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In the early fall of 2007, I traveled to Woodstock, N.Y., to interview Levon Helm, the legendary Band drummer and vocalist who passed away last Thursday at the age of 71, following a long fight with cancer.
Helm was first diagnosed with the disease in 1996, and for a period he lost the ability to sing. But by the time we sat down to chat at his home-cum-studio complex, Helm had recovered much of his voice and was preparing to put out an album, Dirt Farmer, his first proper solo release in 25 years.
Helm was painfully thin but welcoming, full of life, and, in truth, not slow to vent his anger about perceived past grievances. While petting his two beloved dogs Lucy and Muddy, the drummer talked about his new collection and his illness. He then proceeded to wander down memory lane. The encounter remains one of my favorite interviews.
It isn't every day you talk with someone who got inspired to become a musician after seeing Elvis in concert, who got booed while playing with Bob Dylan, who was documented by Martin Scorsese and didn't care for the result, and who got to battle the Grim Reaper and lived to tell the tale. Now that Helm has finally lost that fight, it seems appropriate to recount just why his passing is such a sad event for so many people.
Helm grew up on a cotton farm near Turkey Scratch, Ark. From an early age he was taught the value of loyalty, of sticking by your friends. "If a guy's barn burned, you had a barn-building," he said. "If everybody pitched in, you could do it in a couple of days."
"Levon would give you the shirt off his back," Helm's childhood friend Anna Lee Amsden would tell me. "When I got a bicycle, some kids threw rocks at it. Levon beat 'em up for me."
Helm tended to get misty-eyed while discussing Arkansas. Yet, when asked if he ever thought about following in his father's agricultural footsteps, the drummer became convulsed with throaty laughter: "Not a bit! I wanted to be D.J. Fontana." Fontana was the drummer for Elvis Presley, whom Helm first saw at a 1955 show. "I got to see Elvis twice," he told me. "The first time he played the Catholic Club, which was like a gymnasium at the local Catholic high school. Elvis and Scotty Moore and Bill Black — a three piece. He was hot. He wasn't famous yet but he was hot. I think he had put out, like, three records that I had heard. The girls were there, too. You couldn't really hear because they were starting to act up.
"Second time I saw him," he continued, "they had picked up D.J. Fontana. Man, it was rock & roll, then! The song which carried the night was 'Lawdy Miss Clawdy' and 'Money Honey.' Oh, boy, did they tear those two up. Sitting at the drums with a real good band — that looked like the best thing to do, the most fun."
Fun aplenty there would be after Helm, then still in his senior year, started playing drums behind an army vet and rockabilly singer named Ronnie Hawkins. For his first gig, Helm got paid the not inconsiderable sum of $15. Hawkins told Helm that was just "hamburger money." Soon, he said, they would be "fartin' through silk."
Helm rarely made enough cash playing with Hawkins to purchase fancy drawers. But he gained a wealth of experience, musical and otherwise, as Rompin' Ronnie Hawkins and the Hawks spent the next few years relentlessly touring. "That kid was gifted from day one," recalled Hawkins. "I just put Levon in charge. He was the bandleader. And he's got that unbelievable style. It's just funky. He can do it on a guitar too. He could play 'Mary Had a Little Lamb' and it would be the funkiest 'Mary Had a Little Lamb' you ever heard."
A commonly held perception of the Band is that they were serious, even naive, muso-types with little interest in rock & roll debauchery. This is a quarter truth at best. Certainly, in his Hawks days, Helm sowed his fair share of wild oats. "We were trying to get the free love movement started early, you know," smiled the drummer. "We were always ready to make love and not war." Ronnie Hawkins was rather less discreet on the subject: "Levon's got an extra chromosome or something. Samson couldn't have screwed that many girls in one day."
One by one, Helm was joined in the Hawks by the four Canadian musicians who would eventually, with him, form The Band. The first to infiltrate the ranks was a guitar prodigy named Robbie Robertson. He was followed by organ wizard Garth Hudson, bassist Rick Danko and keyboard player Richard Manuel, a figure ultimately as tragic as the keening vocal performances he would deliver on such Band ballads as "Tears Of Rage" and "You Don't Know Me." The young musicians forged strong bonds of friendship. "Levon and Robbie became Siamese twins," said Hawkins. "Levon could do all the s–t that Robbie couldn't, and Robbie could come up with good ideas for songs. I thought they were gonna be another McCartney-Lennon."
By the time EW visited Helm in Woodstock, he had long fallen out with Robertson and claimed he couldn't remember when he had last spoken with his former musical compadre. Yet, when this writer contacted Robertson himself, he was more than happy to sing the praises of Helm. "I thought Levon was the most talented person that I'd ever met," the guitarist told me. "I was maybe 14 or 15 years old when I met him and maybe he was 18 or 19, which is a big difference at that age. I looked up to him tremendously. Ronnie Hawkins was terrific and a great showman and a great character and all of that. But when you would see them play, even back then, Levon was the ace in the hole. Ronnie would hand it over to Levon to sing a song and to see him singing and playing back then, I'd never seen anything like that. I was just overwhelmed. And then, as I got to know him, I realized that he was just this walking, talking piece of music."
"He had music running through his veins, you know," Robertson said. "It was the real deal."
Next: "Getting booed didn't mix well."


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The Milford Beacon is asking each candidate for Sussex County Council in District 2 what county government can do to attract more jobs to the area.
The Milford Beacon is asking each candidate for Sussex County Council in District 2 what they think county government can do to attract more jobs to the area.
This week's response comes from Republican incumbent Sam Wilson, a 74-year-old Georgetown farmer and former mechanical engineer.
Greenwood Democrat Gary Wolfe's response appeared earlier this month. Libertarian candidate Ronnie Fitzgerald did not respond.
Sussex County Council District 2 includes south Milford, Greenwood and Georgetown.
"The most important thing government can do to encourage new businesses to locate here is to get out of the way.
If you came before the county council and wanted to build a business here, it could be two years by the time you got an answer on something like zoning. That meant you couldn't plan ahead on whether to purchase property. That's gotten a lot better than it was four years ago, and now, most of the time, you get an answer in 60 days or even faster if it's a smaller project.
Unfortunately, we still have a problem with businesses getting approvals from [the state highway administration] or the [U.S. Environmental Protection Agency]. That can take two or three years, but that's out of our hands because it's the state and federal government that's the problem.
I consider county government to be business friendly. We do provide tax incentives to businesses that want to locate here and we also have low-interest loans to help people who want to go into business.
I believe in government and necessary regulations, but not unnecessary regulation that hurts business or keeps business from getting anything done.
One of the biggest businesses in Sussex County is building homes. If you want to build a house, you get a loan from the bank, but then you get stuck with regulations on environmental issues and septic systems that can cost you $20,000 to $25,000 before you've even started building.
I've tried to encourage the county to work with the state to not stand in the way of private business."

