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Apple's Competition Finally Weigh in on Factory Labor Conditions in Their Supply Chains
In a couple of my prior posts, I had asked why Apple's competition didn't get any milage from all the heat the company was taking over Foxconn. This is an industry that thinks having Flash on their tablet constitutes a legitimate competitive advantage and these guys didn't trip over each other to pile on actual bad press? Isn't that curious?
Actually, no. All of Apple's competitors either use Foxconn or any number of other Asian manufacturers with less savory reputations than Foxconn. The first one to cast a stone stood a chance of being called out for their supply chain's labor practices. This, of course, assumes that anyone cares about these practices when the company suspected of them isn't named Apple or – after lying fraud Mike Daisey's antics – the public even gives a shit about the issue at all.
So what would happen if a Times reporter went ahead and asked these companies about the labor practices of their supply chains? You'd find out as much as I did when I went digging through Samsung's PR sunshine enema. Actually, when the Times asked Samsung, they didn't get an answer at all. Barnes & Noble issued a "no comment", Amazon punted to a third-party auditor – one that doesn't report its findings publicly. Several cited their membership in the Electronic Industry Citizenship Coalition (EICC) as though it meant something. And what about HP – that paragon of good corporate behavior that the Times used as its shining counter-example to Apple in its notorious January 25 hitpiece?
A report on Hewlett-Packard's Web site, which was so hidden that it took me several hours to find, details working conditions from 2010 but has not been updated since. In the report, the company notes that more than 51 percent of the factories it works with were in violation of working hour labor laws.
You mean there's no reports documenting statements like the one Zoe McMahon made to the Times for the piece on the 25th that HP's suppliers "…let us know when they are struggling to meet our expectations [on pricing], and that influences our decisions [about how much we're willing to pay]?"
Of course there isn't. When it comes to nebulous statements that can't be fact-checked, Apple's competitors come out of the woodwork to help yellow journalists bash the company, then remain silent while Apple takes all the shit for practices they're at least as guilty of. And when they're asked pointedly about their practices? They scatter like cockroaches.


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The Exhibition
Maine Women Pioneers III was co-curated by Anne B. Zill, Gael May McKibben and Andres A. Verzosa. This exhibition was the third on this subject in the history of this Art Gallery, striving for national impact in defining pioneering Maine women artists of our age.
Dirigo was the fourth and final exhibition of the Maine Women Pioneers III series, offering the works of 18 artists who embody Maine's motto, I lead. These works demonstrated iconoclastic individualism, breaking with preconceived norms and traditions to expand into pioneering terrains. The artists were: Susan Amons, Keliy Anderson-Staley, Josephina Auslender, Dozier Bell, Melonie Bennett, Katherine Bradford, Allison Cooke Brown, Katharine Cobey, Grace DeGennaro, Denise Froehlich, Meggan Gould, Mary Hart, Janice Kasper, Elizabeth Cashin McMillen, Celeste Roberge, Noriko Sakanishi, Barbara Sullivan and Diane Bowie Zaitlin.
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- Vanguard (Oct. 12 - Dec. 16, 2012): The first of the four exhibitions featured avant-garde, experimental and innovative works by nine Maine artists who offer insights into the future using mixed media, conceptual installation, performance and video elements. The artists featured were: Susan Bickford, Diana Cherbuliez, Amy Stacey Curtis, Alicia Eggert, Lauren Fensterstock, Lihua Lei, Julie Poitras Santos, Carrie Scanga, and Ling-Wen Tsai.
- Homage (Jan. 2 - March 3, 2013): The second of four exhibitions highlighted veteran artists who are powerful examples of career and lifelong originators of creative accomplishment, ahead of the curve without resting on their laurels. Artists included: Lois Dodd, Maggie Foskett, Susan Groce, Beverly Hallam, Allison Hildreth, Frances Hodsdon, Lissa Hunter, Dahlov Ipcar, Yvonne Jacquette, Frances Kornbluth, Rose Marasco, Marylin Quint-Rose and Katarina Weslien.
- Worldview (March 12 - May 12, 2013): The third of four exhibitions focused upon the work of artists who are connected to their world -- who create and are inspired by ethics, emotions and existential, holistic themes as activists, healers and visionaries. Featured artists included: Judith Allen-Efstathiou, Kate Cheney Chappell, Marlene Ekola Gerberick, Judy Ellis Glickman, Barbara Goodbody, Rebecca Goodale, Natasha Mayers, Arla Patch, Abby Shahn, Alice Spencer and Melita Westerlund.
A series of educational programs was designed to utilize some of Maine's enormously talented art professionals – gallerists, educators, entrepreneurs, media experts and writers.
The Quimby Family Foundation generously provided the Maine Women Pioneers III with a lead grant We remain enormously grateful to Donald Sussman and others for their support.


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Freshman Samantha Pentacost scores 2nd in Northern California ; moving on to compete at state meet next week with the north's best mark.
Kalea Ashley Finishes 4th in Norcal and Qualifies for 2018 State Championship.
