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Sunday, October 26, 2008
Laughter is the Best Medicine!
It does look like it will recover and I suppose I should feel lucky that it is the only plant that was severely damaged.
The windows were installed that day and it was quite chilly to have the house wide open. Between the rain and cold both Tuesday & Wednesday I was chilled and just could not warm up. I sat at the kitchen table and worked on the thank you letters all morning. (The flash on the camera refused to work that day too.)
So I was already in a foul mood when I left for work. The car that had just been inspected the day before started making a strange noise whenever I turned the wheel. So after work I headed into the city instead of home and ran into traffic gridlock. They have a big paving project going on and traffic was backed up half a mile or more back from where the highway ends. My 10 minute trip took 25. My mechanic had one of his guys look at it and told me the power steering line had blown. Nice guy that he is he said, "This one's on me." If he's giving me free work I have to believe that his guy did something wrong the day before. (In fairness to my mechanic, I have never had any problems with him, he charges reasonable prices and does good work.)
Friday went by without anything awful happening. I did have a spare bus that is uncomfortable for me to drive but that really wasn't a big deal. I got my letter confirming my surgery date and the contractor finished up and actually did a good job cleaning up.
The new windows and look wonderful! I can already feel the difference - no drafts!
Saturday I was painting the trim and friends called to say they wanted to come out and see the new car and siding. I was cranky (big surprise, I know) because I have the trim on 10 windows to get done this weekend.
I am so glad they came! Very little painting got done but we sat around playing cards with much laughter. And once I started laughing I started to feel good for the first time in a couple of weeks. I think laughter is what finally chased Mr. Murphy away.
I will get some more painting done today, but it won't all get done. The sun is out and I have some things outside I'd like to do and the last scanfest of the year is today so even though my scanner is packed away until the painting gets done I hope to be able to chat for awhile.
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Your poor azalea! Mine seems pretty hardy and comes back even when we have our rare frosts. Hopefully yours will too.ReplyDelete
I know you'll love your new windows. Ours made such a difference in our heating bills and also the noise level from outside was less.
Glad you had some fun time with your friends. Laughter is always good :)
Oh Apple, your poor Azalea! Workmen can be very hard on plants.ReplyDelete
I'm so glad your new windows were in before this nasty storm hit. It made a huge difference when we put storms on our windows a few years ago.
Our school was open today but the surrounding schools were closed. We lost power for about 30 hrs. Just got it back about 6:30 tonight. We're so lucky to have a generator, but can't run it all night. It was a night to snuggle! We also just got the Internet back. The phones are still not working right...we can only call locally.
How badly did you get hit?
It's too early for this!


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Compact Core of Galaxy M87
NASA's Hubble Space Telescope clearly shows the central core and accompanying jet of the giant elliptical galaxy M87. This near-infrared image was taken with HST's Wide Field and Planetary Camera (WF/PC), in high resolution mode, on June 1, 1991. The image is being presented on Thursday, January 16th at the 179th meeting of the American Astronomical Society in Atlanta, Georgia.
The steady increase in brightness of M87 towards its center is readily apparent in the image, showing that the stars in MS7 are strongly concentrated towards its nucleus, as if drawn into the center and held there by the gravitational field of a massive black hole. Theoretical models suggest that the structure of M87 is consistent with a central 2.6 billion solar mass black hole. High resolution spectroscopic observations are now needed to confirm this possibility.
The spot of light directly at the center of M87 is not due to starlight, but appears to be a visible counterpart of the strong nuclear radio source. The nuclear emission appears to be produced by hot plasma interacting with magnetic fields and is perhaps generated by a super hot disk of infalling gas expected to surround the black hole. This accretion disk is presumably also the source of the plasma jet which extends for more than 5,000 light years from the nucleus.
Also visible in the image are a number of faint starlike sources scattered about the center. These are globular clusters orbiting within M87, each composed of 100 thousand to 1 million stars.
Tod R. Lauer, Sandra M. Faber/NASA;
Investigators: Tod R. Lauer (NOAO), Sandra M. Faber (CSC), C. Roger Lynds (NOAO), and the Wide Field/Planetary Camera Imaging Team

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Past Special
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Last updated: June 19th at 5:39 PM
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Wednesday, January 23rd, 2013, 9pm - Midnight
on The Evan "Funk" Davies Show
The new book Wired Up presents a history of early '70s glam rock in picture sleeves. Specifically, seven-inch picture sleeves. Even more specifically, European glam-rock seven-inch picture sleeves. Authors Mary Blount and Jeremy Thompson have assembled a gorgeous collection of actual-size reproductions of over 300 sleeves, printed on high-quality paper in riotous color. But, you're thinking, this is a RADIO show - I can't look at a book through the radio. Well, EFD is one step ahead of you: Mary and Jeremy will be bringing some of the records featured in the book to play on the air, AND a copy of the book will be given away during the show. (Make that two steps ahead.) Tune in Wednesday night, January 23, and check out the book online at wiredupbook.com.
How To Kill A Conversation
Tuesday, January 22nd, 2013, 6pm - 7pm
on Aerial View
"Don't take this the wrong way..." "Can I be honest with you?" "I'm just being real..." Is this cruelty disguised as truth?
The Piggies
Tuesday, January 22nd, 2013, Noon - 3pm
on Three Chord Monte with Joe Belock
These little Piggies ain't going to no market nor are they staying at home. They are coming to WFMU to deliver their own brand of straight-up catchy rock and roll!
Chris Forsyth and Gato Loco de Bajo on Airborne Event live at The Castello Plan
Monday, January 21st, 2013, 9pm - Midnight
on Airborne Event
Chris Forsyth and Gato Loco de Bajo live at The Castello Plan Monday, January 21st, 2013, 9pm - Midnight on Airborne Event with Dan Bodah Come down to The Castello Plan at 1213 Cortelyou Road in Brooklyn and spend some quality time with the Twelve and a Halfth Best Show on WFMU (as calculated by the station's volunteer squad of crack statisticians)! Guitarist Chris Forsyth composes simple, hypnotic pieces with rock, folk, blues, and experimental influences. His recent releases, including 2012's "Kenzo Deluxe," garnered a lot of attention around WFMU. Gato Loco de Bajo plays Cuban music of the '30s and '40s like you've never heard it before. Their languid, heart-pulsing sound features tuba, bass sax, baritone guitar, bass & percussion, making them the ultimate low-end band.
Kevin Smith
Monday, January 21st, 2013, 7pm - 8pm
on Nardwuar The Human Serviette Show
An Interview with director Kevin Smith (Red Bank, NJ)! Doot doola doot doo... doot doo!