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Here is Paul Domowitch's report card from the Eagles' loss to San Francisco. Click here to enter your grades. We will publish the results in Tuesday's Daily News.
RUSHING OFFENSE: LeSean McCoy entered the game as the league's second leading rusher with 345 yards. Almost two-thirds of those yards came out of one-back, two-tight-end sets. So naturally yesterday the Eagles rarely used two-tight-end sets and McCoy had just nine rushing attempts. WTF?
Grade: D
PASSING OFFENSE: Michael Vick threw for a career-high 416 yards and DeSean Jackson reappeared in the Eagles' offense with six catches for 171 yards. While Vick completed eight of nine third-down passes, just four of them were for first downs and he threw just two TD passes, both in the first half. Jeremy Maclin had seven catches, but his late, fourth-quarter fumble killed a potential game-winning scoring drive.
Grade: B
RUN DEFENSE: In the Niners' first three games, Frank Gore had averaged just 2.5 yards per carry. Against the Eagles, he averaged a whopping 8.5 and collected a season-high 127 yards. The Eagles gave up six runs of 10 yards or more, including 40- and 25-yarders to Gore, who was playing on a gimpy ankle. Imagine if he was healthy.
Grade: F
PASS DEFENSE: Niners quarterback Alex Smith came into the game with just two TD passes and was averaging just 6.81 yards per attempt. Averaged 8.8 against the Eagles and added two more TDs. He had six completions of 18-plus yards. The Eagles' problems covering tight ends and running backs continued. Vernon Davis caught a late, third-quarter TD pass and rookie running back Kendall Hunter had a 44-yard catch and run that set up another Niners score.
Grade: F
SPECIAL TEAMS: Rookie kicker Alex Henery missed two very makeable second-half field goals in a game the Eagles lost by a point. Costly? You do the math. King Dunlap blocked a David Akers field goal. Coverage units did an effective job of shutting down Niners return man Ted Ginn Jr. But oh, those misses by Henery.
Grade: D
OVERALL: Up 20-3 at the half, the Eagles never showed up for the final two quarters. Scored just three points. Managed just eight first downs. And Juan Castillo's defense gave up a fourth-quarter lead for the third straight week. The Dream Team has turned into Andy Reid's biggest nightmare.
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A 1997 Wrangler That Just WorksPosted in Project Vehicles on October 1, 2011
Sometimes it's funny how things work out. Most of the time we find features out on the trails, but this one we flagged down on Main Street in Moab, Utah, during the 2011 Easter Jeep Safari. After a week of tripping over cookie-cutter TJs and JKs, all we'd managed to rack up for feature Jeeps were a bunch of 50- and 60-year-old Willys. We were lamenting the lack of originality in so many of the newer rigs when this thing drove past.
If you had described it to us, it has all the stuff we don't normally go for. It's black, so shooting photos of it where it pops is difficult. It's got a bunch of polished aluminum armor on it, which we normally find tacky (not to mention time consuming). And finally, it's sporting an '80s-era scalloped design on the side of it. Each element on its own would normally scare us off, but working together on this Jeep it is somehow okay.
Added to the cool retro-modern look is a drivetrain that wasn't built by walking a credit card through a parts magazine—and to top it off, it works very well off-road. With all that we'd found our first Jeep of Easter Jeep Safari manufactured this side of disco that we really dug, and figured you would, too.
The chassis is the standard mandrel-bent 2½ x 4 x 0.120-wall square-tube TJ frame. In an effort to keep things simple, the sway bars were simply tossed in the junk pile. The factory upper and lower control arm mounts were razed off the frame to make way for the TeraFlex LCG 4-inch kit. The wheelbase was stretched out to 100 inches and a rear GenRight Off Road Crawler gas tank made room for the added wheelbase. The belly pan is a TeraFlex belly-up skidplate that is included in the LCG kit and the gas tank is the normal 3⁄16-inch-thick GenRight skid that is included with the gas tank. Shocks are the TeraFlex 9550 gas-charge units.
A PSC steering box was hung on the frame in the stock location and works in conjunction with a PSC pump, reservoir, and ram to push the tires around. A GenRight front bumper and steering box skidplate protect the box from damage and a GenRight rear crossmember provides recovery points and a place to mount the GenRight LED backup lights.
"If it ain't broke, don't fix it" could be theme for this Jeep. The factory 4.0L inline-six is still bolted to the TF999 three-speed automatic transmission. The engine breathes easier thanks to a Spectre Performance cold air cowl intake system and a Magnaflow muffler. The transmission has a large cooler from Pep Boys mounted behind the grille to pull temps down. The NP231 is still there too, but it was opened up and had a TeraFlex 4:1 low range thrown in it with a TeraFlex slip yoke eliminator kit tacked on the back. From there things get non-stock.
A pair of JE Reel 1350-jointed driveshafts sends power down to the front and rear Dana 60 differentials. The 60s were yanked out of junkyard trucks and then stuffed with 5.13 gears, ARB Air Lockers, and RCV axleshafts and buttoned up with Crane differential covers. The front axle also benefits from Crane kingpin inner and outer knuckles. Power is put to the ground through a set of 17x9 Raceline Rock Monster beadlocks wrapped with 40x13.50R17 Goodyear MT/Rs with Kevlar.
Body and Interior
The body armor is one of the first things you notice about this Jeep thanks to the distinctive paint scheme. The rear corners are GenRight Off Road armor polished to a high shine while the scallops on the doors are GenRight's door armor both polished and painted with mini-boatside rocker armor below that and GenRight windshield armor above. The front tube fenders are GenRight's high-clearance fenders and a Warn Endurance 12.0 winch sits on the front bumper protected by a GenRight Trail Series stinger. The 40-inch Goodyear MT/R spare tire is on an aluminum swing-away GenRight tire carrier.
Inside, MasterCraft Baja RS seats front and rear provide comfortable thrones for driver and front and rear passengers and a weld-together GenRight rollcage rounds out the modifications inside. The factory gauges, dash, and center console are all still in un-modified use.
Good, Bad, and What It's For
We like that the good factory parts were left alone as much as possible. There is often no faster way to make a good Jeep unreliable than monkeying with the factory drivetrain. It won't win any drag races, but it will get there in the end. Unlike many Jeepers we actually like driving Jeeps, so ditching the sway bars isn't something we can stand behind; we can't imagine sidehilling in this thing, but we do like the K.I.S.S. thinking that is behind it. And pulling junkyard Dana 60s, rebuilding them, and tossing them under it is a play right out of our book.
Hard Facts
Vehicle: '97 Wrangler Sport
Engine: 4.0L inline-six
Transmission: TF999
Transfer Case: NP231
Suspension: TeraFlex LCG 4-inch (front and rear)
Axles: Dana 60 (front), Dana 60 (rear)
Wheels: 17x9 Raceline Monster beadlocks
Tires: 40x13.50R17 Goodyear MT/R with Kevlar
Built For: Rockcrawling
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Contrary to what many who meet me believe, I do like TJs and JKs. However, it just seems so hard to find any that have any personality. Unlike the older Jeeps, the new Wranglers have so much aftermarket support it is very easy to make them perform well. The problem is that with the ready availability of bolt-on parts a lot of the creativity I see in old Jeeps gets lost, and every Wrangler seems like a clone of the last one—just in a different color. Not the case here. Also, it seems so many newer Wrangler owners must have black credit cards to get a new Jeep with a swapped-in V-8 and swapped-in axles that cost more than every Jeep I own, and stuff that was stabbed in just because. Again, not the case here. "Keep It Stupid, Simple" is hard at work here, and it just flat works.


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- What makes your small kitchen so cool:
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- Describe a challenge you've overcome or a smart resource you've found for your kitchen.:
- Space was the biggest issue. When we re-designed the kitchen we made the prep counter more narrow (18" deep) to make the kitchen more spacious. Custom built pull-out cabinets were added in every possible corner to add accessible storage.
- What's your favorite meal to cook here?:
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Editor's note: The original title of this article mischaracterized it as "A Letter to My Liberal Allies." It has been amended to correct this mistake. Our apologies to the author.
Dear Allies,
Forgive me if I briefly take my eyes off the prize to brush away some flies, but the buzzing has gone on for some time. I have a grand goal, and that is to counter the Republican right with its deep desire to annihilate everything I love and to move toward far more radical goals than the Democrats ever truly support. In the course of pursuing that, however, I've come up against the habits of my presumed allies again and again.
O rancid sector of the far left, please stop your grousing! Compared to you, Eeyore sounds like a Teletubby. If I gave you a pony, you would not only be furious that not everyone has a pony, but you would pick on the pony for not being radical enough until it wept big, sad, hot pony tears. Because what we're talking about here is not an analysis, a strategy, or a cosmology, but an attitude, and one that is poisoning us. Not just me, but you, us, and our possibilities.
Leftists Explain Things to Me
The poison often emerges around electoral politics. Look, Obama does bad things and I deplore them, though not with a lot of fuss, since they're hardly a surprise. He sometimes also does not-bad things, and I sometimes mention them in passing, and mentioning them does not negate the reality of the bad things.
The same has been true of other politicians: the recent governor of my state, Arnold Schwarzenegger, was in some respects quite good on climate change. Yet it was impossible for me to say so to a radical without receiving an earful about all the other ways in which Schwarzenegger was terrible, as if the speaker had a news scoop, as if he or she thought I had been living under a rock, as if the presence of bad things made the existence of good ones irrelevant. As a result, it was impossible to discuss what Schwarzenegger was doing on climate change (and unnecessary for my interlocutors to know about it, no less figure out how to use it).
So here I want to lay out an insanely obvious principle that apparently needs clarification. There are bad things and they are bad. There are good things and they are good, even though the bad things are bad. The mentioning of something good does not require the automatic assertion of a bad thing. The good thing might be an interesting avenue to pursue in itself if you want to get anywhere. In that context, the bad thing has all the safety of a dead end. And yes, much in the realm of electoral politics is hideous, but since it also shapes quite a bit of the world, if you want to be political or even informed you have to pay attention to it and maybe even work with it.
Instead, I constantly encounter a response that presumes the job at hand is to figure out what's wrong, even when dealing with an actual victory, or a constructive development. Recently, I mentioned that California's current attorney general, Kamala Harris, is anti-death penalty and also acting in good ways to defend people against foreclosure. A snarky Berkeley professor's immediate response began, "Excuse me, she's anti-death penalty, but let the record show that her office condoned the illegal purchase of lethal injection drugs."