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Hey, what are you doing Saturday? Want to do March for Babies with me in Lewiston? Registration/check in is at 8:30 am and the walk starts at 9 am from the Lewiston Armory. We can hang out, it's only a three-mile walk and you'll be helping a great cause. To help, you can write a check directly to the March of Dimes at the Lewiston Armory this Saturday before you walk, May 11th or you can sponsor me and help my wife and I reach our goal of $200.
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Lincolnshire County Council is asking members of the public to be its 'eyes and ears' on the road by using its online reporting system to report sightings of potholes.
A 'quick and easy way' of reporting potholes, the council's online reporting system costs the authority significantly less than emails and phone calls and third-party websites and makes it easier for the council to keep the public updated.
Cllr Richard Davies, Executive Member for Highways, said: "Once we're aware of a problem, we can get it dealt with.
"But, although we regularly inspect all our roads, with more than 5,000 miles of highways to look after it's simply not possible for us to be aware of all issues, all of the time.
"That means we do rely on people bringing things to our attention.
"If people took the quicker and easier option of using our own online reporting system, it would save a significant amount of taxpayers' cash.
"And if you use our own system, as opposed to a third-party website, we'll also be able to keep in touch and update you on what action is being taken, and when the issue is likely to be dealt with.
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The Road-Tripping Triathlete's Best On-the-Go Gear
Hitting the road this summer? These essential travel tools will keep you fit and injury-free.
by Jennifer Ward Barber
You've got the basics down pat. Goggles? Check. Helmet? Always. Running shoes? Already packed. While you're away this summer for that conference or family wedding, here are some tried and tested ideas for making your sweat sessions more productive and enjoyable.
Swimmer's salvation
Whether you're heading to a destination race or a destination wedding, bring a portable masseuse along for the journey to keep nagging tightness and injury at bay. The new, portable Grid Mini from Trigger Point ($25) attaches to a duffle bag easily, and The Stick self-massager comes in portable travel sizes, too. Or toss in a tennis ball for on-the-go calf massages.
Compression essentials
If you've ever flown to a race, you know that compression socks are practically required-wearing for triathletes to identify their own kind. As essential to travel as neck pillows and water bottles, compression socks will stimulate blood flow when you're stuck in seated position for hours on end, and keep your feet from swelling. If you're going international or planning on logging some serious work, try a pair of full compression tights, like the ones from 2XU and Sugoi.
Portable fuel
Don't leave home without your favorite portable hydration station. Whether it's a FuelBelt, Clean Bottle, or plain-jane plastic bike bottle, you don't want to be stuck on the plane or at your final destination without a way to stay on top of your fluids. And you needn't rely on tap water alone: Plenty of your favorite electrolyte products from Nuun, GU, and other brands offer convenient, portable tubes so you can take your hydration with you.
It can also be hard to find good quality recovery protein sources when you're on the road. Before you turn to a sugar-packed convenience food, try a portable, high-quality protein source. Throw a few of Bonk Breaker's protein-enhanced PB&J bars into your carry-on, or choose a mix-and-go liquid fuel: A few of our favorite travel-sized options include Vega's plant-based protein packages, GU's chocolate Recovery Brew and First Endurance's cappuccino Ultragen. Add water, shake, and go. Or go for the classic and easy chocolate milk, available practically wherever you find yourself and an excellent source of post-workout necessities.
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Don't underestimate how helpful your smartphone can be when you're trying to merge training and travel. The SwimRadar App will show you pools in your new vicinity. (Or you can just connect to the Swimmers Guide website.) Your phone doubles as a GPS watch (try the MapMyRun app), and mp3 player, too, if you want to keep things simple (thanks to Pandora, Spotify, and Rhapsody radio apps).
TrainingPeaks, MapMyRun, and Garmin Connect are just three options for finding routes wherever your travel path happens to take you. You'll be able to find whatever distance running or cycling route suits your fancy, complete with reviews from locals in the know. (Get your workout on the go from TrainingPeaks and seamlessly sync your activity with your GPS watch, like the Timex RT 2.0.)
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Throw a few packets of Action Wipes' soothing tea tree and eucalyptus cleansing wipes into your suitcase for removing dirt, sweat and odor when you're nowhere near a shower. They're perfect for lunch-hour runs when you need to clean up fast, freshening up after international flights, and can double as napkins if you're prone to eating in the car.