Live From the Golden Festival
Saturday, January 19th, 2013, 6pm - 9pm
on Transpacific Sound Paradise with Rob Weisberg
For the fifth year, TSP presents a live broadcast from the massive annual Balkan and East European music and dance bacchanal, the Golden Festival. It's a two night affair - Friday and Saturday Jan 18 & 19 - held in Brooklyn at the kitschy and fabulous Grand Prospect Hall. We'll bring you the action live from the Grand Ballroom stage, one of four stages that will host over sixty ensembles.
Mike Sabatini of Attacker
Thursday, January 17th, 2013, Noon - 3pm
on Diane's Kamikaze Fun Machine
Attacker, the mightiest metal band from Hoboken is still around! Drummer Mike Sabatini will join Diane as guest DJ for her Peer Pressure segment. on Thursday Jan 17th at 1pm. Mike and the band was included on the infamous Metal Massacre 5 compilation in 1984-- also featuring Voivod, Over Kill and Hellhammer, will take a walk down memory lane musically and catch the listeners up with what Attacker has to offer now!
Thursday, January 17th, 2013, Midnight - 3am
on 100% Whatever with Mary Wing
Boston's Plumerai has been making music since 2004; reinventing themselves in early 2012 with new vocalist Eliza Brown and drummer Mickey Vershbow joining brothers Martin Newman on guitars and keyboards and James Newman on bass. This new incarnation weaves indie, post punk, dreampop, darkwave & shoegaze styles into a cohesive & original sound which builds on their established moody atmosphere. Their recently released album, "Mondegreen," is a sophisticated mixture of layered guitars, melodic bass lines, and driving rhythms, accompanied by seductively jazzy vocals. Hear them live on Mary Wing's show on January 17th!
Life in your 20's
Tuesday, January 15th, 2013, 6pm - 7pm
on Aerial View
Chris T. asks "Is life in your 20's like "Girls"? And do you have "Brooklyn Envy"?
Endless Boogie play live for three solid hours
Tuesday, January 15th, 2013, 3pm - 6pm
on Brian Turner
Rescheduled from October: NYC's greaziest triple guitar/bass/drums riff-riders invoke the spirits of Peter Green, Tony McPhee, Ron Asheton, Lobby Lloyde, Zoot Horn Rollo and other purveyors of heavy damage blues jammage live in studio today: three solid hours of Endless Boogie performance!
Triple Hex
Tuesday, January 15th, 2013, Noon - 3pm
on Three Chord Monte with Joe Belock
The grime and grit of old New York may be hard to find these days on the city's sanitized and gentrified streets but it will come oozing out of your speakers when Triple Hex hits the airwaves. It may be a Tuesday afternoon but will feel like one of those booze-soaked late nights as the spirit of the Cramps, Sun Records and all kinds of other cool stuff casts a hex on you unsuspecting listeners! New 6-song EP coming out with a record release party Jan. 17 at The Gutter in Brooklyn.
Twins of El Dorado
Monday, January 14th, 2013, 9pm - Midnight
on Airborne Event
Airborne Event is pleased to welcome experimental chamber duo Twins of El Dorado for a live on-air performance on January 14th. Vocalist Kristin Slipp and trumpeter Joe Moffett craft modern art songs that go from playful to ritualistic to downright bizarre. Their debut album, Portend the End, is out now on Prom Night Records.
Monday, January 14th, 2013, 7pm - 8pm
on Nardwuar The Human Serviette Show
An Interview with Joe Keithley of D.O.A (Burnaby, BC)! Doot doola doot doo... doot doo!
Grandmaster Caz
Friday, January 11th, 2013, 7pm - 8pm
on Put The Needle On The Record with Billy Jam
Grandmaster Caz is a true hip-hop pioneer who, for four decades, has been consistently involved in the culture of hip-hop as an emcee and DJ. He and his crew the Cold Crush Brothers laid the groundwork for the global phenomenon that is hip-hop today although he has not always gotten the props he deserved: example not getting credited for writing the verse that Big Bank Hank "borrowed" for the groundbreaking Sugarhill Gang hit "Rapper's Delight." "Caz has been described as The Robert Johnson of rap," said Paul Toogood - the producer of recent hip-hop documentary "Something From Nothing: The Art Of Rap" that Caz was the unexpected star of - because of the scarcity of recorded music by this highly influential hip-hop emcee. Earlier this week Billy Jam traveled up to the Bronx to the home of Grandmaster Caz to sit down and discuss these topics and more. Tune into "Put The Needle On The Record" Friday January 11th at 7pm to hear this interview on WFMU.
Trevor Stephenson
Thursday, January 10th, 2013, 7pm - 8pm
on Night People
Tune into Night People for a discussion with harpsichordist and lecturer Trevor Stephenson regarding the life and profound musical influence of Johann Sebastian Bach and his work, "The Well-Tempered Clavier".
Jesse Malin
Thursday, January 10th, 2013, Noon - 3pm
on Diane's Kamikaze Fun Machine
The former frontman of D Generation and NYC hardcore youngsters Heart Attack, Jesse Malin will be Diane's Peer Pressure guest DJ. With a discography of over 12 full length releases we probably won't get around to talking about all his music, but, listeners will be able to ask Jesse questions via the live interactive playlist. Jesse has upcoming appearances at the Light of Day festival in Asbury Park the weekend of January 17th. Jesse's Peer Pressure appearance begins at 1pm on Thursday January 10th.
Your Last Wishes
Tuesday, January 8th, 2013, 6pm - 7pm
on Aerial View
Cremation? Open casket? Fun funeral? Donations to a charity? What do you want once you're gone?
Trin Tran
Tuesday, January 8th, 2013, 3pm - 6pm
on Brian Turner
The helmeted, one-man show of Madison, Wisconsin native Steve Coombes finds shards of alien soundtrack transmissions scattered throughout a steady and unhealthy diet of Berlin circa 1979 and Cleveland 1977. His new LP Dark Radar has been issued by God? Records, a new imprint founded by Ty Segall. All instruments, guitar, synth, drums, live and solo on the air today.
Colin L. Orchestra
Monday, January 7th, 2013, 9pm - Midnight
on Airborne Event
The Colin L. Orchestra is where former USAISAMONSTER member Colin Langenus indulges his pop, jam band, yacht rock side. The band's new record, "Col," delves into pure sweet comfort music, abandoning itself to influences ranging from Hendrix to the Beastie Boys to Ween. It's a fun ride. Tune in when Colin L. Orchestra visits Airborne Event live on January 7th to bring in the New Year with joyous, peaceful tunes.
Issac Brock of Modest Mouse
Monday, January 7th, 2013, 7pm - 8pm
on Nardwuar The Human Serviette Show
An Interview with Issac Brock of Modest Mouse (Issaquah, WA) from August 8, 1997! Doot doola doot doo... doot doo!