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According to a report released today by the House Financial Service's Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, the ultimate onus for MF Global's bankruptcy and missing customer funds rests squarely on Jon Corzine, the firm's former CEO. "During his nineteen-month tenure as Chairman and CEO of MF Global, Jon Corzine made several fateful decisions, the cumulative effects of which caused MF Global's bankruptcy and jeopardized customer funds," the report says.
The Committee conducted more than 50 interviews and held three hearings at which it considered the testimony of 19 witnesses, including MF Global's former senior managers and its principal regulators, and examined documents from a number of sources in its investigation. Released just over a year after MF Global declared bankruptcy, the Committee explains it has three reasons from conducting the investigation: "First, MF Global's customers deserve to know how and why their funds went missing; second, market participants deserve to know whether regulatory lapses have been identified and corrected; and third, taxpayers deserve to know that regulators have been held accountable so that similar losses may be prevented from occurring in the future," the report says.
The 100-page report details the history of the firm to show how Corzine's decisions over 19 months led to the downfall of a firm that could trace its lineage back 230 years. Although the report places the responsibility squarely on Corzine, it first lists the details of the firm's recent history including an unauthorized wheat trader in 2008 that lost the company $141.5 million and shattered confidence among some customers regarding the firm's risk controls.
Corzine succeeded Bernie Dan as Chairman and CEO in March 2010. According to the report, "Securing an executive with Corzine's reputation and experience was viewed as a potential coup for MF Global. After a 23-year career at Goldman Sachs in which he rose from a bond trading desk to become the company's Chairman, Corzine served five years as a U.S. Senator and then four years as New Jersey's Governor."


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Lawn care professionals have long opted for zero-turning-radius (ZTR) mowers because they're fast and maneuverable. They can, literally, turn on a dime. But ZTR mowers never caught on with homeowners because of their dual lever steering. While easy enough to learn, most homeowners shied away from the necessary learning curve.
Now, with the introduction of its Spin-Steer Technology, John Deere has redefined the lawn tractor category. Their new SST lawn tractors are as maneuverable as a ZTR, but via the familiar steering wheel of a traditional, front-steer lawn tractor. The engineering is complex, but is based on a differential steering mechanism that continuously matches steering response to ground speed. The slower you go the tighter the turn; faster ground speed produces a more gradual turn. Two foot pedals, one for forward and one for reverse, allow you to change direction quickly and easily. And unlike ZTR mowers, the steering is self-centering, making straight tracking a breeze.
Deere offers two models, the SST 16 and SST 18, with 16- and 18-hp Briggs & Stratton V-Twin Vanguard overhead-valve engines respectively. The SST 16 has 2 blades and cuts a 42-inch swath with either a dedicated mulching deck or a convertible mulching and bagging deck. The 3-blade SST 18 mows a 48-inch swath with an all-purpose deck. In both cases you adjust the deck height with a foot pedal, not a lever. The engine-up-front design exceeds ANSI safety standards for weight distribution. Both models have an electric PTO for tow-behind attachments and a 2.5-gallon fuel tank.
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Monday, 9:30 p.m., CBS
You have to say one thing about "Mike & Molly." It's one of the few TV shows where the characters look like they actually eat. Mike (Billy Gardell), though, is spending the holiday in bed; he's sick. Molly (Melissa McCarthy) is excited that she doesn't have to cook — until Vince (Louis Mustillo) invites his brother to town for a homemade Thanksgiving meal. With Reno Wilson and Rondi Reed.
Tuesday, 8:30 p.m.,NBC
After a failed attempt to figure out who should spend Thanksgiving with their son, Chris (Jesse Bradford, second from left) and Sheila (Erinn Hayes) decide to spend the holiday together with his friends. Sheila plans a very traditional dinner in hopes of befriending the group. Meanwhile, Gary (Anthony Anderson) chooses to spend the holiday waiting in line to buy a brand-new television during the Black Friday sales. Also starring Jamie-Lynn Sigler as Emily. Guest star: Emmitt Smith, former "Dancing With the Stars" champion.
9 a.m., NBC
The main chunk of television viewing on turkey day starts at 9 a.m., with the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. Few specials have such a loyal audience, even if two of the hosts — Matt Lauer and Al Roker — seem like leftovers (the third host, Savannah Guthrie, may be a breath of fresh air). All anybody wants to see are the giant balloons and there are three new ones this year: Elf on the Shelf, Hello Kitty and Papa Smurf. While we wait for glimpses of them between the bare tree branches on Central Park West, we will give half an ear to performers Carly Rae Jepsen, Colbie Caillat and Jimmy Fallon & the Roots while taking dishes out of the oven. The parade always trots out the casts of Broadway musicals and this year, the casts of "Annie," "Bring It On" and "Nice Work If You Can Get It," among others, will ring in the morning on key.
Some folks who get the most excited about the parade are the members of the 11 marching bands that travel to New York from all over. There's also the US Naval Academy Glee Club and a gaggle of clowns — 900 of them — for those who love slapstick. The parade winds up with the usual tour de force performance of the Radio City Rockettes in front of Macy's, where you should go shopping the very next day — Black Friday.
12:30 p.m., CBS
The Eating Season officially kicks off with an inter-conference clash of 2011 playoff teams. Led by running back Arian Foster and sack machine J.J. Watt, Houston is well on its way to its second-ever post-season berth. After a 1-3 start, the Lions and receiver Calvin "Megatron" Johnson, who is dealing with knee and nerve problems, are fighting to stay in the playoff race.
12 p.m., NBC
John O'Hurley and David Frei return as hosts for the 11th annual edition of "The National Dog Show Presented by Purina." Now in its second decade on NBC, "The National Dog Show" celebrates America's continued fascination with man's best friend, and is one of only five remaining "benched" dog shows where the public can interact with the animals, enjoy day-long, family-oriented features and learn about responsible pet ownership. This year also features the introduction of two new breeds and will showcase some 2,000 purebred canines competing for the title of "Best in Show," with $20,000 in prize money and enormous prestige at stake. NBC's Mary Carillo will report from inside the show ring.
4:15 p.m., FOX
An afternoon of stuffing yourself with turkey and stuffing may slow you down, but don't let it affect your attention span. You will need some rapid eye movement to keep up with Redskins rookie sensation Robert Griffin III. The QB known as RG3 gets his first taste of this classic NFC East rivalry, with QB Tony Romo and the Cowboys battling to remain in the NFC wild-card hunt and get coach Jason Garrett off the hot seat.
8 p.m., Science
You may want to wait until after you've finished your pumpkin pie before you tune into "Punkin Chunkin." It's the show that sends innocent, defenseless pumpkins catapulting into the air to meet a squishy end against some hard surface. There's no point in describing the kind of people this sport attracts because you're unlikely to ever know them. Instead, enjoy the inane pleasures of the various "events," including the Air Cannon, which can send a pumpkin flying a full mile in the sky and the Centrifugal, which propels pumpkins skyward with a huge metal beam by a truck spinning at top speed.
Wednesday and Thursday 8 p.m., ABC
In the 1973 "A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving," Charlie Brown wants to do something special for the gang. However the dinner he arranges is a disaster when the caterers, Snoopy and Woodstock, prepare toast and popcorn as the main dish. Humiliated, it will take all of Marcie's persuasive powers to salvage the holiday for Charlie Brown. The special is followed by a bonus cartoon, "This Is America, Charlie Brown: The Mayflower Voyagers." In the special, history comes to animated screen life in a captivating and informative program about the Mayflower voyagers.
8:30 p.m., NBC
An overstuffed belly may have you feeling green, but don't start napping just yet. The Jets are clinging to playoff hopes and need a crucial win as QB Tom Brady, coach Bill Belichick and the rival Patriots invade MetLife Stadium. QB Mark Sanchez and Gang Green lost a heartbreaker Oct. 21 in New England, squandering a chance to win in regulation only to fall 29-26 in overtime. If Jets backup QB Tim Tebow is to have a breakout game, it likely won't be here. The Patriots bottled him up in two meetings last season, when Tebowmania was running strong in Denver, including a rout in the divisional playoffs. Since the Jets' playoff win in Foxborough following the 2010 season, Rex Ryan's team has lost three straight to the Pats. If the playoffs are in the Jets' future, they need to snap that skid.