text: Is Libya on the brink of a new civil war? Two years after the fall of Muammar Gaddafi, we ask why the government struggles to rein in the country's militias. Inside Story21 Oct 2013 12:04 GMT It has been two years since the capture and killing of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, which ended his 42-year rule. In the immediate aftermath of Gaddafi's overthrow, there was jubilation on the streets and high hopes for a new democratic country. But the former rebel fighters who helped to oust Gaddafi are now jostling among themselves for power, and Libya still remains without a new constitution. The post-revolution violence really comes into this notion of what are we all fighting for .... It's easy to fight if there is nobody stopping you, unless there is another rebel militia trying to stop you, and if the government is incapable of being that fair arbiter, that fair mediator in the middle that can stop sides from clashing in very violent ways. Anas el-Gomati, the director of the Sadeq Institute The country is flooded with weapons and violence has turned to be common. In the past year alone, more than 80 people, many of them high-ranking military and police figures, have been killed in eastern Libya. The latest high-profile killing happened last week when the military's police commander Ahmed al-Barghathi was shot as he left a mosque in Benghazi. Libya's Prime Minister Ali Zeidan was taken from his hotel by a group of gunmen earlier this month. He was released shortly after, but Zeidan said his abduction amounted to an attempted coup. Adding to the latest tension was the arrest of an al-Qaeda suspect by US commandos on Libyan soil two weeks ago. The incident has fuelled outrage against the Libyan government for its alleged co-operation with Washington. The country's prime minister recently called on western powers to help him stop the spread of what he calls 'militancy' in his country. It is a problem the government has been unable to tackle since Gaddafi was toppled. There are more than 225,000 Libyans registered in militias. They receive state salaries but often act outisde of government control, taking orders from local or political commanders. The government has tried to integrate them into the national army - without success. It has led to a situation where militias have been co-opted by the state into a semi-offical security service. Some militias are now exploiting the power vacuum outside Tripoli and are pushing for greater regional autonomy. Groups in Libya's eastern Cyrenaica region and in the southern Fezzan region have called for independence. In Cyrenaica, former rebel leader Ibrahim al-Jathran and his 20,000 men strong militia say they now run local affairs, with Jathran and his men controlling facilities that account for 60 percent of Libya's oil wealth. Last month, a group in Fezzan also declared itself independent from the state, like their eastern counterparts, blaming the move on the 'weak performance' of Libya's central government. Wracked by violence and economic stagnation, just how stable is the new Libya? Will the goverment be able to control the country's militias? How will Libya's battle for control impact the region? And is this the beginning of a civil war? To discuss this, Inside Story, with presenter Jane Dutton, is joined by guests: Larry Korb, a senior fellow at the Centre for American Progress and a former assistant US secretary of defence; Anas el-Gomati, the director of the Sadeq Institute, a non-governmental think tank; and Abdul Monem al-Yasser, Libya's chairman of national security. "Unfortunately the United States and its international partners who helped to overthrow Gaddafi, they just walked away from the situation. They didn't provide any aid or they didn't provide any type of troops to provide stabilisation .... It's one thing to get rid of the regime ... [but] it is much more difficult to build a functioning civil society .... They saw the price that they paid in Iraq [and the price they are] still paying in Afghanistan. Basically they don't want to pay that price ... The American people are not concerned at all about Libya." Larry Korb, a senior fellow at the Centre for American Progress Source: Al Jazeera Tell us what you think


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Environmental & Natural Resources Practice Group Hosts Annual Tryon Creek Ivy Pull
On June 29, Tonkon Torp's Environmental & Natural Resources Practice Group hosted their fourth annual invasive ivy pull at Tryon Creek State Park. Max Miller led the event and hosted a post-pull lunch for his fellow volunteers, which included several…
Dan Skerritt Chairs American College of Trial Lawyers Jury Committee
Tonkon Torp litigator Daniel H. Skerritt has been appointed to chair the Jury Committee of the American College of Trial Lawyers. A highly respected litigator with more than three decades of experience, Skerritt represents plaintiffs and defendants…
Owen Blank Joins Oregon Jewish Community Foundation Board
Business attorney Owen D. Blank has been elected to the board of the Oregon Jewish Community Foundation (OJCF). Long active in the Portland community, Blank has served on the boards and advisory panels of many local organizations.
Tonkon Attorneys Golf for Youth, Rights & Justice
Gwen Griffith and Matt Joseph participated at the June 7 Youth, Rights & Justice (YRJ) Golf Open. The Open was a benefit for SchoolWorks, a YRJ organization serving over 2,500 Oregon foster kids.
Harris Crowne Joins Portland City Club's Research Board
Litigator Caroline Harris Crowne has been appointed to the Research Board of the Portland City Club. A partner in Tonkon Torp's Litigation Department, Harris Crowne's practice focuses on commercial contracts, business owner disputes and forensic…
Tonkon Torp Sponsors and Hosts Le Monde "Iron Chef" Event
Tonkon Torp hosted the Le Monde Immersion Public Charter School for an "Iron Chef" fundraiser competition, at which Tonkon was also a sponsor. Tonkon's participation was organized by Shouka Rezvani, a Le Monde board member
Tonkon Torp Sponsors BTA's Alice Awards Dinner
Tonkon Torp was a sponsor at the May 4 Alice Awards and Auction Dinner, held by the Bicycle Transportation Alliance (BTA). David Forman, a BTA board member, organized Tonkon's participation and attendance at the event.