Annual I.B.J. Holiday Party, live from Maxwell's
Sunday, January 6th, 2013, Noon - 3pm
on The Glen Jones Radio Programme
The Glen Jones Radio Programme featuring X. Ray Burns will host the annual I.B.J. Holiday Party this Sunday, January 6th, noon to 3PM live from Maxwell's in Hoboken (1039 Washington). Featuring performances by Holmes and Reno's Men. Join us there live or tune in at WFMU. Admission is free.
WFMU Holiday Party
Saturday, January 5th, 2013, 9pm - 3am
on The WFMU Holiday Party!
Get down to the sweet sounds of WFMU's annual (post) holiday party!
Fatoumata Diawara Live at Pace
Saturday, January 5th, 2013, 6pm - 9pm
on Transpacific Sound Paradise with Rob Weisberg
Fatoumata Diawara is an engaging young West African actress turned singer who performs original songs blending Wassalou traditions of Southern Mali with international influences. She's one of the dozen artists selected to play the prestigious annual globalFEST world music showcase at Webster Hall on Sunday January 13. You'll understand why she made the cut when you hear tonight's broadcast of her triumphant New York Debut last September at Pace University's Schimmel Center specially remixed for radio by engineer extraordinaire Don Wood.
Astro Twins
Thursday, January 3rd, 2013, 7pm - 8pm
on Night People
Ring in the New Year with Night People as the Astro Twins, Tali and Ophira, return to discuss what's in the stars for 2013 and to answer your horoscopic questions!
A Very Freeform New Year's with Dan Bodah, Nat Roe, Jesse Jarnow & Friends
Monday, December 31st, 2012, 9pm - 6am
on Live Broadcasts and Special Events
The Monday night crew--Dan Bodah, Nat Roe, and Jesse Jarnow--are ringing in 2013 with an epic 9-hour radio event, knocking down the illusory barriers between time-slots and years, squeegeeing the doors of perception, and offering spontaneously erupting dance parties, karaoke, year-end faves, radio plays, collaborative sound collages, sunrise drones, and a cavalcade of guests. Greg Fox (Guardian Alien, Zs, ex-Liturgy) will perform brand new material for his solo project GDFX. Alaina Stamatis--whose situationist poetry readings framed as "bird watching tours," "karate lessons," "gym memberships," and "evil yoga," have earned her the title "Queen of Bushwick"--will perform a live radio play and lead a karaoke ensemble that is possibly talented or possibly just shameless. The Sloppy Pranksters--including Starmaiden, Vape Stiles, and others--will scurry about the innards like DMT elves. Kurt Gottschalk will be appearing in the role of Kurt Gottschalk. (And if you are a WFMU DJ and happen to be in the greater Jersey City area, you're welcome to swing by and join the fun.)
Aaron Chapman
Monday, December 31st, 2012, 7pm - 8pm
on Nardwuar The Human Serviette Show
An interview with author Aaron Chapman about his book "Liquor, Lust and the Law"! Doot doola doot doo... doot doo!
Put the Needle on the Year End Hip-Hop Rap Up
Friday, December 28th, 2012, 7pm - 8pm
on Put The Needle On The Record with Billy Jam
2012 was a very good year for hip-hop music. For proof join Billy Jam when he packs into a one hour mix as many as possible of these quality hip-hop releases from the past year, as well as inviting listeners to share their favorite hip-hop (and other music) releases of 2012. Put the Needle on on the Year End Hip-Hop Rap Up: Dec 28, 2012 with Billy Jam, 7pm on WFMU.
Spazz Xmas Fiasco!
Thursday, December 27th, 2012, 9pm - Midnight
on Music To Spazz By with Dave the Spazz
Join Dave the Spazz as he welcomes the Baxx SiSi's, Sato and Jonny and special surprise musical guests for his annual edition of holiday cheers and jeers.
Steve Zing - the final Peer Pressure guest of 2012
Thursday, December 27th, 2012, Noon - 3pm
on Diane's Kamikaze Fun Machine
Steve Zing, multi instrumentalist and member of Danzig, Samhain, Mourning Noise, The Undead, Doomtree and more, will be Diane's Peer Pressure guest DJ on Thursday at 1pm. Listeners will be able to ask Steve questions via the live interactive playlist. Tune in to the whole program for selections ahead of time that Steve had a hand in.
Courtney T. Edison Fills in for Mac This Evening
Tuesday, December 25th, 2012, 8pm - 9pm
on Old Codger with Courtney T. Edison
On Christmas Day, the Old Codger will muck up the festivities by filling in for the Antique Phonograph Hour from 8-9pm Eastern. While others are singing "Joy to the World," he'll be decking anyone who comes down the hall while he's spinning 78 rpm records. Tune in, Tuesday December 25, for a solid hour of surface noise and unrelenting misanthropy.
Koliadnyky from Kryvorivnia with members of Lemon Bucket Orkestra
Monday, December 24th, 2012, 9pm - Midnight
on Airborne Event
Tune in Airborne Event on Monday night to bring in Christmas right! The Koliadnyky are a group of Hutsuls from a little Carpathian mountain town who sing magic songs every Christmastime to ensure that spring comes again. The music includes the sound of the trembita, a 12 foot long horn made from a lightning-struck birch tree, and the words stem from pre-Christian days. Joining them will be members of Toronto's guerilla-folk party punks, the Lemon Bucket Orkestra. Wild times are assured if you will only lend us your ears!
Nardwuar vs. Roger Allen: The 'Best of '
Monday, December 24th, 2012, 7pm - 8pm
on Nardwuar The Human Serviette Show
Guest DJ Roger Allen brings more goodies to the Nardwuar show for your aural consumption! Doot doola doot doo... doot doo!
The Dolchnakov Brigade
Monday, December 24th, 2012, 3am - 6am
on amEdeo's show
They've performed in bars, clubs, CVS's-- Now they come to WFMU! A big "welcome-hello" to Brooklyn avant-tronic quasi-punk band The Dolchnakov Brigade, a group so wonderfully outlandish and affecting that amEdeo once had a nightmare about them. Experience an entire set of brand-new songs making their public debut, then join amEdeo as he sits, stands, and speaks with band leader Yon Yonson. Tune in and let the sweet sounds of the "Palevish!" revolution fill the heart that is of your ears!
Put the Needle on the Dublin Mid 80's Mods
Friday, December 21st, 2012, 7pm - 8pm
on Put The Needle On The Record with Billy Jam
In the mid 1980's Billy Jam traveled back to Dublin and did a series of interviews including one with a group of Irish mods at the Ric Tic club where former members of the Emerald Society mod collective would get together for retro mod parties. In this recently unearthed interview from Dublin in the 1986 "Glocko" and other Dublin mods talk about music, fashion, fanzines, drugs, fights with skinheads and trendies, the Northern Ireland mod scene, and other topics.
