy were at the party after having dinner at Duffy's. I felt that was then they best connected.
Revenge Cafe is a nice little mystery set in St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands. Ms. Shiroff does a good job at portraying the island life in both description and dialogue. I hope that this is the first in a series of books. I would like to see what happens next with these characters. I would recommend this book to my friends who like a solid mystery with some good secondary characters.
"Good twists and turns like the island roads!"
This book was fun to listen to. I felt the author and narrator did a great job bringing the island dialect and culture to the story. Several times I ended up very hungry after listening to the amazing cooking that was happening in the book! There was some suspense but I was hoping for more, still a good mystery.
"Great story"
My review
A thoroughly enjoyable story, it has everything, humour, location, food, fashion and murder! Oh, and a slightly serious side too, Mandy does have issues, however, some of the funnier aspects of the story do arise from Mandy dealing with her demons. Her driving maybe bordering on lunatic, but, my goodness, it's funny, some good writing here.
This book contains some wonderful characters, I would love to meet them again, I'm sure the Revenge Cafe would provide the perfect setting for lots more stories.
The Narration
One thing quickly became obvious to me, I should have read the book, not listened, as a book it deserves 4 stars. I felt Wendy Pitts was completely mis-cast, she came across as a teenager rather than a young woman, as did Ginger, who was yet older again.
In fact the best characterisation was of the two young girls.
I can't comment on the accent of the islanders as I don't know what they ought to sound like, but, I'm sorry to say, the English accents were pretty bad. The narrative did not flow well, some sentences sounded stilted, as though they had been stopped and restarted. There was a lack of realism and of being in the moment, as if not much time had been spent in preparation, all in all, a difficult, uncomfortable listen.
This audiobook was gifted to me by the narrator in return for this, my honest opinion
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Lonestar, starring Jon Voight (Midnight Cowboy) and Adrianne Palicki (Friday Night Lights), will follow in the footsteps of short-lived ABC series The Deep End at the Studios at Las Colinas beginning July 27, 20th Century Fox Television spokeswoman Shari Rosenblum confirmed Wednesday.
Show creators had given a late look at Austin as a filming locale before confirming the North Texas shoot. The show's pilot, titled Midland , also was shot in North Texas.
An expected announcement by Gov. Rick Perry and Mayor Tom Leppert last week of a Dallas Chaos shoot turned into a maybe as CBS and 20th Century Fox tried to come to an agreement, including how many episodes will be ordered.
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Imo the Giants are the complete opposite of the Knicks, they usually draft well, they build their team through the Draft, they maximise their resources without stupidly wasting money, they know how to build winning teams, they got an identity and philosophy they stick to for decades and they're successfull.
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During the week beginning 27 August 2007 the Bureau of Meteorology will be changing the Australian Regional Sea Surface Temperature Analysis (SST) to a higher resolution scheme which also includes more satellite data. There will be a slight change to the display program which produces the images on this web page but the content on the page will be the same.
An example of the new images is shown below (for the Queensland Region).
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NORTH-East motorists using their vehicles for business are more likely to be in a crash than drink drivers, a new study has found.
One in five road accidents in the region have involved people who were driving for work during the last five years, compared to one in 20 involving someone driving while over the alcohol limit.
Road Safety GB North East is launching its Driving Down Your Risk campaign today (January 27) and is warning businesses that they could be prosecuted if they neglect their employer responsibilities.
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The group revealed that between 2008 and 2012, 7,778 people were involved in collisions in the region while they were on a journey for work.
During that period, there were 6,402 collisions involving business travel, which resulted in the death of 74 drivers and riders, the serious injury of 748 people and the slight injury of 8,262.
The figures do not include drivers of public service vehicles.
Casualty numbers are highest during the autumn and winter months, with the majority happening Monday to Friday and peaking after 8am.
Alan Kennedy, Road Safety Manager at Durham County Council, said employers, as well as drivers, had to take responsibility for road safety.
He said: "Motorists need to watch their speed and must give themselves ample time to reach their destination.
"However, businesses have a duty of care to their staff to make sure they have enough time to reasonably get to appointments, have sufficient stop breaks and are not discussing business on the phone whilst driving, and are not suffering stress."
Mr Kennedy also suggested businesses take advantage of a free driving course for employees who drive, entitled Safety and Fuel Efficient Driving (SAFED), which is funded by the Local Sustainable Transport Fund and may be obtained through local authorities.
Newton Aycliffe-based manufacturing company Husqvarna has already sent its drivers on the course and said it is already seeing improvements with staff cutting fuel costs by driving more efficiently.
Paul Mather, Health and Safety and Risk Manager at Husqvarna, said: "We all felt it was beneficial and driving has become less stressful as a result.
"It is a free course, so what have businesses got to lose – they can save money and relax in the knowledge that they are doing something to reduce the risks to their drivers."
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The job of the President and Commander in Chief of the United States of America is to protect the people, the States, and the nation from its enemies. This does not appear to be the primary concern of Barack Hussein Obama.
In the days following the Assassination of our Ambassador at Benghazi, we learned from Marc A Thiessen of The Washington Post that President Barack Obama had skipped more than half of his Presidential Daily Briefs, which President George W. Bush and other presidents before him rarely missed and generally considered to be their most important duty of each day.
In spite of warnings from the Pentagon and the Secretary of Defense, Obama seems to be content with trying to contain ISIS (ISIL) and to not defeat it. The White House announced that we are not at war with ISIS (ISIL). We should be because any such hesitancy in war against ISIS is insanity.
Obama may think the United States is too powerful and wants to bring it down in size to give Russia, China, and Islamic Terrorists more of a level playing field. Obama might think that a weakened disarmed United States will suddenly bring everyone to peace. Perhaps Obama simply underestimates our enemies. The evidence seems to show Obama's ineffective leadership is due to a combination of all three.
Barack Obama said in May 2008, before the 2008 General Election, that Iran is a tiny country. Obama claimed that Iran, like the other tiny countries of Cuba and Venezuela, poses no serious threat to us because Iran is very small compared to Russia.
Socialists disregard facts, as do the poorly educated and uninformed. Iran has a land area of 636,372 square miles. Germany has a land area of 137,847 square miles. Germany previously posed serious military challenges to Russia and most of the World.
Adolph Hitler and the Nazis were enabled and encouraged by Neville Chamberlain and the French. The Islamic Terrorists and Prime Minister Putin are enabled and encouraged by persons such as Harry Reid, Nancy Pelosi, and Barack Obama.
Barack Obama has yet to admit the Iraqi Surge worked as was intended. Obama instead squandered this victory and abandoned the war, claiming victory as our troops departed and the terrorists moved in.
Neville Chamberlain had the character to admit he was wrong and quickly became one of Winston Churchill's staunchest supporters. Chamberlain did not proceed to give further aid and comfort to the Nazis once he realized he had been wrong.
Character is the most important element for those who would lead free people.
Good intentions and actions are important only if they produce desired results. Wars are won by killing the enemy and destroying their infrastructure. Negotiations and compromise with Islamic Terrorists are viewed by the Terrorists as weakness on our part and will lead only to disastrous consequences for us.