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Fred Couples does not look like he belongs atop the leaderboard on the PGA Tour.
Except that he's at Riviera.
The Northern Trust Open boasts the strongest field of the season so far.
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Despite a bad back that hurts when he stoops over a short iron, Couples navigated around his favorite tour course without a bogey Friday for a 5-under 66 that gave him a two-shot lead in the Northern Trust Open.
It helped that he knocked in an eagle putt of nearly 100 feet on his opening hole, along with a pair of 30-foot birdie putts. But even for a 51-year-old well past his prime, he was carried along by a languid swing and his love for Riviera.
"I feel like I can play this course blindfolded," Couples said.
Some of his peers couldn't believe what they saw.
"He played like he was my age," said 25-year-old Anthony Kim, who was paired with Couples and was nine shots behind. "He was loose, swinging hard. He hit some quality shots, some aggressive shots. It doesn't hurt that he's won here a couple of times. He just knows what he's doing out here."
Couples first played Riviera three years before Kim was born. He won in 1990 and 1992, back when his hair was brown, not mostly gray, and when he didn't have to get up at 4:00 a.m. to stretch out his back so he could make it to the first tee.
It was tough for others, too. The wind and rain arrived in the afternoon, making Riviera so difficult that some medium-length hitters couldn't reach the par-4 18th with a driver and a 3-wood.
Of those who didn't finish the round before it was suspended by darkness, Spencer Levin was at 6 under with three holes remaining, while Aaron Baddeley was at 5 under with four holes to play.
Couples has not been atop the leaderboard through 36 holes since 2004 at the old Buick Classic at Westchester.
The affection from the gallery hasn't changed, especially at Riviera.
From the other side of the par-5 first green, Couples rapped a putt and watched it roll some 100 feet toward the cup and drop for an eagle. The cheer was loud enough for players still on the practice range to look up.
One player jokingly said, "Couples just made a 10-footer for par."
Paul Casey, who had a 67 and was four shots back, played in the group behind Couples. Asked how it felt to trail a 51-year-old who can barely bend over to tie his shoes, Casey started laughing.
"Every time I looked ahead, he's stretching his back, his hand is on his hip," Casey said. "We all know Freddie. He looks like he doesn't care. He looks like he's in pain. He could be on any score. And the fact he's on 8 under is brilliant."
Couples was at 8-under 134 heading into what could be a soggy weekend. The rain began to fall late in the afternoon as half of the field was trying to cope with tougher conditions.
J.B. Holmes was tied for the lead until a double bogey on the last hole gave him a 69. He was at 6-under 136, along with John Senden (69).
Trevor Immelman and Stewart Cink each had a 67, perhaps the rounds of the day considering they played the final two hours in the rain and wind. They were at 5-under 137, along with Robert Allenby, whose finish showed how tough it was.
He ripped a driver and hit a full 3-iron that still wasn't enough on the 464-yard ninth hole, and he three-putted from the front of the green for a 70.
Phil Mickelson struggled with his irons on his way to a 70 that put him seven shots behind, although not terribly worried.
"I'm not pleased being in the position where I'm at, but it could be a lot worse," Mickelson said. "And I should be within striking distance if I can go out and shoot some hot round tomorrow."
That he would be trying to catch up to Couples was surprising given his age and his health. Casey, however, said course knowledge and good vibes only go so far.
"I don't care how well he knows this course, and he probably knows it as well as the members," Casey said. "It doesn't matter if you don't hit the golf ball where you need to."
Such is his affection for Riviera that Couples didn't think twice about playing this week -- even though he is the defending champion at the Champions Tour event in Naples, Fla.
"I don't think anyone is mad. Besides Augusta, it's my favorite spot," Couples said. "I don't think it's a slap in the face if they just look where I live and my schedule and how I play here. It would take two seconds to figure it out."
Couples not only has two wins at Riviera, he has four top 10s in the last decade and nearly had a chance to win two years ago until he butchered a 9-iron into the 18th with a chance to put pressure on Mickelson.
He was 49, and that figured to be his last chance to win on tour.
Yet here is again, twisting and stretching, taking left-handed baseball swings with his putter while trying to keep loose. The hardest part for Couples after his round was climbing the 100-foot hill toward the clubhouse to sign his card.
When the tour asked him to visit The Golf Channel's booth, Couples said, "Can't do it."
"I'm ready for a nap," he said.
He was up at 4:00 a.m. to stretch and get treatment on what he called a "back machine." It was still dark when he got to the practice range, and he kept to his routine in which he only hits long clubs -- the driver, 5-wood and hybrids -- because to bend over a short iron hurts. He'd rather wait until the shot counts to do that.
"I don't consider this warming up," Couples said. "I just think it's waiting for my tee time to come."
And he came out swinging, with the long eagle putt on No. 1, a 35-foot birdie putt on the ninth, a 30-footer on the 15th and a series of scary putts in the 5-foot range for pars. He has gone 32 holes without a bogey at Riviera.
For two rounds, he looks as young as ever. But that only goes so far.
He went to see "The Social Network," but only because it starred Justin Timberlake. Couples still doesn't know what Facebook is all about. Remember, it was only two years ago that he started sending text messages (he received one after his round from Tiger Woods).
As for Twitter? Uh, no.
"If I did Twitter, would I tell people that I'm heading home and then going to eat at California Pizza Kitchen? Is that what you do? Or do you actually tweet information?" he said. "Well, what information do I have for my 500,000 followers? I'm 51. I live in the desert. They all know that already.
"If you guys write well enough, they'll know that I'm in good shape going into tomorrow. I don't need to tweet anybody."


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LAYTON, Utah (AP) — July is full-fledged baby season for one Utah family.
Three sisters from Layton gave birth to three baby boys in the month of July, including two who were born about an hour apart, The Deseret News reports (http://bit.ly/1co677m ).
Even in baby-centric Utah, that's pretty remarkable.
The trio says they didn't plan on getting pregnant at the same time. Misti Stokes, 24, said she found out first. Her younger sister, Courtnee Hoffman, 21, later asked her if she had a pregnancy test to spare. It was positive.
The sisters told their older sister, Kristal Turner, 25, then asked if she was sad she wasn't expecting, but she said no — because she was also pregnant.
Stokes gave birth to her baby, Boston, on July 3. Hoffman had her son, Stryker, early Saturday, and Turner's baby, Mack, was born 65 minutes later in the same hospital.
At one point before the birth, Turner passed her mother in the hallways of the Circle of Life Women's Center, part of the Ogden Regional Medical Center. She was on her way to see Hoffman.
"She's like, 'What are you doing? Are you going to see Courtnee?'" Turner said. "And I'm like, 'No, I'm going to have my baby.'"
The sisters were in rooms across the hall from each other, both feeling bad they couldn't be with the other to provide support. Nurses helped by keeping each up-to-date on the other's contractions and the babies' heart rates.
"We couldn't go really into each other's room very much, but we would send pictures back and forth and text and ask how each other is doing," Hoffman told the Deseret News.
Their mother was bouncing back and forth between the rooms as each went through the stages of labor, said Dr. Darren Housel, who delivered both babies.
The fact that both babies came naturally, rather than being induced, made it even more remarkable, he said. It was something he hadn't seen before in his 20 years as a doctor.
"We are all kind of baffled that such a coincidental thing would occur," Housel said. "Over 5,000 babies, I can safely say that I've never delivered sisters on the same day. It was cool, a fun experience to be part of."
The three sisters say their bond is now stronger than ever.
"It's been fun to go through it together," Hoffman said.
The three baby cousins were together for the first time Tuesday.
"I really think that there's a reason why all three are born together," Turner said. "They are going to have a great support system for each other."
Utah had the highest birth rate in the country in 2009, U.S. Census data shows. Utah had 19.4 births per 1,000 people. The 3-year-old data is the latest available comparing state's birth rates.
Information from: Deseret News, http://www.deseretnews.com