Multnomah County Again Honors Tonkon Torp Attorney Max Miller
The Multnomah County Board of Commissioners and the Multnomah County Citizen Involvement Committee have honored Tonkon Torp attorney Max M. Miller, Jr. with a 2013 Multnomah County Volunteer Award for his service on the Regional Arts and Culture…
Tonkon Torp Sponsors Photolucida's Portland Photo Month
In April, Tonkon Torp sponsored Photolucida's celebration of Portland Photo Month. Tonkon's sponsorship was organized by Anna Sortun, a Photolucida board member.
Tonkon Torp Supports Central City Concern Event
Tonkon Torp was a supporter at a Central City Concern (CCC) event for the Letty Owings Center, where addicted mothers and pregnant women can live and recover with their children. Tonkon's involvement with the event was organized by Susan O'Donnell…
Tonkon Torp Scholarship Awarded to 5 Lewis & Clark Law Students
Each year since 1987, at least one student at Lewis & Clark Law School has benefitted from a scholarship established by the firm in the name of founding partners Moe M. Tonkon and Frederick H. Torp. This year, the school's Dean and Associate Dean…
Tonkon Torp Sponsors Human Solutions Fundraiser
Tonkon Torp was a sponsor at Human Solutions Inc.'s (HSI) "Tonight's the Night" 25th Anniversary Gala and Auction, on April 26. Krista Hardwick, an HSI board member, organized Tonkon's involvement with the event.
Tonkon Torp Sponsors Classroom Law Project Event
Tonkon Torp was a table sponsor at the April 24 Legal Citizen of the Year dinner held by the Classroom Law Project (CLP). Paul Conable, a CLP board member, organized Tonkon's participation and attendance at the event.
Tonkon Torp Sponsors Basic Rights Oregon Lunch
Tonkon Torp was a table sponsor at Basic Rights Oregon's Oregonians Against Discrimination Business Leaders Luncheon on April 18. Kimberlee Stafford and Tonkon's Diversity Task Force organized Tonkon's involvement with the event.
Tonkon Attorneys Attend FBA Annual Awards Lunch
Tonkon Torp was a table sponsor at the April 18 Federal Bar Association (FBA) Oregon Chapter Annual Awards Lunch. Chris Pallanch and Colin Love-Geiger, both FBA Oregon Chapter board members, organized Tonkon's attendance at the lunch.
Tonkon Torp Sponsors Third Rail's The Aliens Production
Tonkon Torp was a production sponsor for Third Rail Repertory Theatre's production The Aliens, which ran from April 12 to May 5. Ava Schoen, a Third Rail board member, organized Tonkon's sponsorship of the play.
Tonkon Torp Supports YWCA for Series of Events
Tonkon Torp supported the YWCA in a series of events relating to their 21st Annual Inspire Luncheon. On April 9, Tonkon hosted Fred Meyer executives and vendors for a dinner event on behalf of the YWCA. On April 10, Tonkon hosted the YWCA and…
Tonkon Torp Sponsors Table at First Citizen Lunch
Tonkon Torp sponsored a table at the April 10 First Citizen Award Luncheon hosted by the Portland Association of Metropolitan Realtors. The 2013 Portland First Citizen honoree was Jean DeMaster, Executive Director of Human Solutions Inc. (HSI). Ned…
Bob Carey Volunteers at Northwest Youth Careers Expo
Bob Carey volunteered at the Northwest Youth Careers Expo at the Oregon Convention Center on March 19, 2013, helping students acquire skills through mock job interviews.
Griffith Briefs Juvenile Justice Council on Tonkon's CLiF Project
Tonkon Torp tax attorney, Gwen Griffith, gave a presentation at the invitation of the Juvenile Justice Council of Multnomah County on Tonkon Torp's CLiF Project (Changing Lives Forever), a pro bono project providing legal assistance to low income…


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Conservation groups in Tottenham (no giggling at the back, please) are vexed by the local club's plans for a 56,000-seater stadium. The ground's footprint would squash a nearby row of Victorian shops, thee Red House building, an Edwardian distillery, and the now-defunct White Hart pub, some of which lie in a conservation area designated by Haringey council, and replace them with a wide boulevard between Tottenham High Road and the new stadium. The Victorian Society argues that "a bland open space that will be a wasteland apart from on match days"; those familiar with certain parts of Tottenham might think that a wasteland would be an improvement.
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Update on the Winter Edition
December 23, 2015
The Winter Edition has been delayed. Our web hosting service was split from its parent company and sold, so we have to make some changes to our infrastructure. Please check back soon — and if you haven't already, take a look at the Autumn Edition.
After all, the weather feels more like autumn than winter.