Friday, December 21st, 2012, Midnight - 3am
on Wm. Berger presents My Castle of Quiet
There's so much great, new hardcore, especially in the last 10 years or so, one can hardly keep up. And New Jersey, like Boston, being one of the places where the genre was originally born and thrived, is no slouch in modern terms. With that in mind, My Castle of Quiet is proud to present a live set from IDES, a band just on the approach to some peak / plateau of their powers. IDES pack more variation and energy into their 40-sec. to 1.5-min. songs than most bands in punk put into songs twice as long. ...And not to overemphasize the "female singer" aspect, but Jillian Keats' vocals do add an enticing element to IDES' sound, a relevance of fresh energy and (girl) power, and fans of Nausea and Crass, and other legendary female-fronted hardcore bands, will not be disappointed. You can listen to their demo and single at the their bandcamp page (linked above), which will give you more than an idea of what to expect, though we also imagine IDES to be a band so fresh and so vital, that they're probably getting better and better with every show and practice session.
John Stabb of Government Issue on Peer Pressure
Thursday, December 20th, 2012, Noon - 3pm
on Diane's Kamikaze Fun Machine
John Stabb, the godfather of punk vocals and frontman of DC's Government Issue (among a steady stream of others) will be my PEER PRESSURE Guest This week! Listeners can ask him questions via the live interactive playlist on WFMU.ORG This is a RADIO/LISTENING event! Diane's Kamikaze Fun Machine is heard on Thursdays from Noon-3pm NYC time. The PEER PRESSURE segment, of which John's appearance is part of, starts at 1pm.
Emily Danger
Thursday, December 20th, 2012, 3am - 6am
on Dark Night of the Soul with Julie
Dark cabaret isn't hard to find in New York, but the way Emily Danger mixes the sound with hard rock gives it a special bite. The powerful, nuanced vocals of Emily Nicholas lead the way for rock music heightened by Cameron Orr's searing violin. Their sound is unpredictable, and as you stomp your feet to the hard rhythms you might find yourself singing along at high volume or playing air violin.
Ali S. Qadeer
Tuesday, December 18th, 2012, 7pm - 9pm
on Neighbors Noise with Jesse Kaminsky (on Give the Drummer Radio stream)
Ali S. Qadeer is a student in Providence, Rhode Island who hails from Kingston, Ontario. He peaked as a teenager when he DJed the truly timeless Out Of Step radio program on Monday nights on CFRC Queens University Radio. In 1998, he won the award for Best Rock and Pops [sic] Program. It remains to be seen whether he will lose this title should the station management ever realize he didn't play the requisite 35% Canadian Content.
Sandy Hook and Gun Ownership
Tuesday, December 18th, 2012, 6pm - 7pm
on Aerial View
Is Sandy Hook the turning point for Gun Ownership in the US? Is it time for Gun Insurance? And Dr. Sheila Zaretsky joins Chris T. to talk about children and rage.
Jim Coleman
Monday, December 17th, 2012, 9pm - Midnight
on Airborne Event
Jim Coleman's compelling musical voice has been well-known since his 1990s role on samplers in seminal NYC band Cop Shoot Cop. His work has gradually shifted toward soundtracks and collages over the passing years. On his standout 2012 album "Trees," Jim assembled a crack team of musicians adept at crafting sweeping musical ecstasies in which it's almost impossible to tell where the electronic textures give way to the sheets of acoustic sound. His team included folks like Phil Puleo, drummer for Cop Shoot Cop and Swans; cellist Kirsten McCord; Dawn McCarthy of Faun Fables; and Ellen Fullman, with her self-created long stringed instrument. Tune in for a live in-studio session from Jim and the cats he herds into WFMU Studio B on December 17th.
The Flatliners
Monday, December 17th, 2012, 7pm - 8pm
on Nardwuar The Human Serviette Show
Interview with The Flatliners (Toronto, ON)! Doot doola doot doo... doot doo!
The Truncated Tea Party Listenener Jil's Dad Christmas Special (Bronwyn fills in for Benjamen Walker)
Monday, December 17th, 2012, 6pm - 7pm
on Pig Talk with Bronwyn C.
In response to a Listener's special request, Bronwyn C. presents an hour of holiday music and a reading of "A Child's Christmas in Wales." So tune in and trim your tree with Bronwyn C!
Colombian Music Encuentro, Part 2
Saturday, December 15th, 2012, 6pm - 9pm
on Transpacific Sound Paradise with Rob Weisberg
At last month's Colombian Music Encuentro at Le Poisson Rouge, 10 bands and artists from New York's thriving Colombian music scene kept a full house on its feet for six hours. We broadcast three hours live on November 10th and tonight we'll hear the rest of the electrifying event as recorded that evening. Including: The folk-guitar / jazz roots artistry of Alejandro Florez & Tibaguí; the effervescent Afro-Tropical-Colombian dancefloor workouts of Grupo Rebolú, the heady jazz guitar improv inventions of Sebastián Cruz's Cheap Landscape Trio, and the cathartic Afro-Colombian punk-psychedelic excursions of M.A.K.U Sound System.
St. Claire
Saturday, December 15th, 2012, 6am - 9am
on Shrunken Planet with Jeffrey Davison
Brooklyn's folk-rock outfit St. Claire stopped by studio B recently. Their album, "Everyone Lives Here", has been in heavy rotation on my show since I came across it early this year. Led by siblings Emily and Glenn Forsythe, they treated us to six of their gorgeous songs. We also chatted about their background and songwriting process. Their next gig is at Pianos on December 11th, 8pm.
Put the Needle on the February 1993 Hip-Hop Flashback
Friday, December 14th, 2012, 7pm - 8pm
on Put The Needle On The Record with Billy Jam
Back in the early 1990's when most music fans still paid for music, and when record labels still had ample promotion dollars to invest in their acts and send them out to music industry events like the long gone annual Gavin Convention in San Francisco, Billy Jam did a radio show on Bay Area station KUSF. During the time of the February 1993 radio industry convention his guests included The Pharcyde, Masta Ace, Diamond D of DITC, Charizma (RIP) & Peanut Butter Wolf, Da King & I, and Ye'all So Stupid. Hear these interviews with freestyles plus the hip-hop news from that period in hip-hop almost 20 years ago on Put The Needle on the February 1993 Hip-Hop Flashback with Billy Jam, December 14th, 7pm on WFMU.
Friday, December 14th, 2012, 9am - Noon
on The Long Rally with Scott McDowell
Fresh off their opening slot for Psychic TV, STARRED is the duo of Matthew Koshak and Liza Thorn, swinging by The Long Rally to share their shimmering songs and downer worldview. Expect raw, atmospheric and ultimately beautiful music full of loss and faded glamour. Pendu Sound Prison to Prison EP out now and double 7" forthcoming.
Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band
Thursday, December 13th, 2012, 6am - 9am
on Underwater Theme Park with Meghan
Roaring out of the southern Indiana foothills comes Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band playing a brand of Americana and Blues that stands alone – Delta blues and hillbilly fervor combine with musical acuity sharp as razor wire – best know, this trio is a force to be reckoned with. Just coming off of their tour of 250 dates, They got to quickly swing by Meghan's show to give the listeners a little taste and make them hungry for more!
Erik Ruin
Tuesday, December 11th, 2012, 7pm - 9pm
on Neighbors Noise with Jesse Kaminsky (on Give the Drummer Radio stream)
Erik is a Michigan-raised, Providence-based printmaker, shadow puppeteer, illustrator, etc.
Guitar World Editor Brad Tolinkski
Tuesday, December 11th, 2012, 6pm - 7pm
on Aerial View
Chris T. interviews Guitar World Editor Brad Tolinski about his new book "LIGHT AND SHADE: Conversations with Jimmy Page".
Guest DJ: Eric Neuser of GNAW
Tuesday, December 11th, 2012, 3pm - 6pm
on Brian Turner
Eric Neuser, occasional public spinning cohort of BT and constant stickman of NYC industrial-infected doom combo GNAW brings a pile of platters down this afternoon to rock all into submission. Expect doses of post-Sab scabbery, obscure thrash, proto-doom and uncategorizable heaviness, with Brian throwing an occasional cut in the path.
Willie Gantrim & Raphael McGregor on Airborne Event at Castello Plan
Monday, December 10th, 2012, 9pm - Midnight
on Airborne Event
Airborne Event returns to the little bar with the big heart at 1213 Cortelyou Road in Brooklyn for December's remote broadcast. Come on down, because we're genuinely excited to have the singer & guitarist Willy Gantrim join us to make a stir with his rough-and-tumble bittersweet blues. Raphael McGregor will also paint the room with his lap steel blues.
Bronwyn fills in for Benjamen Walker
Monday, December 10th, 2012, 6pm - 7pm
on Pig Talk with Bronwyn C.
Bronwyn C. fills in for Benjamen Walker and tries to do a Sportsy Talk show—football! death! fishing!— but Former Cohost Jay shows up and gets deep into the eggnog. If you laugh at tragedy, then hilarity ensues.
An African Hanukkah Live from Barbès
Saturday, December 8th, 2012, 6pm - 9pm
on Transpacific Sound Paradise with Rob Weisberg
Well, tonight's show is not totally on-theme for the first night of the Jewish festival of lights. But we couldn't think of a more festive way to celebrate the arrival of the holiday season than with a night of exuberant African sounds live from Barbès, the music-lover's haven at 9th St and 6th Ave in Park Slope, Brooklyn. Tune in or join us at Barbès for the captivating West African guitar wizardry of Abdoulaye Alhassane with special guest Banning Eyre; the cathartic Ghanaian style highlife workouts of No Small Money Brass Band; the electrifying Pan-African percussive onslaught of Akoko Nante Ensemble, and the sumptuous Sudanese stylings of Alsarah and the Nubatones.
As usual the tireless Irene Trudel will be both technical guru and co-host with Rob. Admission is free during the broadcast (although performers may pass the hat for voluntary donations) - and you can stuff your Hanukkah stockings with free FMU swag too!
Saturday, December 8th, 2012, 6am - 9am
on Shrunken Planet with Jeffrey Davison
Brooklyn singer-songwriter Lora-Faye has a voice that conjures spirits from the 1920's. While very much a contemporary songwriter, she will evoke a smoky Berlin cabaret or Harlem gin joint, with some down-home front porch thrown in for good measure. Having just won the 2012 Mountain Stage New Song Contest, Lora-Faye will be hitting the recording studio early next year to work on her first commercial album. She stopped by recently with members of her band for a great session.
Source of Yellow
Friday, December 7th, 2012, 9am - Noon
on The Long Rally with Scott McDowell
The Brooklyn-based trio Source of Yellow mix a heady concoction of krautrock repetition, classic psych guitar shred and blasts of sax and electronics to create precision jams aimed at your third eye. Don't blink! Check their digital release The Said on Twin Lakes Records.
Tuesday, December 4th, 2012, 3pm - 6pm
on Brian Turner
Recorded at the Knitting Factory for broadcast on Brian's show today: Lydia Lunch performing a cross-section of her illustrious musical career from the No Wave era and beyond. 8-Eyed Spy, Teenage Jesus and the Jerks, solo and collaborative material all done up live, raw, and bloody with the help of Weasel Walter on guitar, Bob Bert on drums, and Algis Kizys on bass.
The Grip Weeds plus Dom Mariani
Tuesday, December 4th, 2012, Noon - 3pm
on Three Chord Monte with Joe Belock
Two legends of power pop come to ONE episode of Three Chord Monte. First, the Grip Weeds, New Jerseys Grip Weeds get ready to ring in the holiday season with their big holiday show Dec. 7 at Maxwells with the Doughboys and the Anderson Council. Next up, Dom Mariani, the genius behind Australian legends DM3 and the Stems!
Showdown of the Smooths: Alex Craig vs Nat Roe
Tuesday, December 4th, 2012, Midnight - 3am
on Nat Roe
Alex Craig is well known as the songwriter behind Big Troubles, as guitarist of Ducktails and for his solo project Limited, which just released a 7", "You Must Be Dreaming", on New Images records. But Alex is also in possession of an unquenchable thirst for adult contemporary music. On the 4th, Alex Craig will challenge WFMU's Iron Chef of easy listening to a smooth-off. The challenger will represent the era of 1985-1990, with your host defending 1980-1985. From Amy Grant to ZZ Top (late era, duuuuh), tune in and decide for good: which era is the most very special smooth moods music era?
Bronwyn fills in for Benjamen Walker
Monday, December 3rd, 2012, 6pm - 7pm
on Pig Talk with Bronwyn C.
SPORTSY TALK! Continuing the in-depth sports analysis Listeners have come to expect from Benj. Walker, Bronwyn C. fills in for an hour of extreme Sportsy Talk this Monday, 6-7 PM, with special guest color commentator, Former Cohost Jay! Call in at 201-209-9368.
Moore & Sons
Monday, December 3rd, 2012, Noon - 3pm
on Irene Trudel's show
On their new disc, "Holdouts," (Chris) Moore & Sons go for a louder, heavier feel than previous outings. Chris describes the band's performances on disc as very emotive, while remaining edgy. Moore & Sons return for another acoustic performance on Irene's show.
Harry Shearer AND Wreckless Eric & Amy Rigby!