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- Describe a challenge you've overcome or a smart resource you've found for your kitchen.:
- The original kitchen was white laminate hell. I added granite counters, new range, sink and marble floors and gave it a pop of warmth. The space is so small every appliance needed to be specially sourced and every 1/2" of horizontal and vertical space needed to be accounted for and there are no straight walls and floors in Manhattan! The renos caused much emotional angst but it's been well worth it!
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I spoke with Quest Software during TechEd this month for a briefing on Change Director, Performance Analysis, and the latest release of Toad. I reviewed Change Director as part of the judging for Best of TechEd. Change Director for SQL Server gives DBAs an integrated tool to control and track most changes within the database. Change Director supports real-time or scheduled database changes, and includes change monitoring and reporting capabilities for unscheduled (or unauthorized) changes as well as planned changes. However, if someone initiates a change outside of Change Director and the server is registered with Change Director, the software will also track changes and log who made the change. Another useful feature allows the DBA to perform an impact analysis on a target database before actually deploying the changes to the target database. This analysis provides a report listing all the SQL calls in the script and flags ones that may potentially fail on the target database. From this point, you can actually drill down into the code to see what's going with this change. Change Director also flags transactions in the SQL logs identifying them with a particular transaction, allowing for recovery at the transaction level regardless of what order the transactions were written to the log.
The product we discussed in depth is Performance Analysis for SQL Server. This deep-dive analysis tool sports a new advisory engine offering both real-time and historical monitoring and problem resolution features. The IntelliProfile™ software included with the package learns the database's signature behavior for the hour of the day, day of the week, etc. to determine acceptable/normal ranges of activity so you can compare current to normal behavior in your particular environment. A dashboard interface highlights deviations from the baseline and then allows you to drill down into the problem and view suggested advice for improving the problem. Since your organization is unique to any other, being able to define normal for your organization is a distinguishing feature of this software. This software has a very broad feature set that allows the DBA to really monitor across the database and application environment.
The final product we covered is the Quest Management Suite for SQLServer. This is actually a bundle of four products in the Quest productline, Capacity Manager, SQL Watch,LiteSpeedandSpotlight on SQL Server. Capacity Manager solves the problemsassociated with managing disk space and server resources. SQL Watchidentifies, tracks and notifies SQL Server administrators of databasechanges that occur at any given time. The features of SQL Watch seemvery similar to the Change Director product. Quest confirmed this andsaid that new releases of Change Director will include all the currentfunctionality of SQL Watch. The otherproduct in the suite is the familiar LiteSpeed for high performancecompression software. The final product in the suite is Spotlight thatmonitors performance from the disk to the end user and supports problemresolution by providing an interface to identify the problem and thenenables a drill-down feature for viewing the low lever processes causingthe performance issue. The Spotlight software is designed to feed a database repository of all the alerts issued out of this suite of products.
I also learned LiteSpeed is being used for recovery in SharePoint and aLiteSpeedbeta is actually running in production area of Microsoft that have gone live with Longhorn.
Quest has a very diverse set of products with all the development andacquisitions they've done in the last few years. So asked about plans tostart integrating these different tool sets to provide more holisticmanagement tools. They said they're actually working on providing acommon protocols that can be imbedded to share data between applicationsand having a shared data repository.


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Lea Seydoux & Adele Exarchopoulos - NBR Awards Gala 2014
Blue is the Warmest Color co-stars Lea Seydoux and Adele Exarchopoulos attend the 2014 National Board of Review Awards Gala held at Cipriani 42nd Street on Tuesday evening (January 7) in New York City.
The ladies were joined by their co-star Jeremie Laheurte at the event that evening.
Adele was honored at the awards gala for her work in the film with the Female Breakthrough Performance Award. Congrats!!!
If you didn't have a chance to catch Blue is the Warmest Color in theaters, you can pick it up on Blu-ray and DVD on February 25.
FYI: Lee is dressed head to toe in Prada.
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text: Overstreet Report post Posted November 17, 2010 (edited) In my limited reading experience, Philip Yancey has been one of the most consistently inspiring writers in Christian publishing... or elsewhere, for that matter. I'm eager to get my hands on a copy of his new book. CT just published a "condensed" excerpt that's worth reading. The opening paragraphs are intriguing: If someone had stood here in Julius Caesar's day and predicted the decline of the mighty Roman Empire and the triumph of an upstart religion founded by a Galilean peasant, he would have been judged a lunatic.As would anyone who stood in the Middle East five centuries later and predicted the downfall of Christianity, by then dominant in places like Iraq, Syria, and Turkey. Yet here we are in the 21st century meeting rather furtively in a backyard in an Islamic state, hoping that none of the hired help are eavesdropping. As a visitor, I cannot help wondering why this part of the world, the birthplace and once the center of the Christian faith, became the region most resistant to it. I get one possible clue from the French sociologist Jacques Ellul who, looking around him at the modern world, noted a paradoxical trend: As the Christian faith permeates society, it tends to produce values that contradict the gospel. I sometimes test his theory while traveling by asking foreigners, "When I say the words United States, what first comes to mind?" Invariably, I get one of three responses: Wealth. Representing only 5 percent of the world's population, the U.S. generates almost a fourth of the world's economic output and still dominates global finance. Military power. The U.S., as the media regularly remind us, is "the world's only superpower." The U.S. military budget exceeds that of the next 23 nations combined, including China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea. Decadence. Most people in other countries get their notion of the U.S. from Hollywood movies, which seem to them obsessed with sex and crime. Each contradicts the teachings and example of Jesus, whose life was marked by poverty, self-sacrifice, and purity. No wonder followers of Islam puzzle over Christianity, a powerful faith that somehow produces the opposite of its ideals in society at large. Edited November 17, 2010 by Overstreet Share this post Link to post Share on other sites