It is becoming increasingly clear that our National Security and World stability are not primary concerns of President Obama. As such, it is immediately incumbent upon our Congress to exert its Constitutional oversight over the President, who is an equal branch of our government and not our king or dictator.


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Moving Dirks to DL, Tigers gain flexibility
Moving Dirks to DL, Tigers gain flexibility
Dirks had been dealing with right Achilles tendinitis since Detroit's series at Boston and had missed four consecutive games. The 26-year-old underwent an MRI exam and X-rays on Friday, and the results revealed bursitis and tendinitis, which Dirks said was nothing unexpected. Dirks had been feeling better the past two days, but the tendon apparently wasn't healing quickly enough.
After Dirks was evaluated on Sunday morning, the outfielder and Tigers head athletic trainer Kevin Rand walked into Leyland's office, where the decision was likely made.
Young, who is batting .259 with 16 RBIs and 12 stolen bases in 51 games for the Mud Hens, was removed from Friday night's game and was reportedly seen hugging teammates.
Although the Tigers lose a hitter in Dirks who was batting .328, the move at least gives Leyland two players available off the bench and prevents the skipper from having to do anything drastic, like put Danny Worth in the outfield.
With Ramon Santiago pinch-hitting for Don Kelly in the bottom of the ninth inning during Saturday night's 4-3 walk-off win, Worth was preparing to start the 10th inning in left field, where he hasn't roamed since playing eight games there during his freshman year at Pepperdine.
"Coach told me, 'I've got to get you in the lineup somehow,'" Worth said. "I might go out in BP now for fly balls once a week. That's going to be in the back of my mind now."


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On Monday, October 7th we attended a potluck get-together for everyone involved in the City of Vancouver's Field House Residence Program at Roundhouse Community Centre. There were heaping plates of kale, rice, beans and hummus, mini glasses of wine, and three hours worth of interesting presentations about what each group of artists are doing to make the most of their unique locations.
One of my favourites was the Loco Moto Art Collective, located in the Aberthau Mansion at West Point Grey Community Centre. Spearheaded by Laura Lee Coles but including around 20 others, the group works broadly in the realm of digital media, eco-aesthetics, and the relationships between humans, technology and nature. They are the newest Field House to have set-up shop, and they've already hosted a few events indoors and outdoors. They seem to have lots of wild and wonderful things coming up for the new year. They'll be launching a new exhibition called No Memes No at Hot Art Wet City at 2206 Main Street on the spookiest day of the year–October 31st.
Another group that piqued my interest was Cloudscape Comics. They're located at 5955 Ross Street inside the Memorial Park South Field House. The 30 of them approach the production of comics from different backgrounds, which makes their oeuvre very dynamic. There's something for everyone and they release an anthology of comics every year. They recently posted a call-out for submissions with Sci-Fi/Fantasy comics with queer characters and themes. They offer a free drop-in comic jam every Wednesday starting at 7:30pm at their Field House.
And these are only a few examples of the 50 artists who are enlivening 13 spaces in parks around the city. It was awesome to hear about the ways that other artists are negotiating the best use of their spaces, and it'll be great to keep an eye on all these projects that are largely community oriented and site specific.
– Jaclyn
Upcoming at the Field House
Upcoming at the Field House
Broken City Lab
January to April, 2014
Broken City Lab is an artist-led collective that works through collaborative social practice and creative research to understand the ways in which locality is shaped and enacted in the city. Taking the form of events, workshops, installations, and interventions, their projects aim to connect various disciplines and critique, annotate and re-imagine the cities that they encounter, and have unfolded in collaboration with numerous organizations and institutions. They currently operate CIVIC Space in downtown Windsor, Ontario, a 24-month long project exploring the intersection of art and civic life. As part of the Field House Studio Residency members will embark on site-specific research towards a new project that explores and makes visible issues at the intersection of education, public space and civic life. This new project will develop a sequence of programming that circulates in and around the Burrard Marina Field House.
Broken City Lab's work recently appeared in the th International Venice Biennial of Architecture as part of the Grounds for Detroit exhibit and the collective was long-listed for the Sobey Art Award. Previous projects have included working with the City of Windsor's Transit Authority to install community-created text-based art in its buses; interactive outdoor projections detailing hundreds of ideas for saving the city; the design and distribution of removable micro-gardens; interactive text-based performance soware; large-scale messages projected across an international border; artists hosted for an interdisciplinary storefront residency project; a foot long message painted on a parking lot visible from planes and satellites; and leading numerous psycho-geographic walks, DIY workshops and community brainstorming sessions in cities all
across Canada.
For this residency, we gratefully acknowledge the financial support of the Province of British Columbia through the BC Creative
Communities Award and the generosity of many private and individual donations. The Field House Studio Residency Program is generously supported by the Vancouver Park Board and the City of Vancouver. Broken City Lab acknowledges support from Canada Council for the Arts, Ontario Arts Council, City of Windsor and Ontario Trillium Foundation.
Broken City Lab
Saturday, February 15 , 2pm
The Field House Studio at Burrard Marina
In partnership with SFU Philosophers Café, Broken City Lab will
host an artist talk and discussion at the Burrard Marina Field
House Studio.
Marie Lorenz – visit and upcoming 2014 project
This December 2013, Marie Lorenz will visit Vancouver to begin research for a project to be completed in May 2014 at the Burrard Marina Field House.
Marie Lorenz's work combines psycho-geographic exploration with highly crafted, material forms. In her ongoing project The Tide and Current Taxi, (http://www.tideandcurrenttaxi.org/) Lorenz ferries people on the East and Hudson Rivers surrounding New York City in a boat she has specially made. Lorenz studies tidal charts of the New York Harbor and uses river currents to direct and drift the boat throughout the waterways of the City. The act of floating adds a specific presence to one's own observation: the viewer maintains an awareness of their own balance and form as they absorb the details in their surroundings. This kind of observation creates something new out of something familiar. For Vancouver Lorenz will begin to develop ideas and discussion toward constructing a new vessel and mapping local waterways in which the community will play an important role as participants.
Previously at the Field House
Canadian artist Raymond Boisjoly was our inaugural resident artist at the Burrard Marina Field House Studio. For six months Boisjoly occupied the Field House, using it as a studio and a place for community engagement.
Please see the related blog posts on the right for more news about his residency at the Field House. Click here for the CAG Field House Blog
The Field House Studio is an off-site artist residency space and community hub organized by the Contemporary Art Gallery. This initiative seeks to support artists whose practice moves beyond conventional exhibition making, echoing the founding origins of the gallery where artists were offered support toward the production of new work. Our goal in presenting art outside of the boundaries of our exhibition spaces is to reach out to communities, offering new ways for individuals to encounter and connect with art and artists, expanding audiences as well as strengthening our commitment to nurturing artists through example, context and commissioning.
Running parallel to the residency program is an ongoing series of public events for all ages.
Speaker Series: Artists in Public
This summer the CAG launched a new series inviting creative and cultural producers to share their theories, thoughts, and experiences of developing projects in the public realm.
Justin A. Langlois
Saturday, August 17, 4pm
Field House Studio at Burrard Marina
Langlois discussed his work as co-founder and research director of Broken City Lab, an artist-led interdisciplinary creative research collective and non-profit organization working to explore locality, infrastructures and creative practice leading towards civic change. He is currently an Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at the University of Windsor. In the fall of 2013, he will join the Faculty of Culture + Community at Emily Carr University of Art + Design.