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October 2, 2015
"Stormy Weather" — Etta James
"A Hard Rain's Gonna Fall" — Bob Dylan
"Let It Rain" — Eric Clapton
"I Love A Rainy Night" — Eddie Rabbit
"Let's Spend the Day In Bed" — Over the Rhine
"Mandolin Rain" — Bruce Hornsby & the Range
"Rain King" — Counting Crows
"Rain" — The Cult
"Every Breaking Wave" — U2
"The Sky Is Broken" — Moby
"Purify" — Balligomingo
"Touch of Grey" — Grateful Dead
"The Rain Song" — Led Zeppelin
"The Ocean" — Led Zeppelin
"The Tide Will Rise" — Bruce Hornsby
"Who'll Stop the Rain" — Creedence Clearwater Revival
"Running Down A Dream" — Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers
"Keep the Car Running" — Arcade Fire
"The Well and the Lighthouse" — Arcade Fire
"Hurricane" — King's X
"Knife-Grey Sea" — Pilot Speed
"Fields of Gray" — Bruce Hornsby
"When the Levee Breaks" — Led Zeppelin
"Underwater" — Vertical Horizon
"No Rain" — Blind Melon
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Roman Fraulini and Norris Stenson – "There's no crying in business"
"Most things I do end up being the hard way." – Roman Fraulini
My guest for this episode is my good friend Roman Fraulini. He's a Director of IT but don't worry – we don't spend any time talking about his day job. Instead we talk about his life experiences outside of IT.
They include:
- growing up in a REALLY small Northern Minnesota town
- joining the Air Force
- how the Air Force influences his management style and his personal life
- what it's like to be a father having grown up without a father
- and his Italian citizenship
For me Roman is part Andrew Zimmern, part Glengarry Glen Ross, part Zagat's travel guide, part Cliff Clavin , and part Bear Grylls. But my favorite thing about Roman is that he will always play along with any absurd conversation that I start. He'll join in without missing a beat, and he is never the first to break character and start laughing, no matter how absurd it gets. You get a small glimpse of that in the very beginning of the show when I ask him about where he's from.
My co-host for this episode is Norris Stenson, a great friend I've known for almost 30 years. If I'm going to a party and I know Norris is going to be there, he's the guy that I'm looking forward to seeing most because he's a great conversationalist and always adds good humor to any situation.
If you only have 5 minutes go minute mark 43 to hear Roman's story about the German maid.
As always, the podcast has bonus material at the very end including extra lightning round questions, and some funny pre-show conversations that are not in the video.
PS. If you get a chance, leave some feedback in the comments below.
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For as long as there's been discussions about the DC Extended Universe, there's been a something there in the corner of your eye, and if you focused too hard on it, it would vanish before you know it. It was the Black Adam movie, a project about the Shazam! antihero and antagonist that had signed Dwayne Johnson to star as the titular character. And then nothing happened, and continued to not happen, for the next several years. Well things have been heating up on Black Adam lately, enough for the fans to wonder if we're any closer to actually (finally) seeing this thing on screen.
To recap, it was announced earlier this year that two films would be produced featuring Johnson as Black Adam. This followed a social media post of Man of Steel star Henry Cavill hanging out with Johnson over the holidays, adding new speculation that Black Adam was on Warner Bros' development front burner. In February it was announced that Lights Out director David F. Sandberg was in talks to direct Black Adam while, Earth to Echo scribe Henry Gayden works on the script for Shazam!
And that brings us to today, and a new MTV interview with Johnson.
"We've had great discussions with Geoff Johns over at DC," he said. "This is a really fun, cool time for DC right now because they're world-building. We're seeing that with Wonder Woman and Aquaman. We have a few surprises down the line. So what we decided to do was to create a scenario where Black Adam has his stand-alone movie, and Captain Marvel, Shazam, has his stand-alone movie. We're building our world that way, and then we can come together at some point."
That almost says nothing, but this is hardly the first bit of random discussion about Black Adam in the last few days. Recent rumour mongering on Reddit suggested that Black Adam could be introduced to the DCEU as the main villain in Man of Steel 2, the sequel to the 2013 film that's supposedly in development and potentially awaiting Matthew Vaughn to direct. All of this is supposition of course because Warners has announced numerous DC projects with no firm release date on any of them as they scramble to adjust the game plan they announced in 2014. Currently, Shazam! has a scheduled release date of April 5, 2019.
The next DCEU film, Wonder Woman, will be in theatres everywhere on June 2.
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The 7th Sky Corps was a division of the Third Systems Army under the joint command of Clone Marshal Commander Cody and High Jedi General Obi-Wan Kenobi. The 212th Attack Battalion, Ghost Company, 2nd Airborne Company and Parjai Squad were all part of the 7th Sky Corps.
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Electronic artist Jacques Greene breaks on to our top 30 this week with a song from his highly anticipated debut album Feel Infinite. "Real Time" is our highest debut and checks in at #24. Greene is known for his collaborations and remixes with the likes of Tinashe, Radiohead, Sampha and Shlohmo. His new record will out on March 10 via Arts & Crafts.
Other debuts on the chart this week include "Love Like Thieves" from Dante Decaro, "Why We Fight" from Fast Romantics and "Black Spark" from Sam Roberts Band.
Arcade Fire moves up to the number one spot this week with "I Give You Power," their collaboration with legendary singer and activist Mavis Staples. The Grammy-winning band has reportedly finished work on its new album, with a huge tour planned for 2017.