Saturday, December 1st, 2012, 11am - 1pm
on Michael Shelley's show
Michael chats with Harry Shearer about his new album "Can't Take a Hint," his musical history (Spinal Tap), his acting career (The Simpsons, Saturday Night Live, A Mighty Wind, etc.) and his Dec. 2 Holiday Sing-Along benefit for the New Orleans Musicians Assistance Foundation at New York's City Winery. AND Wreckless Eric & Amy Rigby will drop by with their guitars to play a few songs live and discuss their recent return to the USA (from the French countryside) and their new album "A Working Museum".
Ken & Andy Halloween Party at UCB Theatre with an Exorcism and the Saw Lady
Wednesday, November 28th, 2012, 6pm - 7pm
on Seven Second Delay with Ken and Andy
Miss out on Halloween this year? Come join Ken and Andy down in the dark basement of New York's UCB Theatre on Wednesday, November 28th at 6pm for a Seven Second Delay Halloween Party where nothing could possibly go wrong. Fun party activities include Candy Bag Roulette, An Exorcism*, Ken vs. Andy Apple Bobbing, Professional Makeup Art and Saw Music with Natalia Paruz. The UCB Theatre is located at 307 West 26th St in NYC, near 8th Avenue. Admission is $5, and free for those in costume. RSVP on Facebook.
Wednesday, November 28th, 2012, Noon - 3pm
on The Duane Train
The NYC based Ex-Cops return to the WFMU studios to give us another live dose of shimmery psych-enthused power pop. Their debut album "Tru Hallucinations" comes out 1/22 on Othermusic recording co/Fatpossum, but check out their excellent WFMU live set from last summer on the Free Music Archive, as well as their first single "James" from their debut album here.
Hounds of Hate
Wednesday, November 28th, 2012, 3am - 6am
on Distort Jersey City with Reed Dunlea
We are very happy to host a live set and interview from Hounds of Hate. The Hounds stopped in the WFMU studio on their off night from a tour or ripping hardcore shows including Not Dead Yet in Toronto, where they played an absurd set with The Rival Mob, Urban Blight, The Boston Strangler, Step Forward and Peacebreakers. They play mid-to-late '80s NYHC to a tee, and whether or not you are a member of the drug free youth you should check out their jams for the sick mosh/pit action. We also get a pretty awesome and straight forward assessment of being straightedge in 2012. They drive a vegetable oil Sprinter van they converted and maintain themselves, and they own several homes in Braddock PA. Members of Pissed Jeans, Rambo, CREEM, Natural Law, Black Kites, among many others. Hounds of Hate Straightedge.
WFMU Santa competition
Tuesday, November 27th, 2012, 6pm - 7pm
on Aerial View
Do YOU have what it takes to be our WFMU Santa?! Audition LIVE!
Suzuki Junzo
Tuesday, November 27th, 2012, 3pm - 6pm
on Brian Turner
Guitarist of the excellent Japanese psych band Miminokoto has just released an album called Eight Sided Infinity, and makes his first stop of a US tour at WFMU this afternoon for a solo electric performance. He'll be at Union Pool in Brooklyn that night, with Rhyton, Eidetic Seeing and more on the bill.
Hot and Cold
Monday, November 26th, 2012, 9pm - Midnight
on Airborne Event
Much-lauded guitarists Aaron Dugan and Anders Nilsson bring their intricate, evocative duo project Hot and Cold to the Airborne Event on November 26th on the heels of the release of their first album, Hogwild Manifesto. Aaron has played with musicians ranging from Bill Laswell, Sly and Robbie, and Bootsy Collins to John Zorn and Matisyahu. Swedish-born Anders leads numerous groups (Anders Nilsson Group, The Hot Trio, Fulminate Trio, Exposed Blues Duo) and has collaborated with musicians across the spectrum of blues, jazz, and experimental music, including Sabir Mateen, Eugene Chadbourne, Paquito D'Rivera, William Parker, Elliot Sharp, and art-metal band Angelblood.
Waka Flocka Flame & Riff Raff
Monday, November 26th, 2012, 7pm - 8pm
on Nardwuar The Human Serviette Show
Interviews with Waka Flocka Flame (ATL, GA) & Riff Raff (Houston, TX)! Doot doola doot doo... doot doo!
Jesse von Doom & Maggie Vail of CASH Music
Monday, November 26th, 2012, 6pm - 7pm
on Radio Free Culture
The Internet was supposed to level the playing field for independent artists, but many seem to be worse off in the cloud. As co-executive directors of CASH Music, Jesse von Doom and Maggie Vail are building open source tools that put technology into the hands of musicians, and could help the web live up to its potential.
Nina Nielsen
Saturday, November 24th, 2012, 6am - 9am
on Shrunken Planet with Jeffrey Davison
Singer-songwriter Nina Nielsen's debut album, "Love and Terror in the Wilderness" has just been released on Biophon (Norway). The record seems destined to bring her lots of attention, as its dark and ethereal beauty will captivate you from the very first moment you hear it. As luck would have it, Nina is passing through New York this week, and will stop by the studio for a live session this Saturday morning.
Put The Needle On Black Friday with Rev Billy and Homeboy Sandman (Billy Jam fills in for Shut Up, Weirdo, 6-7pm)
Friday, November 23rd, 2012, 6pm - 8pm
on Put The Needle On The Record with Billy Jam
On Black Friday, while consumers are out en force in retail-land fighting each other to get the latest disposable product, Rev Billy and The Church of Life After Shopping will be preaching the truth all day including when they stop by WFMU studios. Also joining Billy Jam for this special extended two hour show (no Shut Up Weirdo this week) will be NYC school teacher turned full time emcee / Stones Throw artist Homeboy Sandman.
Black Friday Special with Guest DJs Om
Friday, November 23rd, 2012, 3pm - 6pm
on Miniature Minotaurs with Kurt Gottschalk
The epic downtempo duo Om was scheduled to come by for a guest DJ spot in August until a skateboarding injury forced them to postpone their tour. Fortunately, Emil is healed and he and Al are back on that long road that leads from Reykjavik and Prague through Chicago and Montreal and to Boston, New York and WFMU. En route to Philly they'll park the van and cool their skates for a guest DJ spot. What does the spiritual stoner doom duo listen to in the tour bus? Tune in to see what they bring to spin!
Foster Care
Wednesday, November 21st, 2012, 3am - 6am
on Distort Jersey City with Reed Dunlea
This week we get a live set from NYC's Foster Care. This band plays in more of the NYC garage rock scene, but their sound might fit in a little better as fast and sloppy punk more than anything else. Featuring members of Ex-Humans and other New York rock and roll acts. Check out their awesome recent LP "Bad Vibe City" on Jackshack Records (Call of the Wild, Pygmy Shrews, Pampers). Reed has never had a band drink as much as they did when recording this session; and they apparently out-drank The Spits at their hometown venue. If you like stupid punk for stupid people, don't miss this session.