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A&W Restaurant manager James Leo said he wants his place to be "Bayonne's Steakhouse," and it may very well be on its way there.
Tucked into the middle of the block on Avenue C between 19th and 20th streets, A&W is the place to go if you're looking for something meaty.
Prominent on its menu are, of course, steaks. You can choose from a hanger, 10-ounce strip, 9- ounce beef tenderloin filet mignon, or 12-ounce Pepper Crusted Super Prime Rib.
But you can also order double cut pork chop, herb Dijon chicken, braised short ribs over pappardelle, or if you're game, A&W's Signature "Fat Cow" Burger. If you're a fish eater, you might want to try the pan-seared ahi tuna.
If you're looking for a nice light starter, try the baby green salad with greens, carrots, and crunchy cucumbers lightly dressed for $8.
Appetizers include mussels and crispy calamari, Shrimp a la Plancha, with garlic, white wine, lemon and paprika butter, and crab cakes with sweet chili tartar sauce. The sauce has enough of a kick to give it taste, but isn't overbearing.
"We want everyone coming in to feel 100-percent welcome, all of the time."– James Leo
The fries were crisp on the outside, but soft on the inside, with a nice even crust, but not burnt.
The dessert menu is short and sweet.
The apple square, sautéed apples in cinnamon and brandy in puff pastry has a light, flaky crust encasing vanilla ice cream and is topped with confectioners' sugar.
A Dulce de Leche Cheesecake is a New York-style version in caramel sauce.
The premier dessert may very well be the chocolate soufflé cake. A chocolate molten center, surrounded by chocolate cake and chocolate chips, is paired with vanilla gelato.
The server for the evening, Michele Nahrwold, was attentive and friendly, checking in frequently and making sure our coffee cups were full during the dessert course.
Multi-purpose restaurant
Leo doesn't want customers to come just for good steaks. He wants them to come for a beer, a glass of wine, to watch football, to try the restaurant's Sunday brunch, or to book a party.
"We want everyone coming in to feel 100-percent welcome, all of the time," Leo said. "For them to come to A&W to have a very high-quality meal, but also to enjoy the company of my staff and myself."
The restaurant has 12 beers on tap and 12 in bottles, and has five large-screen TVs, so at March Madness time or football season, it's a great place to get together.
In spring and summer, Leo opens up the two French doors at the restaurant's entrance for an al fresco dining feel.
The restaurant's back room accommodates 60 comfortably for special events.
A stage can be used for entertainment and tables can be cleared for a dance floor.
New menu and first anniversary
Leo said he was changing the menu in early April, adding and removing dishes, so stay tuned. The restaurant is also planning to observe its one-year anniversary in May.
A&W is at 456 Ave. C. Its hours are Tuesday through Thursday: 4 to 9:30 p.m.; Friday: 4 to 10:30 p.m.; Saturday: noon to 11 p.m.; and Sunday: noon to 8:30 p.m.
Reservations are suggested, but walk-ins are always welcome.
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Well, this MVP was a bit trickier than most, thanks to the fact that most scoria/cinder cones look pretty similar and some initial confusion about the photo in the first place. Anyway, lets review! The photo: It was identified by the sender as Missouri Bill Hill in Arizona. However, this doesn't seem to be the…


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Housing Benefit helps with your rent payments if you have a low income. Your local council is in charge of Housing Benefit.
Important changes
Housing Benefit is gradually being replaced by Universal Credit. The benefit you should apply for will depend on where you live and your situation. For more information, speak to a welfare rights adviser.
Who can claim
You can claim Housing Benefit if you live in social housing or a property rented from a private landlord.
You must:
- have a low income
- have savings under £16,000 (unless you get Pension Credit)
- live in an area where Universal Credit is not available yet – if Universal Credit is available in your area, you should claim that instead.
Most full-time students are not eligible for Housing Benefit, but there are exceptions.
How much you'll get
The amount of Housing Benefit you may get will depend on:
- where you live
- your age
- who lives with you
- the number of bedrooms in your home
- your and your partner's income and savings
- any other benefits you get
- your rent.
If you're renting from a private landlord, the amount of Housing Benefit you get will be based on Local Housing Allowance rates. These are based on the average local renting cost. Contact your local council for more information.
If your rent is higher than the Local Housing Allowance, you'll need to pay the difference, but you may also be able to get help through a discretionary housing payment. If your rent is lower than the Local Housing Allowance, you could receive the full amount of your rent, but nothing above that amount.
Limits for single people aged 25–34
Single people aged 25–34 who rent from a private landlord are now only entitled to the Housing Benefit 'shared accommodation rate'.
In this case, a single person means someone who:
- isn't living with someone as a couple
- doesn't have dependent children.
The shared accommodation rate is the amount of Housing Benefit you would get if you were renting a single room in a shared house. It is based on the level of local rents for shared properties. Even if you are not in a shared house and are renting somewhere on your own, you are still only entitled to the shared accommodation rate.
Under-occupancy rule (bedroom tax)
People living in local council or housing association accommodation may have their Housing Benefit reduced if the council decides their home is too big for their needs.
This is sometimes called the 'under-occupancy rule' or 'bedroom tax'. You won't be affected by this change if you're getting State Pension. A bedroom for an overnight carer may be excluded from the under-occupancy rule in some cases. Speak to a welfare rights adviser if you think this may affect you. You may be able to claim a Discretionary Housing Payment to cover bedroom tax costs.
The benefit cap may also affect the total amount of benefits you get, including Housing Benefit.
For more information, call the Macmillan Support Line on 0808 808 00 00 to speak to an experienced welfare rights adviser.


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As the Ukraine/Crimea crisis escalates, we've heard the West is supposed to announce the "cost" to Russia for this incursion into the Crimea on Monday. Although I always anticipate an important news event to materialize on one of our time windows, it never dawned on me we'd get such an important geopolitical event. This one is big, and the takeaway to the whole thing might be a return of the Cold War.
I doubt very seriously the West is going to risk a major war here. It appears the Russians have factored in Western retaliation. Last week, a huge withdrawal was made out of a central bank to the tune of $106.1 billion, and the speculation according to a CNBC report is that it is Russia. The Russians might be pulling funding off shore over concerns of retaliation for the referendum in the Crimea. It wouldn't be the first time since the Russian based Narodny Bank pulled a huge amount of dollars out of the United States and into their London branch back in 1956 when the Soviets invaded Hungary.
I don't think the market is going to like this. I've shown you this chart before but it's worth looking at again.
This is characteristic of what happens to financial markets during major geopolitical events. This one was arguably the worst one in the entire 20th century, the invasion and surrender of France to the Nazis in 1940. Our takeaway is similar to what happened in 2011. Markets peaked at the start of the crisis, similar to the Arab Spring, and don't usually bottom until the outcome becomes a foregone conclusion. Since the Russian Duma doesn't actually vote on annexing the Crimea at least until the end of the week, there's a chance this could be an old-fashioned major shake of the trees.
Markets have peaked in this window, but even as the VIX has turned up, the usual fear and trepidation is missing. Too many people still view the market as business as usual. Even Warren Buffet announced he was a buyer. Don't be fooled by Mr. Buffet, none of us have that kind of staying power. Remember he bought halfway through the financial crisis in 2008 and lived to tell about it. This guy probably has more money than a major U.S. city. He's probably the only one in the entire country who can afford to dollar cost average. For the rest of us, we need to wait until the fear level gets so thick, the headlines come bursting through the television.
Here's the VIX(CFE:VI) coming into the new week, and it's as high as it's been recently. Without fear, the potential is for it to get a lot higher. I've been banging the table for well over a year that we need to see a reading near 30 to get a real sustainable move. At least I'm in good company. This week it was none other than Marc Faber who said equities are vulnerable to a 30%-40% hit, simply because we haven't had a real correction since 2011. He's right, of course, but most people you listen to in the media won't tell you that. It's human nature to project the next 12 months based on the prior 12.
Remember, it was a handful of weeks back when I brought the powerful looking green move in the SOX to your attention? I told you at the time I was going against my own methodology of believing strength would hold and believing for the potential that whoever it was that bought in February could end up being part of a huge bull trap? The SOX isn't there yet, that kind of trap takes time to develop, but here is at least one semi stock that is headed in that direction.
Wisdom is knowing when to follow the rules and when to seriously consider the exception to the rule. This is one of those times, as we are not in a normal market. Don't let anyone fool you; we've been working these market cycle points for the past 15 years, and if you forget everything else I tell you, remember that when cycles complete, they end hard.
You won't find many bullish sequences like the one we just had. If I had my druthers, we'd have peaked in January and stayed down until now. It would have set up a tremendous buying opportunity. As it stands, for that tremendous buying opportunity to still materialize by the beginning of next week (the end of our time window season), this will have to be a monumental bear week. Fear will have to build as the market drops, if it indeed does drop. This is not a prediction, but for the market to give us the proper buying opportunity, it needs to make up for lost time in February. For the life of me, I can't understand who was actually buying in the past month. Who buys with big money when the VIX is so low? I will tell you who. It's those who didn't buy when they should have and are now chasing performance. That's why stocks like Altera are developing bull traps. While most semi stocks don't look that bad yet, if you go around the horn of the entire market you'll find plenty that are in an advanced state and others in trouble of severe technical damage. Have you seen the HGX lately?
Next page: Monumental implications...