Zoe Kreye and Catherine Grau
Unlearning Weekenders
Saturday, June 22, 4pm
Field House Studio at Burrard Marina
This first talk presented collaborators Zoe Kreye and Catherine Grau who were working on a public project throughout Vancouver entitled Unlearning Weekender, a project by Goethe Satellite @ Vancouver, created in cooperation with Dance Troupe Practice, Windsor House School, Public Dreams and Revised Projects. They discussed the series of workshops which invited the public to create rituals as a means of challenging invisible social structures aiming to strengthen community bonds.
Family Days at the Field House Studio
Free drop-in art activities for all ages which responded to the work of Raymond Boisjoly and CAG exhibitions.
Saturday August 24 – A free all ages drop-in art activity: making pin-wheel windmills.
Saturday July 27 – We welcomed art makers of all ages to the Field House, participants learnt the basics of printmaking by making their own styrofoam relief prints.
Saturday June 29 – All ages of visitors dropped by the Field House for a marine mobile workshop, constructing easy-to-make kinetic sculptures which took the marine world as a theme.
The Field House Studio Residency Program is generously supported by the Vancouver Park Board and the City of Vancouver. The inaugural residency with Raymond Boisjoly was supported by the Province of British Columbia through the Ministry of Advanced Education, Innovation and Technology.
Burrard Marina Field House artist-in-residence Raymond Boisjoly hosts a talk and discussion with Nathan Crompton.
Nathan Crompton co-editor of The Mainlander, will speak about the history of the land where Vanier Park and the Burrard Marina Field House are located, previously the Kitsilano Reserve. 2013 marks the 100 year anniversary of the dispossession and displacement of the reserve.MORE
Dhrupad vocalist Harkeerat Mangat and Tabla drummer Sunny Matharu performed at the Burrard Marina Field House, Vancouver, Wednesday August 14. The occasion was a launch for the 2013 Summer issue of FUSE magazine.
Images by Maria Fedorova.
Sound by Phil Dion.
Boisjoly is an Aboriginal artist of Haida and Québécois descent based in Vancouver, BC. His practice engages the representation of Aboriginality through vernacular materials, photography and especially text-based work combining contemporary craft, pop references and street art with various cultural signifiers of traditional Northwest Coast imagery. His talk considered the varied intersections of history, technology, and cultural practice as the central concern of his current work marking the beginning of his residency at the Burrard Marina Field House. Presented in collaboration with Emily Carr University of Art + Design.MORE
Speaker Series: Artists in Public
This summer the CAG launched a new series inviting creative and cultural producers to share their theories, thoughts, and experiences of developing projects in the public realm.
The first talk presented collaborators Zoe Kreye and Catherine Grau who worked on a public project throughout Vancouver entitled Unlearning Weekender, (A project by Goethe Satellite @ Vancouver, in cooperation with Dance Troupe Practice, Windsor House School, Public Dreams and Revised Projects). They discussed a series of workshops which invited the public to create rituals as a means of challenging invisible social structures aiming to strengthen community bonds.
Read here about the Unlearning Weekenders Project on the Goethe blog.MORE
On Saturday June 29 we welcomed art makers of all ages to drop by the Field House for a marine mobile workshop.
Taking the marine world as a theme we constructed easy-to-make kinetic sculptures. Above are a few images from the day's fun activities.
The Field House Studio is an off-site artist residency space and community hub organized by the Contemporary Art Gallery and supported by the Vancouver Park Board and the City of Vancouver. Running parallel to the residency program is an ongoing series of public events for all ages.
Join us at the Field House for the next Family Day events on Saturday July 27 and Saturday August 24.MORE


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Max Adler's Patriotism.
Tha acooaati in th Boston
piper, of the) Utter part of
i ano, of the celebration ia that
city of the anniTeirsary of tha
battl of Bunker Hill show
that Boston displayed an enor
moas amount of enthusiasm on
that occasion. As we-Jost that
battle, it is limply fearful to
think: of the intensity of the
patriotlo devotion which Bos
ton would display if we had
won it. And - isn't it a little
wild at any rate, for the people
to become frenzied, with joy
because they bare been beaten!
Take our own case. . In June,
1803, we enljsted in thenilitia
ana marched out to defend the
State .of Pennsylvania. One
day we met some, rebels fooling
around on the other sde of the
river from Uarrisburg, and
those of our comrades who did
not instantly remember ' that
they had important business to
attend to at home, betrtyed a
singular disposition to fly up to
Williannport, Fa., in order to
check any rebel force which
should attempt to cross thelSew
York slate line into PennsyN
vania. We aloae of all our reg
iment, htild our ground. Too
proud to fly, too brave to fear
the foe, too eager to serve our
country to retreat in the mo
ment oi danger we merely step
ped into a house close at hand,
slid into ihe cellar and lay in
the refrigerator for two days,
living on some cold bam found
therein and determined to
hold that refrigerator against
the foe, to the death. Wo rere
never recommended for pro
motion in any of the reports,
strange to say. The generals
all seem to, have overlooked
the matter somehow. Now it
would be perfectly absurd for
the people of Uarrisburg to cel
ebrate every year the anniver
sary of the retreat of that mili
tia regiment and we appeal to
them not to do it, no matter
what Eoston does. If Harris
burg is just, it will erect a
monument 'to us. Say a stat
ue of Serge nt Adler forked
down over a bra-s horse with a
hollow cast iron tail, with his
fore-legs on a silver-plated re
frigerator and a figure oi a cola
ham in his mouth. It the be
roio deeds o brave men are to
be made historic, here is the
ehanoe. Justice requires some
thing to be done. If we are
not straddled over a brass horse
we wi I lei the country go to
destruction befora we will ever
fortify ourselves in another re
Saturday Evening
Rising and Sinking.
The tarn's surf.te is con
stantly changing. In some
countries - lie sea-co 'itis slow
ly n ng, and the ocean, is
gaini. g upon the sh re. In
others the oast is risi ig, and
the 1 tnd lifting itself above
th s h. Bo Hi of these process
es are g ting on in the United
Slates, thoi g the rate of
change is ton alow to at tract at
tention. The ci st of Califor
nia, lik iiiat of Son'li A neiica,
is rising and has been for many
centuries. It ia lifted ai the
rate of a few inches a century.
The coast of New Jersey New
York and Long Island is sink
ing at the rate of about sixteen
inches in a century. If Now
York City exists a thousand
years, its present rocks will be
under water. Tb b d of the
great lakes is also sinking.
They formerly e pli-d their
waters tb'-om h the Mississippi,
but after gradual depression at
the north, their outlet was
changed to the St. Lawrence
River. Such a- the theories
of geologists, but is possible foi
them 10 ma grave mistakes.
The intellectual rowdies of
J ackson county, Ind., find great
pleasure in painting teams
which they find standing about,
pure white, burses, baggy and
The Lone Star State.