Tuesday, November 20th, 2012, 6pm - 7pm
on Aerial View
Today on Aerial View it's that time of year again: no, not Thanksgiving! It's WTF JFK?! Time! Chris T. examines the that fateful day in Dallas and takes YOUR conspiracy-minded calls LIVE!
Special Guests David Nuss of Sabbath Assembly and Timothy Wyllie of the Process Church
Monday, November 19th, 2012, 9pm - Midnight
on Airborne Event
David Nuss's project Sabbath Assembly performs contemporary rock arrangements of hymns and songs from the liturgy of the compelling & mysterious '60s and '70s occult sect called The Process Church of the Final Judgment. The second Sabbath Assembly record, "Ye Are Gods," has just come out. David will visit to talk about the new record and Process Church history, theology, and practice. He'll also bringing along some unreleased recordings of Process liturgy recorded by Genesis Breyer P'Orridge & Lydia Lunch. Founding member of the Process, Timothy Wyllie, will join us by phone. Timothy was the first member of the Process to joint he co-founders, and was heavily involved in Process music in the 1960s and 1970s. In 2009, he authored a memoir of his Process years called "Love Sex Fear Death: The Inside Story of The Process Church of the Final Judgment."
Dan Forrer (Director of the movie "Sample This!")
Monday, November 19th, 2012, 7pm - 8pm
on Nardwuar The Human Serviette Show
Interview with Dan Forrer, director of the movie "Sample This!" which is all about Michael Viner's Incredible Bongo Band! Doot doola doot doo... doot doo!
Monday, November 19th, 2012, 3:01pm - 6pm
on Scott Williams's show
It's a synth-porn special as Scott welcomes Brooklyn/Chicago duo Balboa. Wilco's Mikael Jorgensen and tech genius Travis Thatcher fill WFMU's Love Room with an ungodly array of vintage, modern and homemade synths, sequencers, filters, triggers, drum machines, and patchbays, and they do it with style, sensitivity and major know-how. From EMS-synthis to iPad apps, it's 1971 meets 2012 and a thrilling master class in electronic music history in between. And yes, we took pictures.
Daniel Bachman and Mark Fosson
Monday, November 19th, 2012, Noon - 3pm
on Irene Trudel's show
One of the best young fingerstyle guitarists to emerge in recent times, Daniel Bachman's playing brings you on an intense string-filled journey to the towns and places he's internalized since childhood. Locales like his hometown Fredricksburg, Virginia, and more recently Philadelphia, play into what Bachman calls his "Psychedelic Appalachia" style of playing. His new disc, "Seven Pines," is out now on Tompkins Square. Joining Daniel is guitarist/songwriter Mark Fosson, a Kentucky native who briefly worked with John Fahey in the 1970's just as the Takoma Label was failing. Fosson has since worked with fellow songwriter Edward Tree in the Bum Steers in the 80's, and moved on to other collaborations before going solo again. Mark has been compared to Americana folks like Ramblin' Jack Elliott, Joe Ely, John Prine, and Guy Clark. His Takoma tapes were \ released on Drag City a few years ago. Mark Fosson and Daniel Bachman play live on Irene's show.
G. Green
Monday, November 19th, 2012, 9am - Noon
on Liz Berg's show
Hailing from Sacramento, CA, G. Green bring a much-needed blast of warm, punky sunshine rock to the Sandy-ravaged East Coast. The band recently released their debut LP, "Crap Culture," on the Mt St Mtn label, and you can catch them at 285 Kent Ave on Friday, Nov 16th.
Surface Noise Bicentennial Special
Sunday, November 18th, 2012, Midnight - 3am
on Surface Noise with Joe McGasko
Tune in as Joe celebrates a personal milestone: His 200th show on WFMU! In honor of this (somewhat) auspicious occasion, tonight's show will feature only songs from the year of that "other" Bicentennial, the one that happened in 1976. There will be some songs about that Bicentennial, as well as plenty of your 200th-American-year favorites. Kiss? Check. Stevie Wonder? Check. Ramones? Sure! Please note that Surface Noise personally guarantees no "Hotel California."
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This past weekend we went to visit with A, our b-mom. She was very sweet and pretty. We enjoyed a fun night out at a comedy club, and eating at a steakhouse. Then, the next day we went out for lunch and to watch a movie.
All in all, it was a good trip.
Oh! Almost forgot! You may have noticed that the ticker has suddenly changed to a lower number. That is because the due date is now a week earlier. A is scheduled for a c-section. Fingers crossed, all will go well until then!
P.S. If you pray, keep us in your prayers. If you hope, hope good things will happen. If you send vibes, send good ones our way.
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When Alderman Library shed its usually staid demeanor Thursday, January 23, for Robert Hull's presentation "Music of the Psychedelic Era," tie-dyes festooned the windows, and crazy music reverberated through the main hall. Usually Alderman is a respectable– you might even say dowdy– haven for studious geeks, but on this particular evening, the library rocked!
Robert Hull, executive producer of Time-Life music and rock critic for Rolling Stone, Creem, and the Village Voice, took the audience on a trip back in time, aurally illustrating his commentary with psychedelic music from the '60s.
Sponsored by the Special Collections department at Alderman, the talk was part of the Out of the Box Speaker Series. I'm not so sure what the college-age audience thought of Frank Zappa's, "Suzy Cream Cheese," but it certainly elicited laughter from some of the "seniors" in the crowd.


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Truth and Reconciliation in New York
"I turned 75 not long ago," Larry told me as we walked.
I was astounded, because to my eyes he looked about ten years younger. As we made our way the short five blocks to a meeting with the organization I work for, New Yorkers for Alternatives to the Death Penalty, I had trouble keeping up with his brisk pace. Larry was not just physically fit—he moved like a man on a mission.
Larry White works for the Fortune Society, an organization that provides re-entry services for newly released prison inmates. He traveled 150 miles from New York City to Albany to meet with our organization's victim/survivor advocate to discuss sentencing issues.
For Larry, issues surrounding crime and punishment are both systemic and intensely personal: Between juvenile hall and state prison, he has spent about 36 years–nearly half his life–behind bars.
"I grew up in this really tough neighborhood in Brooklyn," he confided. "I still remember one day when I was just a little boy playing in this shabby, cramped back yard behind our apartment. My grandmother, who raised me, tried to brighten up the yard by planting a rose bush. Now it was October and there was just one bloom left on the bush. My grandmother called me over to look at the bright red rose blossom. I was puzzled when I noticed tears in my grandmother's eyes. 'Larry,' she said. 'This is what they call a late blooming rose. Son, I believe that's what you're going to be: a late bloomer.' Ha! I guess she was right."