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Trashy, seedy, campy rock n' roll with an often androgynous, drunk/drugged out, and b-movie-obsessed disposition. Many trash rock bands are punks reviving the feel of the raunchiest '60s garage bands. Surf rock, rockabilly, and raw garage rock are usually prime components.
The Cramps are Gods of trash rock. They are not its only "big name", but no trash rock fan will deny them and they are probably the biggEST trash rock name.
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NH American Legion baseball tourney won't include Manchester's Post 79By ROGER BROWN
New Hampshire Union Leader
July 22. 2013 9:34PM
The eight-team field for the American Legion baseball senior state tournament is set, and it does not include Manchester's Post 79.
According to New Hampshire American Legion officials, Post 79 violated the national enrollment rule that prohibits legion teams from drawing players from high schools with a combined enrollment that exceeds 5,000. Each team's enrollment figure is based on grades 10 through 12, and includes both boys and girls.
Post 79's roster exceeded the limit by 178.
As a result, games that involved Post 79 this season will not count in the District A standings. Rick Harvey, the state's director for junior legion, said making Post 79 forfeit all of its games was an option, but legion officials opted to eliminate all Post 79 games from the official standings instead.
"They're an illegal team that's been playing all year, so we decided not to count those games," Harvey said. "As it turned out, either way we did it (the tournament field) would have been the same. We were letting Post 79 play its games out because we never heard back from national until Friday night.
"We've been having various problems with Post 79 for three years. The paperwork, as far as being on time … they've been struggling with that. We try to help teams when we can, but in this case it was too late. Their roster was locked in. There was nothing we could do."
Post 79 had a 9-6 record in District A with one district game to play when the ruling was made. Two District A teams with six losses and one with seven qualified for the state tournament.
"They were one of the stronger teams," Harvey said. "They were right in the mix."
The double-elimination state tournament begins Friday at Concord's Memorial Field. Friday's schedule: Laconia vs. Rochester (9 a.m.); Lebanon vs. Derry (noon); Goffstown vs. Nashua (4 p.m.) and Concord vs. Londonderry (7 p.m.).


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BRISTOL, Tenn. – The King Men's Wrestling team was unable to overcome an early deficit to the Newberry College Wolves in Wednesday night's dual meet. The Tornado lost in a 29-9 decision to fall to 3-2 on the season in dual meets. Three King Tornado exited the meet with wins.
The Wolves jumped out to a 6-0 lead when Jeffrey Vesta pinned sophomore Jerrelle McCabe within two minutes of the first period. At 133, sophomore Colin Crume (Mishawaka, Ind.) helped half the lead and get King on the board with a seven-point, decision win over Nicholas Lankford, 11-4.
Newberry won the next four bouts at 141, 149, 157, and 165 pounds. Three of those wins came by decision in addition to a technical fall (16-0) over Marcelle McCabe.
With a 20-3 lead, KU won its next two bouts to remain alive. Dyvon Passmore (Miami, Fla.) was down one point in the final period when he recorded a two-point takedown just as the clock turned to 1:00 remaining to take a 10-9 lead before increasing the lead by two more points before the final horn sounded. Brandon Tressler (Orlando, Fla.) won the 184-pound bout over Jared Holiday in a 5-2 decision to trim Newberry's team lead to 20-9.
The Tornado entered the 197-pound bout with a chance win the dual with a pair of pins, but were turned away when Joe Grisko recorded an 8-1 decision win over Cody Davis to seal their victory. Newberry also took the heavyweight bout by pin, leading to a final 29-9 final score.
King is now 3-2 in dual meets this season. The loss to Newberry snapped a three-meet winning streak. The Tornado will host the Belmont Abbey Crusaders in their final home dual of the season on Thursday, Jan. 31, at 6 p.m. inside the Student Center Complex.
125: Jeffrey Vesta (NC) won by pin over Jerrelle McCabe (KU) 1:45.
133: Colin Crume (KU) won by decision over Nicholas Lankford(NC) 11-4.
141: William Young (NC) won by tech fall over Marcelle McCabe (KU) 5:20 16-0.
149: Deral Brown (NC) won by decision over Nicolas Stella (KU) 5-2.
157: Taylor Knapp (NC) won by decision over Jeremy Miller (KU) 2-1.
165: Blake Ridenour (NC) won by decision over John Austin Jones (KU) 5-0.
174: Dyvon Passmore (KU) won by decision over Joseph Pittman(NC) 12-9.
184: Brandon Tressler (KU) won by decision over Jared Holiday(NC) 5-2.
197: Joe Grisko (NC) won by decision over Cody Davis (KU) 8-1.
285: Robert Wade (NC) won by pin over Garrett Fosdyck (KU) 6:06.


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Try this great twist on venison loin and salad from Stacy Harris, author of Happy Healthy Family!
Harris writes: "What is much better than perfectly prepared venison loin over slightly bitter arugula with delicious simple vinaigrette dressing only to be topped off with shaved Parmesan cheese and creamy avocados? It is a meal in itself."
- 1 venison loin
- 1/4 cup good olive oil, for brushing onto loin
- kosher salt and pepper
- Easy vinaigrette
- 8 oz. baby arugula
- 1 4 oz. chunk good Parmesan cheese
- Preheat oven to 250 degrees.
- Brush olive oil onto loin then salt and pepper the loin. Brown loin on all sides in a super hot cast iron skillet. Place loin in oven for 5 minutes. Remove and let rest.
- Make Easy Vinaigrette (Go here)
- Remove avocados from the shell and remove pits. Cut avocados into 1-inch slices.
- With a vegetable peeler, slice Parmesan cheese in long, thin pieces.
- Toss arugula in large bowl with enough dressing to moisten. Divide among 4 plates. Place venison loin, avocados, and cheese among each plate. Sprinkle with salt and serve immediately.
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DPAP PhD students receive honors at nonprofit studies conference
Two PhD students in the Department of Public Administration and Policy will receive awards at the upcoming Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action (ARNOVA) conference. ARNOVA is the leading scholarly association in the field of nonprofit studies.
Jaclyn Schede Piatak has been selected as a 2012 Doctoral Fellow. Piatak is a doctoral candidate whose dissertation examines differences in employee attitudes and behaviors across the nonprofit, government, and for-profit sectors. Her research interests include nonprofit and public management, volunteering, philanthropy, and social policy. Piatak has an undergraduate degree from Providence College and an MPP from the Johns Hopkins University.
Mandi Janis has been chosen to receive a 2012 Emerging Scholar Award. Janis is a second-year student with research interests in nonprofit leadership and foundation grant-making. Prior to enrolling in the doctoral program at AU, she worked in a variety of roles for charitable organizations in Boston, New York, and Washington. She holds an undergraduate degree from Birmingham-Southern College and a master's degree in social work from Boston College.
Piatak and Janis will be recognized at the conference awards luncheon alongside DPAP Prof. Lewis Faulk, this year's winner of the Gabriel Rudney Memorial Award for Outstanding Dissertation.