The State of Texas is devel
oping at a marvellous rate un
der the combined influenoe of
railroad companies, and the
great, emigration movement
Iron tba old States in the
North and from all parts of Eu
rope. The population of Texas
in 1870 was 818,579; in 1873 it
was estimated , at 11,500,000,
and is now increasing. beyond
any previons ratio. There are
many reasons for the present
interest felt by a large portion
of our people in the develop
ment oi Texas, and among them
are the great fertility of its soil,
its genial, healthy, climate, its
wealth of minerals; the aston
ishing variety of its products,
and the unparalleled magni
tude of its facilities for raising
live-stock of all kinds. Anoth
er fact, and perhaps one of the
oqost important, is the removal
of old prejudices respecting the
lawless character of the Texas
people. As they are better
known, they are found to be or
derly and law-abiding, and in
the older towns as much cul
ture and refinement can be
found as exist in the old cities
of the North. The completion
of the Missouri, Kansas &
Texas Kailroad affords easy and
direct communication with
Texas, and. although the road
has been in operation but four
months, the entire rolling stock
of the road is required to meet
the demands of trade and the
transportation of emigrants
who are seeking homes in the
"Lone btar'' State. The Texas
or Southern Pacifio Railroad, in
connection with other railroad
interests in the State are ex
erting a strong influence to
represent the merits "of Texas
to our ownlpeople, and have ar
ranged a system of foreign
agencies, whereby emigrants
are directed and located upon
lands, to assist in the develop
ment of this great State.
A Gallant Elephant.
Few sentimental damsels
would approve of the transfor
mation of a well known line
into "a trunk was on my shnul
I knew its touch was kind."
Accordingly, a young lady who
lately visited the Jardin les
Plants in Paris, in company
with her friends, was more ter
rified than flattered on perceiv
ing the elephant in the menag
erie was neglecting the sugar
and cakes placed within his
reach of his long proboscis to
pursue her wherever she went
When she stood still, be stood
still; when she moved h fol
lowed. An elephant's trunk is
indeed a marvel of animal me.
onanism, but to the unscientific
observer it resembles some
what too closely Mr. Mantali
ni's description of his corpse,
being both damp and unpleas
ant. The attempt made by the
poor animal to attract the la
dy's attention hy means of this
appendage oon caused her to
hurry away in alarm; seeing
thin, her admirer uttered a loud
cry, which brought a keeper to
the spot. lie soon calmed her
fears, and asked her to bund
the elephant a bouquet, which
formed part of her toilet She
did so with trembling fingers,
whereupon the animal carried
it to its mouth, drank m its per
fume with evident delight, and
to the surprise of all present,
returned it to its owner with
that mixture of grace and
clumsiness ihich may be imag
ined in a courteous elephant
The bouquet was composed of
orange flowers, of which these
animals are passionately fond
London Echo.
The Democrats of Iowa, what
few there are left, have con
cluded that the best thing to
do with their party is to dis
band it. After the Ootober
election, those of Ohio will
probably come to the same
sensible conclusion.
Transfers of Real Estate.
Zaleski Company to Thomas
Austin, 25 77-100 of an acre,
Madison township, 81,030.80.
Joanna Finney guardian to
Parker Carpenter, undivided
half of 262 acres, Browa town
ship, 31,572.
Eli Reynolds to George and
Robert Watson, half of inlot
No. 125, McArthur, $250.
Jno.-W.Tatman to Sarah Pe
ters, 40 acres, Jackson town
ship, $500.
Zileski Company to Bolser
Stocklin, in-lots Nos. 92, 93 and
9i, Zaleski, $275.
Zaleski Company to Inde
pendent School Board, of Zx
lski, in-lot No .525, Reah's ad
dition, Zileski, 825.
Geo. W. Waxier to John
Daugherty, 40 aores,Elk town,
ship, 5854.
Zaleski Company to Stephen
Sibbald, part of Philips lot,
Zaleski, 151 by 111 f.et, $75.
Betsey Rob bins to Jeremiah
Driggs, 2J acres, Clinton town
ship, 8336.
Benjamin Weed to Moses
Weed, 2 88-100 acres, Brown
township, $190.
Benjamin Weed to Moses
Weed, quit claim, 274 acres,
Brown township, 8500.
Ma. John Farley, of Hunt
ington, township, this countv.
has shown us a small glass,
one inch and five eights in di
ameter at the bottom, and one-
eighth larger at the top, and
two inches tfaigh. On the ex
terior surface there are thirty-
four ridges, running from the
bottom to within a half an
inch of the top, about one
6ixteenth,of an inch in height.
It is slightly scaled at the top,
and presents the appearance oi
having seen service, having an
antiquated look.
The most remarkable thing
about the glass is the fact that
it was found imbeded in a mass
of slate, overlying an ore bank,
eleven feet below the jurface
of the eartb, in the vicinity of
Hope Furnace, Vinton county,
by workmen in the employ of
Mr. Urimslev. while re
moving the slate preparatory
to digging the ore. Mr. Farley
is very certain the glass was
found as described, as when it
came into his posession it was
imbeded in the slate as solid
as if cast in it. It was difficult
to remove the slate without
breaking the glass. At '.'one
point in the bottom is a de
pression, at which place was
found a small lump of salt
petre. Antiquarians and others
desirous, can see the glass by
calling on Mr. O. P. Hawkins.
Gallipolis Bulletin.
The Enquirer has revived
old charges against Qov. Noyes ,
and refuted two years ago,
and wants to know why we do
not reply. We may give it at
tention one of these days if we
should have nothing better to
do; meantime it anybody feels
an interest in the matter, very
full replies to all that the En
quirer. is rehashing will be
loundin the Gazette of 1871
during the months when part
of our business was to expose
the campaign lies of the Dem
ocrats in this connection we
may remark that the soldier
who wrote a letter in 1871
charging drunkenness upon
Qov. Noyes while in the army
has aflso been resurrected, and
has written a new letter or re
dated the old one on that sub
ject. We suppose we shall
have to go all over that ground
again to show that thn author
of the letter in question does
not tell the truth; that he suf
fered disgrace in the army
and that he has a grievance.
Cincinnati Gazette.
We learn that Ed. Shivel,
formerly of this place, has
been making some paying ven
tures in real estate in Indian-apolis.
A D VEItTIhtN O TERMS.
One square, x 0O
Wch addition, nsertloa ... 6o
Cards, per jw 10 OO
Local notice, per line....... ih
Yearly adv.rtisemeiita $100 00
column, and at proportionate rate pes
lessitpace. Payable In advance.
tW The Record belnij the official
paper of the town, and bavins- tha
largest circulation of auy paper In t
county, offers superloi inJuceiuecta
to advertisers.
A round married friend tells
a good joke on himself, pre
petraled by a little three-year-old
-pride of the lamily." tiha
is the only pledge of love that
has twined itself around ths
heart and affections of himself
and wife. A few evenings
since a minister visited tha
family, and remained until af
ter tea. At the table.the rev
erned visitor asked tha blag.
ing, and the little one opened
her eyes to the fullest oapacitj
in startled- wonderment. Sha
could not understand what had
been done, and it was with
great persuasion that her
mothsr could keep her quiel
during the time they were at
the table. When they left it
she walked up to the minister,
for whom she had formed a
great friendship, and said:
"What did you say at the table
before we commenced eating
"My little darling, I thanked
God for his goodness in giving
us to eat, so that we might
grow and be strong." "Papa
don't say that." "What does
your papa say?" papa says,
KJodlemighty, what a supper!'