New Yorkers for Alternatives to the Death Penalty recently expanded its mission to focus on violence prevention after New York abolished the death penalty. NYADP's victim advocate, Marie Verzulli, who is the sister of a murder victim, now spends her energy working on community organizing for nonviolence and victims' rights.
As the meeting between the three of us began, I felt some tension in the air. In the aftermath of crime, there are no easy solutions. How do we resolve the tension that exists between our need to protect society and our desire to believe in human redemption? Just as Marie is passionately dedicated to preventing violence, Larry is passionate in his belief that people who have done wrong can change for the better and give back to communities they once harmed.
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My brother and I don't always agree, but I defend his innocence, and I'll never walk out on him again.
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"You're absolutely right!" Marie agreed.
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Hope comes in recognizing that we all want to be part of a better world. For this goal to be achieved, we must embed the outcome in the process. To heal our interrelated world, the place to start is in relationship.
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When Butler Community College planned a certified nursing assistant class at Marion High School, Butler of the Flint Hills Director Amy Kjellin was worried the cost of the class might prevent students from taking it.
The five-credit-hour class would normally cost $483 plus the cost of a textbook, Kjellin said. But in a stroke of good fortune, circumstances allowed high school students to take the class for only $18 plus the cost of a textbook.
The difference was Senate Bill 155, a new Kansas law by which the state will pay the tuition for high school students to take college-level career and technical education classes. Those classes don't have to be through high school — they can include night classes or online classes.
"It's a pretty amazing opportunity for students interested in career and technical education," Kjellin said. "It's an opportunity for students to get college credit."
And the classes that qualify for free tuition are quite varied: agriculture, automotive, business, health, criminal justice, are just a few of the qualifying subject areas. Some of the classes, particularly business classes, also count toward bachelor's degrees, Kjellin said.
The biggest difficulty of qualifying for the free tuition is meeting qualifying placement scores, Kjellin said. That means the classes are best suited for juniors and seniors. Kjellin also cautions students to be certain they are ready for an extra time commitment before taking college classes in addition to high school classes. If students take on too much and do poorly, those classes will count toward their college grade point average while applying for financial aid.
The classes available to take in person in Marion County are fairly limited, Kjellin said. The only qualifying classes offered in Marion are the CNA class and, starting in the spring semester, a computer class. Most qualifying classes are online-only in the county. That doesn't seem like much of a limitation in the eyes of students, though, Kjellin said. There is more interest in online classes than night classes, because students can do online classes during their regular school day.
Marion High School juniors Kelli Hess and Amanda Stuchlik were two of the students who saved $465 on the CNA class.
"I want to go into the medical field, either a pediatrician or nurse, so I thought that would be a good start," Stuchlik said.
Similarly, Hess wants to become a registered nurse, so she would have to take the class in college anyway.
"We're only halfway through, and I already feel like I know a lot, like I could have a job," Hess said.
The students begin shadowing CNAs on Thursday at Parkside Home in Hillsboro, she said. Hess plans to apply for a CNA job as soon as she has her certification, so when she gets to college, she can show employers that she already has experience.
Most CNA jobs pay better than the minimum-wage jobs available to many college students, with pay normally starting at $10 or more per hour. Nursing homes also need CNAs at all hours, so a student with a busy class schedule can work nights or weekends.
MHS Principal Tod Gordon said another program benefiting from SB 155 is a welding program in Hillsboro, a cooperative effort of MHS, Hillsboro High School, Hillsboro Industries, and Hutchinson Community College. Students who complete that program have immediate job prospects, as well as 14 college credit hours if they pursue more training.


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Guest post by Frank Barry
Year-end fundraising is a big deal.
About one-third of all charitable giving happens in the last three months of the year with 34.8 percent of all online fundraising happening in Q4. December accounts for over 20 percent of the total (see complete Online Giving Research).
But we're already into the second week of December, you say. Time is running out!
What can you do now to kick-start — or resuscitate or rejuvenate — your online fundraising efforts for the final fundraising push? Here are two extremely effective tactics based on persuasion principles you can use to generate more positive responses to your year-end fundraising appeals.


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IEEE Life Fellow Andrew J. Viterbi, whose Viterbi algorithm is used in all four international standards for digital cellular telephones, as well as data terminals and digital satellite broadcast receivers, will be presented with the IEEE Medal of Honor at the 2010 IEEE Honors Ceremony. This year's event will be held on June 26 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
In 1985, Viterbi cofounded Qualcomm with Irwin Jacobs and helped develop Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) technology, which applied spread spectrum to cellular phones. Viterbi's contributions to communications technology have impacted the lives of people throughout the world. There is a Viterbi detector in practically every disk drive and high-capacity MP3 player, images transmitted from deep space are made possible by the Viterbi algorithm, and third-generation mobile telephones employ one or more of Viterbi's systems.
Viterbi developed what became known as the Viterbi Algorithm in 1967 while a professor at the University of California, Los Angeles. The Viterbi Algorithm was a breakthrough in wireless technology that separated information (voice and data) from background noise, and it fundamentally changed the way digital communications are processed. The algorithm is used in most digital cellular phones and satellite receivers as well as in such diverse fields as magnetic recording, voice recognition, and DNA sequence analysis. It also has been incorporated into all NASA deep-space spacecraft since the 1970s.
Viterbi's vision and technical leadership at Qualcomm pioneered the revolutionary CDMA system for mobile communications. Utilizing spread-spectrum technology, CDMA allows many users to occupy the same time and frequency allocations. It provides more efficient use of power and bandwidth, enables more calls in the same geographic region and emits a lower level of radiated power in the phone/device. It became the standard for third-generation cellular phones due in large part to Viterbi's efforts.
Viterbi began his career in 1957 at the California Institute of Technology's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, where he helped design the first successful U.S. satellite (Explorer I). After retiring from Qualcomm in 2000, he founded the Viterbi Group, which invests in startup companies in the wireless communications and network infrastructure sectors.
An IEEE Life Fellow, Viterbi holds memberships in the National Academy of Engineering, the National Academy of Sciences and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He has received the National Medal of Science in 2008 from U.S. President George W. Bush as well as several IEEE awards and honors from other international organizations. The University of Southern California (USC), Los Angeles, renamed its school of engineering the Viterbi School of Engineering in 2004. Viterbi received his bachelor's and master's degrees from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, and a doctorate from USC. He is currently president of the Viterbi Group, San Diego, Calif., and also holds the titles of Presidential Chair Visiting Professor at USC and Distinguished Visiting Professor at the Technion, Haifa, Israel.
Past IEEE Medal of Honor winners include William Shockley, Robert Noyce, Jack Kilby, and Gordon Moore.