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What do you get if you gather together some of the leading cycling journalists and ask them to contribute to an in depth historical encyclopaedia of cycling hardware? You get Bike! by Aurum Sports Press.
Weighing in at a hefty 1.5kgs, Bike! is a beautifully designed and researched history of the most significant marques in cycling manufacturing - alphabetically listed from Atala (who in 1948 sponsored a certain Giovanni Pinarello for the Giro) through Colnago, Cervelo, Flandria, and a wealth of bike building history - to close with Wilier Triestina. Yes - that Wilier - who surprise, surprise are Italian not German as I and probably many of you have long assumed. Wilier it seems is an acronym of the phrase 'L'Italia liberata e redenta' with 'W' as an abbreviation of 'Viva' at the front which, as all you fluent in Italian know, means "Long live Italy, liberated and redeemed." Oh, and Cannondale are named after a small railway station in Connecticut...There you go. Just a few snippets that illustrate the richness of Bike!
The quality of writing is superb: A forward by Robert Penn, introductions by Richard Moore and Daniel Benson and then a wealth of considered bike building history - including the key moments and photos of the legends that rode them. From end to end it's a cycle nerd's oily dream come true.
For those of you with the Cyclopedia app for iPad the quality of the bike photography will be familiar. Late at night, curled up in bed with 'Bike!', rain lashing against the winter windows, you can almost feel the 1950's Italian sun on your face and the scent of Adriatic orange blossom radiating off the page as you ogle Coppi's famous Bianchi frame in glorious close up, reach out to stroke that beautiful glossy Bianchi bottom bracket and..Sorry. Where was I..?
Clever touches abound: the small coloured tags to link images to text rather than the 'Top L, Bottom R' system works well (unless you're unfortunate enough to be colour blind) and every page has been considered alongside it's neighbours to produce harmony and balance throughout. There isn't one badly designed spread or mediocre image in the whole 352 pages. The book concludes with a full list of TDF winners by name, frame maker and group set - which should finish the Campag v Shimano argument once and for all. Shimano need another 17 TDF wins to equal Campagnolo - so stuff that up your Dura-Ace and smoke it.
The editors have chosen well. The bespoke frame building geniuses Pegoretti and Masi (who have built frames for champions such as Pantani and Merckx plastered with the decals of different sponsorship manufacturers) sit alongside modern mass market technological giants like Cervelo, Trek and..er..Giant. It's not just frame manufacturers - the history of Campagnolo, Shimano, Sram, and Mavic are covered in full. For anyone like me who's had a pair of those very useful Cinelli Spinacci bars hanging up in the shed for the past 15 years the full tale of how the bars were passed by the UCI and then banned by Jean Marie LeBlanc in 1997 is here. Since Jean Marie has now passed away - can I put them back on the bike again? They were brilliant.
The book's only fault is the vulgar exclamation mark in the title. In a Lynn Truss type fit I'm currently taking a black marker pen to the hardback cover of my cover and tippexing the white pages. I wouldn't want to tell teach such fine writers their business but an exclamation mark (unless following a verbal scream: eg: 'Aaaeeiii!!') is a desperate bid for attention - something this very fine book doesn't need. Did Enzo need 'Ferrari!' or Ernesto 'Colnago!' I rest my case. I imagine Aurum wanted to guarantee attention on the book pile for Christmas by shouting! about their product. 'Bike' would have been enough and as classy as the book itself. 'Bike!' is still a triumph and worth every penny.
A triumph and worth every penny... even with the exclamation mark
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Make and model: Bike! A Tribute to the World's greatest bike designers
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Well, from a book point of view probably the most technical thing I can tell you is this...
Did you enjoy using the product? Yes
Would you consider buying the product? Yes
Would you recommend the product to a friend? Yes
Anything further to say about the product in conclusion?
I'd give it a 9.5 (4 and three quarter stars if I could) and it would be close to a 10 if I wasn't so exclam allergic
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I usually ride: Dolan Prefissio - winter bike My best bike is: Condor Moda Ti - summer bike
I've been riding for: 10-20 years I ride: Most days I would class myself as: Experienced
I regularly do the following types of riding: road racing, commuting, club rides, sportives, general fitness riding, Dabble in Triathlon


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The National Endowment for the Arts announced Wednesday that it's awarding $74.85 million in grants for the second half of the fiscal year for a wide variety of projects, from the avant-garde to traditional folk art.
According to NEA Acting Chairman Joan Shigekawa, for every dollar the federal government invests, organizations raise an additional $9 in support.
"These NEA-supported projects will not only have a positive impact on local economies, but will also provide opportunities for people of all ages to participate in the arts, help our communities to become more vibrant, and support our nation's artists as they contribute to our cultural landscape," she said in a statement announcing the grants.
In addition to the big cultural meccas of New York and Los Angeles, the NEA is careful to recognize projects in every state and award grants to large and small cities all over the U.S., including Fort Worth, Texas; Miami; Fresno and Sacramento, Calif.; Charlotte and Raleigh, N.C.; Bellingham and Tacoma, Wash.; and Kansas City, Mo.
In addition, each state's nonprofit arts agency received a grant to distribute to groups and institutions that it has partnerships with, such as museums and performing arts groups.
In Texas, the state's Commission on the Arts was awarded $911,900, while the California Arts Council received $1.08 million, the North Carolina Arts Council was allotted $907,000 and the Florida Department of State's Division of Cultural Affairs received $826,500.
There are a wide variety of individual arts projects receiving grants, including $15,000 to the University of Texas at Arlington to make four case studies of cities to determine the connection between arts and craft producers and urban economies.
Fort Worth's Amphibian Stage Productions got $12,000 to support its multicultural program for young people in theater, dance, music, art, history and geography.
The Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra was awarded $20,000 to support a touring and educational program in rural communities within 150 miles, including Graham, Killeen, Stephenville and Waxahachie.
The venerable Van Cliburn Foundation, named for the legendary pianist, who died last year, was awarded $10,000 to support a touring performance of Van Cliburn International Piano Competition winners.
In Miami, the Florida Grand Opera will receive $30,000 for Wagner's "Tristan & Isolde," a classic work that will include programs to make the opera relevant to contemporary audiences. Performances will be at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts in Miami and the Broward Center for the Performing Arts in Fort Lauderdale.
The Arsht center also will receive $60,000 for a summer dance camp for middle school students.
Sacramento's B Street Theatre will get $10,000 to market itself, copying the baseball model of the Sacramento River Cats, a Triple A team that's succeeded at packaging family entertainment programs.
In Fresno, the Alliance for California Traditional Arts received $50,000 for an apprenticeship program so master artists can mentor young artists.
Charlotte's Afro-American Cultural Center was awarded $40,000 to enhance its digital plan for the John & Vivian Hewitt Collection of African-American Art, including expanding the interactive capabilities of the website.
The North Carolina Symphony was awarded $10,000 for a collaborative community project with a Brooklyn-based N.C. native, composer and a local psychedelic folk band.
Kansas City's celebrated role in the history of jazz will get a boost with a $15,000 grant to the American Jazz Museum. The funding will support the 18th & Vine Jazz and Blues Festival, a one-day indoor and outdoor festival that will include Ramsey Lewis, Geri Allen and Arturo Sandoval.
In Bellingham, Northwest Indian College was awarded $25,000 for activities, conferences, classes and apprenticeships to support basketry skills for Native American basket weavers.
The Tacoma Art Museum got $20,000 for an exhibition of Western American art.


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BOSTON (AP) — Kris Kristofferson and Randy Newman have been honored at a Massachusetts awards ceremony recognizing the lyrics of contemporary songwriters.
Kristofferson is best known for country hits including "Me and Bobby McGee," ''For the Good Times" and "Help Me Make It Through the Night."
Newman is known for songs with biting wit including the hit "Short People" and an album taking on Southern racism and Northern hypocrisy. He scored dozens of films including "Toy Story" and "A Bug's Life."
The Song Lyrics of Literary Excellence awards were established by PEN New England in 2012. The ceremony occurred Monday at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library.
Honorees are chosen by a committee that includes Bono, Rosanne Cash, Elvis Costello, Smokey Robinson and Paul Simon.
The first awards were given to Chuck Berry and Leonard Cohen.


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Every package you ship with Shipito between now and December 4th, 2016 will count as an entry into our giveaway for one of four $250 Visa gift cards (excludes packages sent via Airmail).
The more you ship, the better your chances of winning, so don't stop shipping!
Four (4) different winners will be chosen December 5th, 2016.
Happy shipping!
Terms and Conditions:
The last date entries will be accepted is 11:59PM PST on December 4th, 2016. After
this date, no further entries to the giveaway will be permitted.
No entries will be awarded for packages shipped using Airmail Economy or Airmail
Priority shipping methods. Shipito employees and affiliates and their family members
are excluded from participation in this giveaway.
No responsibility can be accepted for entries not received for whatever reason.
Shipito reserves the right to cancel or amend the competition and these terms and
conditions without notice. Any changes to the competition will be notified to entrants
as soon as possible by the promoter.
The promoter is not responsible for inaccurate prize details supplied to any entrant
by any third party connected with this competition.
No cash alternative to the $250 Visa gift card will be offered. The $250 Visa gift card is not transferable.
Prizes are subject to availability, and we reserve the right to substitute any prize
with another of equivalent value without giving notice.
Winners will be chosen at random from a pool of all entries.
Winners will be notified by email December 5th, 2016. If the winner cannot be contacted
or does not claim the prize within 14 days of notification, we reserve the right to
withdraw the prize from the winner and pick a replacement winner.
The winner agrees to the use of his/her name and image in future announcements. Any
personal data relating to the winner will not be disclosed to a third party without
the entrant's prior consent.
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by these terms and conditions.
Void where prohibited.