Oni ol the most remarkable
changes ever wrought on th
publio mind, says the Daily
Register, a legal journal of
New York, is that in regard to
John Hartranft, Governor of
Pennsylvania. During the cam
paign, which resulted in his
election only last fall, he waa
represented to be the worst
man in the State, guilty of pec
ulation, conspiracy and a seek
er for spoils, and as lacking ia
ability. Now it seems that hit
enemies and the press which
i. i ji . .
ao uuieriy uenouncea mm are
not able to find language strong
enough to express their admir
ation for him. Even John W.
Forney, who reviled bim be
yond measure, is lauding bim,
loathe skies for his excellence
as Governor of the Common
The Wyandatte Republican,
Last week we announced th
death of Johnson Kerr, which
occurred rather suddenly. We
also stated that be left a large
estate. We are informed that
on Monday, one of his- son
(Eli), whom we saw on our
streets drunk, sold his entire
interest in the estate lett by
his father, to John Myers, Esq.,
and John Berry, M. 0., for a
consideration of $4,000 for
which he received $500 in
cash, and 3,500 in notes. In
a few hours he sold the notes
to different parlies for about
$1,900. And it is reported that
when he started for home in
tho evening, he had about $17
left. Well informed citizens
say that his share of the estate
is worth- from ten to twelve
thousand dollars. '
There has been received at
the office of the State Railroad
Commissioner reports from
about one-half of the railroad
companies doing business ia
Ohio. The Commissioner's re
port will this year contain the
following new features: "First,
the leased roads will report as
original companies, the amount
of their capital stock, funded
debt, etc., while the lessee will
report the operations, etc, of
the leased roads fcr the year.
Second, the report will exhibit
the amount of railroad stock
owned and controlled by the
citizens of Ohio, and, by deduc
tion, the amount owned out
side the State. Third there
will be shown the mileage of
empty cars separate from the
general mileage."
The Ohio potato crop will be
fully to the average, the in
creased acreage counteracting
the destruction of the Colorado
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Pre-Infusion smells of: Berries, Grapes, Wine-Like, Flavored Black Tea
Post-Infusion smells like: Berry flavored black tea
Color: Fairly dark brown
Taste: LOVELY. Juicy! It's a flavored black tea, alright. I can still taste the tea, itself, but can also taste berries! I'm thinking blackberries, strawberries, Raspberries, maybe blueberries!? Good tho! Juicy…NOT too tart…it's a sweeter-tart, NOT bitter tart!


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Last month we introduced you to the HiLo, an extension for your iPhone camera or iPad camera with a right angle lens. Driven by engineer turned entrepreneur Mark Hampton, the HiLo basically acts as a rotating screen allowing you to capture new and interesting angles in your photos and videos.
With a week left to go, the project has already raised more than US$29,000 (well over its original goal of $27,500 in pledges) and Hampton has added a stretch goal of $37,500.
With the extra ten grand, he says they'll add a voice-activated shutter option to the accompanying HiLo mobile app.
Manufacturers are being lined up and the HiLo is tipped to start shipping in February.
The HiLO will retail for US$60 (to comply with Kickstarter requirements, Hampton has set up a US-based company).


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Greenfest confirmed Friday at Bash Riprocks #2
The fourth-annual Greenfest, celebrating the life of the late Daniel Green and raising funds for a South Plains College music scholarship, takes place from 6:45 p.m. to 2 a.m. Friday at Bash Riprocks #2, 620 19th St.
Entertainers are: 6:45 p.m., Phlip and Mr. Mason; 7:30 p.m., the 2012 Daniel Green Memorial Music Scholarship recipient; 8:30 p.m., Zach Newberry Band; 9:30 p.m., Kent Mings (and live auction); 10:30 p.m., Plan B-Lubbock (and live auction); 11:30 p.m., Static Union; and 12:30 a.m., The Ducks.
Those attending must be age 18 or older.
The cover charge is $8 for adults age 21 and older, and $10 for minors between the ages of 18 and 20. Proceeds benefit Daniel Green Memorial Music Scholarship at South Plains College.
Call 790-9141 or 535-5234 for more details.
Born and raised in Lubbock, Daniel Green graduated from Coronado High School and attended Texas Tech and South Plains College, studying music. He was a percussionist. He was shot and killed during a road rage incident on Oct. 16, 2008. The fundraiser is held in Green's memory, and so he can continue to give the gift of music.
Triple (foreign)
feature offered
Saturday at LHUCA
The Flatland Film Series includes a triple feature Saturday at the Firehouse Theatre at LHUCA, 511 Ave. K.
Being shown are: 4 p.m., "The Prize," a 2010 drama from Argentina, directed by Paula Markovitch, in Spanish with English subtitles; 6 p.m., "Toll Booth," a 2010 drama from Turkey, directed by Tolga Karacelik, in Turkish with English subtitles; and 8 p.m., "Mourning," a 2011 drama from Iran, directed by Morteza Farshbaf, in Farsi with English subtitles.
General admission tickets, good for all three movies, are $10 for the general public and $5 for students.
Call 762-8606 for more information.
'Great Escape' opens Nov.-Dec. classic films
The 1963 drama "The Great Escape," directed by John Sturges, will be screened at 2 and 7 p.m. Wednesday in the XD auditorium at Movies 16, 5721 58th St.
This is part of Cinemark's Reel Classics film series.
General admission tickets are $11 for the general public, $8.50 for seniors age 62 and older, and $8.50 for children age 11 and younger.
Call 796-2804 for more information.
Future films at the same show times in Cinemark's Reel Classics series will include: Nov. 14, "The Sting," 1973, directed by George Roy Hill; Nov. 20, "2001: A Space Odyssey," 1968, directed by Stanley Kubrick; Nov. 28, "The Sound of Music," 1965, directed by Robert Wise; Dec. 5, "It's a Wonderful Life," 1946, directed by Frank Capra; Dec. 12, "The Ten Commandments," 1956, directed by Cecil B. DeMille; Dec. 19, "Miracle on 34th Street," 1947, directed by George Seaton; and Dec. 26, "Rocky," 1976, directed by John Avildsen.
"The Sound of Music" replaces the previously announced "Home Alone," which was canceled because of technical issues.
Cinemark officials previously announced that "The Great Escape," "The Sting" "2001: A Space Odyssey" and "The Ten Commandments" would be shown in the XD auditorium at Movies 16.
Day of the Dead
Procession takes place Friday
Friday's Day of the Dead (Dia de los Muertos) Procession will find artworks on display at the following locations: 5:30 to 6:30 p.m., International Cultural Center, 601 Indiana Ave.; 6:30 to 7:30 p.m., Landmark Arts, Texas Tech School of Art, 18th Street and Flint Avenue; 7:30 to 8:30 p.m., LHUCA, Christine DeVitt Ice House, 511 Ave. J; and 8:30 to 9:30 p.m., Buddy Holly Center, 1801 Crickets Ave.
Because this year's procession falls on the same day as the First Friday Art Trail, LHUCA and the Buddy Holly Center will be open for the duration of the art trail. However, Day of the Dead activities will fall during the above procession times.