Here is the full rundown of our top 30 this week:
30. Dante Decaro, "Love Like Thieves"
29. Little Scream, "People"
28. Fast Romantics, "Why We Fight"
27. No Joy, "Califone"
26. Sam Roberts Band, "Black Spark"
25. Rural Alberta Advantage, "White Lights"
24. Jacques Greene, "Real Time" *highest debut*
23. Teen Daze, "Cycle"
22. Sam Patch, "Listening"
21. Tim Darcy, "Tall Glass of Water"
20. John K. Samson, "Vampire Alberta Blues"
19. Japandroids, "No Known Drink Or Drug"
18. Mac DeMarco, "My Old Man"
17. Jeen, "Modern Life (Electrified)"
16. Timber Timbre, "Sewer Blues"
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14. Common Deer, "Damages"
13. Amelia Curran, "Gravity"
12. Whitehorse, "Boys Like You"
11. The Wooden Sky, "Swimming In Strange Waters"
10. The Velveteins, "Don't Yah Feel Better"
9. Pick A Piper, "Geographically Opposed"
8. New Pornographers, "High Ticket Attractions"
7. The Sadies, "Easy (Like Walking)"
6. Lydia Ainsworth, "The Road"
5. Jenn Grant, "Galaxies"
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Montgomery Gentry Cancel Georgia State Fair Show
Wednesday night's Montgomery Gentry concert at the Georgia State Fair has been canceled as singer Eddie Montgomery continues to deal with the tragic death of his son, Hunter. The fair remains open on that day.
No additional Montgomery Gentry concerts or appearances have been affected at this point. The duo is still listed as a featured performer for Saturday night's (Oct. 3) Grand Ole Opry show. It's the Opry's 90th birthday bash, featuring Little Big Town, Joe Diffie and more. Beyond that, the "Hell Yeah" singers won't have to leave Nashville until Oct. 9 and Oct. 10, when they're scheduled to play shows in Little Rock, Ark. and Fort Wayne, Ind.
Austin Hunter Montgomery died on Sunday (Sept. 27) after an unspecified accident. Funeral arrangements are set for 3PM on Thursday (Oct. 1), with visitation at 11AM at the Southland Christian Church in Nicholasville, Ky. Hunter was the youngest of Eddie Montgomery's four kids with ex-wife Tracy.
The band shared the news of the 19-year-old's death with fans on Sunday morning. A press release explained that he'd been involved in an accident and was on life support prior to his death. Hunter had recently proposed to his girlfriend, and the two welcomed a baby boy earlier this year.
Taste of Country offers condolences to the Montgomery family.
These Stars Can Relate ... Country Stars Who've Faced Similar Tragedy


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Monday, December 31, 2012
Day 23 - Going, Going, Gone!
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Sunday, December 30, 2012
Day 22 - Goodbye 2012 - Remembering and Moving On
|I'm in the middle there somewhere.
When your children are in their 40's and 50's and your grandchildren range in age from 4 to 24 and two great grandchildren will soon become three great grandchildren, you cannot look ahead without looking back. If you are a teenager, do not hurry. If you are in your 20's, do not worry. If you are in your 30's or 40's, your best days are still ahead. If you are in your 50's, you are a little late for a mid-life crisis, so buck up.
|I am incredibly blessed with family.
|And blessed to have a pool for those, I love, to enjoy...
|and knowing that their memories will include learning to swim in my pool.
If you are in your 60's like me, especially since I will join those in their 70's this year, my suggestion is that you don't allow anyone to discourage you from looking back and remembering the 'good old days'. As for me, I'm grateful to be able to count them as 'good'. The past is a wonderful place to visit but none of us should want to dwell there.
|I'm blessed to be surrounded with God's little creatures.
|And I especially appreciate this Cardinal who nests, each year, in the Rambling Rose just outside my window.
My great hope is to be able to look back at 2012 and refer to it as 'good old days' as well. So on this last day of 2012, I plan to do a great deal of remembering and counting my many blessings. Tomorrow, along with cooking up my Southern dose of New Year Luck, ham bone and black eyed peas, I intend to do a great deal of looking forward.
But looking backwards, for a moment now, affords me the special opportunity to appreciate the abundance of food with which my family and I have been blessed because I well remember a time when we were hungry...and I don't mean didn't have enough to eat, I mean real, food-less, hunger. I'll share the story one of these days.
|Independence Day affords me many opportunities to look back happily as family has gathered at my house summer after summer...one of my very favorite things and I look forward to it every year.
And, I will attempt to explain why I started counting UP the days of my life.
|I love the little studio my son built for me.
|I love that we can pull off summer themed parties in February....
|...and growing things...
|and stormy days at the beach...
|and the fact that my Hubs is so easy going...
|and that spring always arrives...
|and that I find beauty in the way light plays among simple things...
|and I love bubbles!
May we all be blessed in the coming new year!
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Saturday, December 29, 2012
Day 21 - Trash to Treasure Recap
Refinishing furniture can be painstakingly tedious requiring hours of messy stripping and endless sanding just to get to the point of beginning the application of a new finish OR it can be quick, creative and fun. I seriously prefer the latter.