Call Jane Bell at 742-2974 for more details.
Flatland Dance Theatre offers comic weekend program at LHUCA
Flatland Dance Theatre will combine dance and humor in a program called "LOL: An Evening of Dance and Laughter" at 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday at the Firehouse Theatre at LHUCA, 511 Ave. K.
General admission tickets are $20 for the general public and $12 for seniors and students with valid ID.
Tickets are on sale at the Select-A-Seat outlets.
Call 770-2000 or toll free (800) 735-1288 for details.
Local authors Way, Crump sign new books Saturday at Hastings
Ranson Canyon author Lyle A. Way will autograph copies of his novel "Murder in Shades of Gray" from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday at Hastings, 8209 Slide Road.
Lubbock author R. L. Crump will autograph copies of new novel "The Bad Shepherd" from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday at Hastings.
There is no charge, aside from the price of the book.
Call 794-6936 for details.
Lamb of God headlines rock show Saturday at Lonestar Events Center
Heavy metal recording act Lamb of God will headline a concert at 8 p.m. Saturday at the Lonestar Events Center, 602 E. 19th St.
Inflames, Hatebreed and Sylosis will open the show.
Doors open at 6 p.m.
General admission tickets are $38.50 (including $6 service charge).
Tickets are available at Ralph's Records & Tapes, frontgatetickets.com or by calling (888) 512-7469.
Artists' Studio Tour features 56 artists, 11 different venues
The 16th annual Take in the Local Color! Lubbock Artists' Studio Tour will find 56 artists exhibiting works at 11 local homes and studios from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Nov. 10, and noon to 6 p.m. Nov. 11.
This event gives those who appreciate art a unique opportunity to observe artists in their working environments, many of which are private homes.
There will be five or six artists showcased at each studio. Artists will display original work in painting, drawing, pottery, fiber, jewelry, glass, leather, wood, photography and sculpture.
There is no admission charge, and locations can be found at lubbockstudiotour.org.
Call 744-2787 for more details.
Studio locations now confirmed:
■ Toni Arnett Studio, 9605 Toledo Ave.
■ Ginger Bundock Studio, 4512 14th St.
■ Charles Adams Studio Project, 1010 mac Davis Lane.
■ Glassyalley Studio, 1940 Texas Ave.
■ Carol C. Howell Studio, 3224 22nd St.
■ Linda Jackson Studio, 5419 16th Place.
■ Paul Pare & Edson Pinto home, 2805 24th St.
■ Sara Peso White Studio, 4411 18th St.
■ Judy Rainger home, 3320 20th St.
■ RENDr frame & arts, 4414 82nd St.
■ Dede & Paul Rider home, 3017 19th St.
Co-authors of 'Thin Slice of Life' expected to sign novel
Austin author Miles Arceneaux will autograph copies of his novel "Thin Slice of Life" from 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Thursday at Barnes & Noble Booksellers, 6002 Slide Road at South Plains Mall.
Miles Arceneaux actually is a nom de plume used by Austin authors John T. Davis, James R. Dennie and Brent Douglass. Dennie and Douglass are expected to be present.
There is no additional charge.
Call 793-1061 for more details.
Jones directs 'Smoke on Mountain' at
Cactus Theater
The musical comedy "Smoke on the Mountain," written by Connie Ray, will be staged at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Saturday and Nov. 9-10 and 16-17 at the Cactus Theater, 1812 Buddy Holly Ave.
Direction is by Jane Prince Jones. Cast as the musical Sanders family are Mike Morgan, Jane Prince Jones, Kenny Maines, Cami ("I don't sing; I sign") Caldwell, Mark Paden, Dustin Garrett and Tatum Sheets.
Reserved seats are $20.
Call 762-3233 for more details.


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Braun wowed by Dodgers-Red Sox deal
Braun wowed by Dodgers-Red Sox deal
PITTSBURGH -- Ryan Braun grew up a Dodgers fan, and his reaction to Los Angeles' blockbuster trade with the Red Sox went like this: "You see something like that flash across the screen and you're like, 'Yeah, right,'" Braun said. "This time of year, there's a million rumors. Those are huge names, huge contracts." This was no rumor, it was real.
"It's pretty amazing," Braun said. "I don't remember a time like it in L.A. sports history. The Kings won a championship, the Lakers just got Steve Nash and Dwight Howard, and the Dodgers just picked up $500 million in salary for seven All-Stars." He was exaggerating about the Dodgers' additions, but not by much. The team that traded for former All-Stars Hanley Ramirez and Shane Victorino in July completed a trade on Saturday for more -- All-Stars Adrian Gonzalez, Carl Crawford and Josh Beckett, plus Nick Punto. The Dodgers also picked up about $260 million in payroll obligations. The Red Sox got first baseman James Loney and a package of prospects: infielder Ivan DeJesus, Jr., right hander Allen Webster and two players to be named, plus payroll relief. "I think the motivation for that deal, to be completely honest with you, it's that [upcoming Dodgers] TV deal," Braun said. "That's going to be a monster TV deal. That's why the Angels signed Albert [Pujols], and [the Dodgers' deal] is going to be bigger than we've ever seen. It's going to be a crazy influx of cash." It highlights one of the Brewers' biggest challenges: One of baseball's least lucrative television contracts. According to the New York Times, it pays less than $10 million this season but will triple beginning with a new deal that runs from 2013-19. Compare that to teams like the Angels and Rangers, who recently signed 20-year, $3 billion broadcast rights agreements, according to reports. That works out to about $150 million per year. Brewers manager Ron Roenicke, a former Dodger, noted that the Dodgers will also reap revenue from extra ticket sales in the wake of their trades. "I think when you have a lot of money like they have, and you buy the Dodgers, and you want to win, spend it," Roenicke said. Of the Brewers' challenges, Roenicke said, "It makes us have to be smarter with what we do, and it can work. You see the Tampa Bays, and Oakland this year. It can be done. It's got to be a lot more fun to do it that way, rather than just sign whoever you want." Braun smiled when he saw the highlight of Gonzalez's three-run home run in his first Dodgers at-bat. "That's Hollywood, man," Braun said. "What would you expect?"


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While the House and Senate were busy Wednesday finalizing a tax-raising transportation funding bill, the makings of the next big debate on Beacon Hill were taking shape outside the State House walls.
While the House and Senate were busy Wednesday finalizing a tax-raising transportation funding bill, the makings of the next big debate on Beacon Hill were taking shape outside the State House walls.
Advocates for a minimum wage increase gathered to announce their plans to push for a ballot question in 2014 to raise the minimum wage to $11 an hour if the Legislature doesn't act before then, while the National Federation of Independent Business released a study predicting that such a wage hike by 2015 tied to inflation could cost the state nearly 63,000 jobs over the next 10 years and reduce economic output by $45 billion.
The report prepared by the NFIB Research Foundation in Washington suggested that the annual labor cost per employee for small business owners could grow $4,000 to $6,000 per employee, depending on whether the wage is indexed to inflation and at what rate it grows.
"This proposal would hit the economy like a wrecking ball and we think it's important for lawmakers to understand the potential consequences before they adopt it," said NFIB State Director Bill Vernon. "The bottom line is that Massachusetts will have tens of thousands fewer jobs, which means fewer opportunities for workers on the lowest rungs of the ladder."
The report modeled a bill filed by Rep. Antonio Cabral that would increase the minimum wage in Massachusetts from $8 to $11 in two steps by 2015. Sen. Marc Pacheco has filed similar legislation to raise the wage rate to $11 over three years.
"It's just not anywhere close to being accurate. It's what they've said in the past and it has never come to fruition," Pacheco said, responding to the report. "The same groups opposed to the minimum wage were also in opposition to passing health care reform in Massachusetts. They were also for the most part in opposition to passing new sets of energy legislation. States that we compete against did not do what we did, and we've created more jobs than they have."
Pacheco would like to see his bill pass the Legislature this session, but if not he said he would be "all for" putting a question to raise the wage rate on the ballot in 2014. "I think the citizens of Massachusetts are far and away ahead of the political leaders, in this case," Pacheco said.
The prospects of fighting a ballot question has opposed business groups on edge. "I'm always concerned. Clearly it's a difficult issue politically. It's a difficult issue for me to get across to the general public," Vernon said.
Rep. Thomas Conroy and Sen. Daniel Wolf, co-chair the legislative committee that is weighing minimum wage proposals this session, said they are still in "learning mode" and welcome reports like the NFIB study, even if it contradicts much of what they're read to date.
The Wayland Democrat said he is not working under any timeline for a recommendation from the Committee on Labor and Workforce Development, but Senate President Therese Murray has expressed an interest in addressing the "living wage."
"We have been reading a lot of economic analysis and reports from academics and think tanks. Less from the business community, so I welcome those. But a lot of the reports point to either growth or no real effect on the economy or jobs. No deleterious effect," Conroy said.
Over the past decade, the state's minimum wage has climbed 18.5 percent from $6.75 in 2003 to $8 today. The last increase came in 2008 when it climbed from $7.50. The NFIB study reports 62,000 workers in Massachusetts earning at or below the minimum wage, which could climb to as high as $15 an hour by 2023 if indexed to a cost of living rate that grows 4 percent a year.
Vernon said a wage trend like that forecast in the study could turn problems like low teenage employment into a "full-blown crisis."
The report estimates that 58 percent of the jobs lost, even if the minimum wage isn't tied to inflation, will come from small businesses with fewer than 500 employees.
Wage hike supporters dismiss the warnings by business groups as red herrings, but Vernon said the consequences are real. "The evidence is contrary. You see in Massachusetts, a lot of these jobs lost are jobs not created. Our job growth is anemic and has been for a decade now. There might be a little bit of an increase now, but we haven't increased the minimum wage yet," Vernon said.
According to the Massachusetts Budget and Policy Center, the minimum wage has increased six times since 1995, and each time employment growth in industries with high concentrations of minimum wage workers has been more positive than total employment growth, and "markedly higher" than growth in sectors with low concentrations of minimum wage workers.
Steven Tolman, president of the Massachusetts AFL-CIO, called the NFIB report findings "bogus, fraudulent and misleading." "These are the same stupid arguments we've heard since I was in the Legislature," said Tolman, who left the Senate in 2011.
Tolman, a Brighton Democrat, said that even through a recession workers higher up the pay-scale ladder have received raises from their employers without crippling economic recovery and job growth.
"The bottom line is you can make numbers and figures work out to whatever conclusion you're trying to reach. The hardworking people making $8 an hour haven't had a raise in five years and someone wants to begrudge them a $1 raise. That is unbelievable," Tolman said.
The minimum wage debate isn't just taking place in Massachusetts. The Maine Legislature recently voted to increase its state wage from $7.50 to $9 by 2016, but could not muster the votes necessary to override a veto of the bill by Republican Gov. Paul LePage.
President Barack Obama also called for increasing the federal minimum wage to $9 in his State of the Union address this year, an idea at the time that sounded more palatable to groups like the Retailers Association of Massachusetts which worries about remaining competitive with other states.
In Washington, D.C. on Wednesday, several business owners from around the country joined New York Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, Sen. Bob Casey, of Pennsylvania and Rep. George Miller, of California, and Rep. Donna Edwards of Maryland to announce the formation of Business for a Fair Minimum Wage.
Suggesting that the federal minimum wage of $7.25 is lower today than it was in 1956 when adjusted for inflation, the business owners argued that paying employees a livable wage improves productivity and morale and reduces turnover, saving owners the cost of training new employees.
Others reports have suggested increasing rates of pay for employees will attract more qualified workers to Massachusetts and create more disposable income that employees will spend, thus helping the economy.
Pacheco predicted that in 20 years, if the minimum wage issue is not put to rest by tying it to inflation, groups like the NFIB will be back with another identical study warning that businesses can't afford it. "I'm trying to deal with facts. They're trying to deal with myths that they keep putting out there and just never come true," Pacheco said.


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Gary Schwartz is the Director of the Laboratory for Advances in Consciousness and Health (LACH, formerly the Human Energy Systems Laboratory) and a professor of Psychology, Medicine, Neurology, Psychiatry, and Surgery at the University of Arizona. After receiving his doctorate from Harvard University, he served as a professor of psychology and psychiatry at Yale University, director of the Yale Psychophysiology Center, and co-director of the Yale Behavioral Medicine Clinic.
Dr. Schwartz has published more than four hundred scientific papers, edited eleven academic books, is the author of THE AFTERLIFE EXPERIMENTS, THE TRUTH ABOUT MEDIUM, THE G.O.D. EXPERIMENTS, THE ENERGY HEALING EXPERIMENTS, and is the co-author of THE LIVING ENERGY UNIVERSE. His newest book, THE SACRED PROMISE: How Science is Discovering Spirit's Collaboration with Us in Our Daily Lives was released in January, 2011.
Visit Dr. Schwartz website at www.drgaryschwartz.com.
Iris Bell, MD, PhD, is a psychiatrist, Professor of Psychiatry and Psychology, and has been a researcher in areas related to complementary and alternative medicine for 30 years. She was chosen as one of the Best Doctors in the Pacific region of the US in 1996 and in the US in 1998.
Dr. Bell has served on the faculties at Harvard Medical School, University of California San Francisco, and the University of Arizona. She graduated magna cum laude in biology from Harvard University and then received her PhD in Neuro- and Biobehavioral Sciences and MD from Stanford University. Her psychiatry internship and residency were at the University of California–San Francisco, and she is Board certified in Psychiatry with Added Qualification in Geriatric Psychiatry. She is licensed to practice conventional medicine in Arizona and California. She is also nationally certified in biofeedback, a fellow of the American College of Nutrition, and a licensed physician in homeopathy/alternative medicine in Arizona.
She has published scores of papers and book chapters on her clinical research in addition to a monograph on environmental illness. On a lighter note, she wrote the funny, touching, and inspirational Chew on Things – It Helps You Think: Words of Wisdom from a Worried Canine to celebrate her beloved soft-coated wheaten terrier Casey's life. Throughout his life, Casey himself benefited from both Western and alternative medical help in surviving a series of health crises, from eating poison mushrooms in the backyard that sprang up overnight during his puppy time, to curing autoimmune hemolytic anemia in his old age.