Some of the refurbished or re-purposed items that have made it to the blog are listed here with links to take you to their stories. Link to dining table details and to finished table.
From damaged brown to marble-topped, shabby blue.
Mid-century Unwanted to Quirky New Table.
Taking a mirror from the barn to the house.
My shabby-wonderful $25 desk.
Who would have thought an old dish drainer could reduce clutter?Have fun turning old T-Shirts into Fringe Scarves.
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Friday, December 28, 2012
Day 20 - 2012 Recipe Recap
It looks like I fell down on the job in 2012 and didn't share much in the way of recipes. But here are links to a few, in case you missed them.
Recipes without photos can be found at the links below:Pumpkin Spice Dessert
Sour Cream Pound Cake
Make-Ahead, Baked Breakfast
Click on "Cooking: Recipes & Methods" in the "Labels" column, to the left, for previous food related posts including ones on home canning.
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Thursday, December 27, 2012
Day 19 - Ice Storm Recollections
I don't know if it's true for everyone but it seems that my recollections of distant events exist more in small, visual snapshots than in an exact chronological accounting. One such memory is of a Virginia ice storm in the spring of 1979.
Our family was visiting for the weekend, a sort-of job interview, where it was arranged that we would stay the night with an elderly farm couple who were only strangers long enough for introductions to be completed. A warmer, more welcoming pair I had never met. He was short and rotund with stubby, fat fingers scrubbed clean to a shine but forever stained by the Virginia soil in which he labored. His cheeks were Santa Claus rosy, a perfect accompaniment to the mischievous twinkle of his eyes. His wife was tall and lean, with a long, stern face. She had stooped shoulders from which a print dress and white apron hung revealing no hint of shape at all. Her hands, gnarled from hard work and advanced years, still hinted of once slender and graceful fingers.
We had run from our car through the wind-driven rain and sleet into the warm glow of their kitchen. We were ushered to seats around the large kitchen table and I remember the dinner items exactly: their own pork tenderloin, home-fried potatoes, fresh-canned green beans, sliced tomatoes, homemade sweet and sour pickles, and home-canned peaches with ice cream for dessert.
|The closest we come to an ice storm here is when we leave the sprinkler on.
The men and children had retired to the living room and, as she and I finished the last of the dishes, the lights flickered and went out. I heard some mumbling from both of them as one by one, small lights began to appear here and there. Candles, apparently permanently positioned around the three rooms, provided ample light for the flurry of activity that took place in the next few minutes. I remember asking if the power would likely be out for long, thinking the answer would be somewhere between minutes to hours but the reply was that it was likely to be out for several days. They knew of the coming ice storm and what it could mean. I did not.
Having lost power, the temperature in the old homestead would quickly begin to drop. There was a short flurry of activity as armloads of quilts and armloads of pillows were carried through what appeared to be a closet door in the kitchen. Then there was a time of chatting by candlelight in the living room. Before long it was announced that the basement had warmed and as if I were to know what significance there was to that statement, we were escorted through the magic closet door. How silly I felt. Having lived in the south for so long, I had completely forgotten that such things as basements even existed.
There, in the small underground footprint of the house, my memory captured mythical images, vignettes in pools of yellow lamplight floating on a sea of the dark unknown. In the center of the room with concrete floor and concrete walls there stood a big-box of an oil furnace radiating its welcome heat. Situated on a faded carpet, near the furnace, two old, high-back rockers awaited their occupants, upholstered and worn, one positioned with a foot stool. Between the rockers there was a small table holding an oil lamp which captured the entire scene within its circle of light.
Some small distance away, in its own circle of lamplight was a card table set with another lamp and a game of Monopoly, where the older children gathered to pass the time.
I remember a great deal more about that basement and the cozy warmth found there but I don't want to bore you further with it here. Though one more thing I remember about that particular ice storm, and others that I have experienced since, was the gun-shot sound of breaking tree limbs ringing randomly through the countryside.
Oh yes, the old man had been right. The power would be off for days and days and days.
Oh yes, the old man had been right. The power would be off for days and days and days.
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Wednesday, December 26, 2012
Day 18 - The Gift
As empty-nesters, Hubs and I easily slid into the tradition of opening our gifts late on Christmas Eve which left us free to visit with grandchildren on Christmas Day.
|Egg Nog Surprise
As for me, I guess I've been just as much of a challenge. But this year, as I've been spending so much time looking backward, he keyed in on this, (dare I say it) 'antique'. I've been looking for this exact, pre WW II, tea set pattern in every antique shop in dozens of cities, over the course of my adulthood. Hubs found it on eBay.
|The lid shown is for a sugar bowl. So, I need a Tea Pot Lid, a Sugar Bowl & 2 cups to make the set complete. But with or without the missing pieces, I am totally thrilled!