Her passion is to teach people who find themselves with a chronic illness and are at the start of their own difficult journey home to themselves and to better health, a learning experience for us all. She teaches, writes, and lives in Tucson, Arizona with her three dogs: Rosie, Harry, and Charlie.
Visit Dr. Bell's website at www.irisbell.com.
Ann Linda Baldwin, PhD, is a Professor of Physiology and Psychology at the University of Arizona. She is also a Reiki Master, and has practiced Reiki on people and animals for the last five years. She obtained her Bachelors degree in Physics from University of Bristol, UK, her Masters degree in Radiation Physics from University of London, UK and her PhD in Physiology from Imperial College, University of London.
Ann's research focuses on the physiological effects of mental and emotional stress, and she is currently exploring the efficacies of Reiki and of Biofeedback techniques in reducing the damaging effects of stress. She has published over 80 articles in peer-reviewed scientific journals and has been a member of several review panels for National Institutes of Health. With her Reiki training and extensive scientific background, Ann hopes to bridge the gap between energy healing and quantitative scientific enquiry.
Ann was recently featured in a news video focusing on her work with Reiki and on the positive effects Reiki has in helping cancer patients cope.
In her spare time Ann likes to ride her horse and she also volunteers as a horse handler for Therapeutic Riding of Tucson. Ann's major fields of research have been:
Current Projects
Visit Dr. Baldwin's website at www.mind-body-science.com.


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Super Bowl XLV Party Crashers
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I received a top-secret phone call last Thursday. The mission - should I chose to accept it - was to hit the town Saturday night and attempt to crash some of the hottest Super Bowl parties the night before the Big Game. I would be given a new tricked-out 2011 Ford Explorer to drive and a savvy posse of fellow-crashers. There were no tickets and no special access. The challenge was to drive up in a great car, bullshit our way into these exclusive events and document our journey.
I've always liked a challenge... In college, my friends and I had a rule. Never stand in line, never pay cover and never pay for drinks. It worked great when I was 20. But could I still compete with a bevvy of the city's hottest gals who were ALL out on the same night?
My co-horts in crime and I met up for dinner at Villa-O Saturday evening to formulate our plan of attack. We came up with a list of the most high-profile parties and decided to start at the top and work our way down to see where we could get in.
Before the meal was even over, we had our first celebrity sighting. Mark Harmon and Adrian Brody came in for dinner (together, which I found odd. Wouldn't have put those two together). The night was off to a great start.
Our first stop was the Maxim Magazine party at Fair Park. Our second stop was to be the Leather and Laces party at Hotel ZaZa hosted by Girls Next Door stars, Holly and Bridget.
We ended up having so much success getting into the events, we decided to kick it up a notch. Once we were in... we decided to see if we sweet-talk our way into the press or VIP areas to mingle with the celebrities. We had such a great time, that by 2 AM, we'd only made it to these two events!
I came home and said, "Baby... I still got it!"
You can view the end result is of our crazy evening in this video.


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Draft Madness Begins for Lacey
The college basketball world will take center stage next week as the NCAA tournament tips-off.
While the rest of the sports world waits in anticipation for the NCAA Tournament, Mystics General Manager and Head Coach Trudi Lacey is already experiencing her own bit of madness as she prepares for the 2011 WNBA Draft on April 11th.
Last Friday, Lacey left for a week-long scouting trip to get a first-hand look at some top draft prospects.
It is always good to get out and see them in person, said Lacey. You have the opportunity to see how players interact with their teammates, their coaches, or how they react or dont react to calls.
The trip is one of the final pieces of draft preparation. Following her trip, Lacey plans on returning home, catching a few local tournament games, and joining college basketball fans in taking in the tournament.
My job is to watch basketball games so I really cant complain, said Lacey.
While March Madness is an opportunity to see potential draftees, it will be just one piece in the puzzle in the draft scouting process. With constant adjusting of rankings, mock drafts and league wide roster analysis, Lacey and the rest of the Mystics front office are making sure they are prepared for any and all situations that may come up on April 11th.
Having the 11th pick and not knowing exactly who will be available makes it a little harder, said Lacey. We are trying to paint a picture and look at everybody and evaluate who the best player will be at 11. Weve been working on the draft for months and months and we have a very good list of players that are going to be available in the draft.
Although the Tournament provides Lacey with the opportunity of preparing for the draft, she does not deny that it brings out the fan in her and just like most fans there is one thing Lacey loves to see.
I think about the underdog. I think everybody likes to see the underdog win. Thats what makes March fun, said Lacey. I really think it is a way of uniting people because you talk about brackets, teams, whos the best conference or whos the best player so it is really a fun time of year.
While Lacey will surely enjoy this fun time of year, she knows there is one question she has to answer; Who is the best player for the Mystics when they go on the clock on April 11th?


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Fulton Chateau
- Artist: Frank Lee Sprague
- Genre: Rock
- Release Date: 12/9/2008
Frank Lee Sprague's Fulton Chateau is a meditation on love lost or squandered, opportunities missed and lovers estranged. Like it's companion album, the highly acclaimed Fulton Avenue, the songs are acoustic-based, yet diverse in song structure, with wholly original harmonic progressions and unforgettable melodies. The songs take the listener on a stark journey through heartache and regret, but never quite despair. Fulton Chateau's highlights are numerous. "Can't Deny" leads off, setting the tone for what's to come, with a plaintive, world-weary melody sung with passionate tenderness. "You Don't Know" is a haunting, harmony-filled ballad, so heartfelt and yearning it stays with the listener long after it's over. One of the most unusual and intense songs is "In the End," which includes a backdrop of Duane Eddy-style tremolo guitar and effective spoken verses. Other standouts include the contemplative "It's not Right," with string quartet backing, "Seduced, Betrayed," and it's Everly Brothers-style duet singing, reminiscent of Frank's work as one half of the fabulous Sprague Brothers, and the edgy and impassioned "Out of My Reach." Fulton Chateau proper closes with the lovely, atmospheric, "Awakening," one of several wordless sound-paintings which serves to heighten the album's mood. Keep listening after the final chord. As always, Frank Lee Sprague provides a rich trove of bonus tracks, this time with a full band. Among the standouts, "I Don't Want You" is a ferocious rocker, tough, catchy, and explosive, while "A Free Man" finds a country-rock groove with a melody so catchy it would climb the Top 40 charts in a better world. Backed by a full orchestra, Frank Lee Sprague leaves us for now with a softly crooned lullaby, "Beautiful Starry Eyes." Fulton Chateau is beautifully textured, carefully crafted art, but above all, it is soulful, the work of a musician and songwriter who lives and feels what he writes about. Known for his unparalleled ability to synthesize authentic rock 'n' roll styles into his own West Texas imprint, Frank Lee Sprague's work has wowed reviewers in Rolling Stone, Playboy, The Washington Post, The New Yorker, and many other magazines and newspapers. He has appeared on CBS nationwide television and National Public Radio, and performed live around the world, including several successful tours of Japan. Over the last few years, this charismatic songwriter and musician has recorded and released the critically acclaimed albums, Merseybeat, Cavern, Merry Merseybeat Christmas and Fulton Avenue, while also revered by fans for his long-time work as leader of the fabulous rock 'n' roll duo, the Sprague Brothers.
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