(If any of you should come across my missing pieces, PLEASE let me know. Thanks)
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Tuesday, December 25, 2012
Day 17 - Merry, Merry Christmas - Captured
Setting all the stress and worries of our worlds and lives aside for the few blessed moments of Christmas day, I'm sharing these images that will be with me always and encourage you to indelibly imprint your own images in your personal catalog of memories.
Merry Christmas!
|Some assembly required
|Helping with the instructions
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(CNN) -- The Rhode Island school superintendent who last week fired all the teachers and staff from a school whose students were performing poorly said Wednesday she is willing to negotiate now that the union has agreed to support changes.
"It is with great excitement that I read the press release from the Central Falls Teachers' Union referencing their proposed comprehensive reform agenda," said Central Falls Schools Superintendent Frances Gallo in a news release.
"It so closely mirrors my requests for assurances that I am pleased to reassure the union their place in the planning process. I do so with the belief that everyone has come to understand the meaning of comprehensive school reform."
Gallo added the school district will press ahead with its plan for improving Central Falls High School.
In a written statement, American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten said the union was pleased that Gallo has agreed to go back to the table.
"The dedicated teachers and staff want nothing more than to continue and improve upon the progress they have made," Weingarten said. "Real, sustainable change will only happen when all stakeholders work together."
Gallo's statement came a day after the Central Fall Teachers Union recommended a number of changes, including increasing instructional time for students, enhancing their support and increasing teaching quality.
Last week, the school board approved Gallo's plan to discharge 93 people -- classroom teachers, administrators and other personnel -- at the high school. The school is in a low-income area, and many of its students are Latino with English as their second language.
The firings, which were to have become effective at the end of the school year, came after the district failed to reach an agreement with the teachers' union on a plan for teachers to spend more time with students to improve test scores.
A union spokesman said the firings were drastic and cited a 21 percent rise in reading scores and a 3 percent hike in math scores in the past two years. Another official also pointed to progress at the school.
But Rhode Island's Education Commissioner Deborah Gist defended the mass firings, calling them "many years in coming."
Gist pointed out that the school's graduation rate is 48 percent, and "only 7 percent of the students are proficient in mathematics."
"More than half of the ninth-graders are failing more than two classes, which is an indication that they are frustrated, and what we know about student achievement, when students aren't successful in their class, they're much more likely to drop out of school," Gist said.
In remarks Monday to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, President Obama appeared to express support for the firings.
"If a school continues to fail its students year after year after year, if it doesn't show signs of improvement, then there's got to be a sense of accountability," he said. "And that's what happened in Rhode Island last week at a chronically troubled school, when just 7 percent of 11th graders passed state math tests -- 7 percent."
The AFT said Obama's comments "do not reflect the reality on the ground and completely ignore the teachers' significant commitment to working with others to transform this school."


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Version 2.0, codenamed Bon Echo, had been due on 26 September but will now make its debut on 24 October. The test schedule has also been adjusted, with the second beta now appearing a week late on 23 August.
The delay has been put down to a small hill of bugs that still have to be ironed out, totalling 87, according to the project's latest bug list. The new version will have a raft of new features to keep up with those coming in rivals Opera and Internet Explorer 7, including anti-phishing security, a spell checker, integrated RSS news feed handling, and (once-again fashionable) tabbed browsing.
Apart from its growing popularity as a rival to Microsoft's Explorer, Mozilla's ability to get out bug-free software on time has the broader significance of being a status project for the world of open-source software. That is it suffering minor delays is embarrassing but not deeply so. Unlike Microsoft, Mozilla has to conduct its development cycle in the glare of public scrutiny.
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text: A half length portrait of Frederick Duke of York (1763-1827), second son of King George III. He stands wearing a dark coat and Garter Star, with his home at Oatlands Park, Surrey in the background. Probably published to mark his death at the Duke of Rutland's house in Arlington Street on 5th Jan. 1827. He was buried in St. George's Chapel, Windsor, his brother, the Duke of Clarence, acting as chief mourner.


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Fronted by a padded cloth dinosaur, a whiny monologue on being big that will likely go begging for an audience.
"Being a dinosaur is hard," the narrator—depicted in the very simple cartoons as a towering, popeyed, green theropod—begins. Why? Everyone else is shorter, furniture is too small, and roaring, toothy giants have a scary reputation. Really though, "I am careful. / I am helpful. // I have good table manners." Hugeness can be a plus in sports or on the playground, too. Besides, knowing that "RAAWWRRR!" just means "Hello" in Dinosaur, no one should ever be afraid to meet one. Right? Toddlers drawn to the strokable cover and the style of art aren't likely to be body-conscious enough to absorb the reassuring message, and school-age children of all sizes will be put off by the volume's babyish look. Also, though the dino's big teeth are somewhat rounded off rather than pointy, its efforts to seem inoffensive don't come off as all that convincing—particularly to readers who have met, say, the foxes who are so "helpful" to Chicken Little and the Gingerbread Boy or Jon Klassen's deadpan predators.
Heavily earnest and as mushy of approach as it is of cover. (Picture book. 3-5)