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Friday, August 31, 2012
Nephi Anderson at Home
Nephi and Maud Anderson family, ca. 1916-1917
L to R: Grant, Ruth, Dean, Nephi, Harald, and Maud
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Wednesday, August 29, 2012
From the Vaults: Nephi Anderson's "How the Lord Was Good to Aunt Johanna" (1909)
Today's classic Mormon short story is about an aging Mormon mother waiting for a letter from her prized missionary son. It's an uplifting tale--sort of--with a darker cautionary twist at the end.
Also, if you get a chance, check out my latest post on
Dawning of a Brighter Day:
"Novelist Nephi; or Why We Still Need the 'Author of
Added Upon
How the Lord Was Good to Aunt Johanna.
By Nephi Anderson, Author of "Added Upon," "The Castle Builder," Etc.
Improvement Era
13.2 (December 1909)
The house stood well back from the road, allowing the apple orchard nearly to surround it. A broad driveway led from the road up through the trees to the front door. There was no lawn, but a bed of chrysanthemums and dahlias bordered the walk and extended half way around the house. Ivy clung to the adobe walls. The gray house, broad path, the gay flowers, and the trees laden with red and yellow fruit,-all lay peacefully reposing in the pearly haze of an autumn afternoon.
An elderly woman sat on the front porch knitting. Her white hair and deeply furrowed face glowed in the light of the western sun, which crept under the limbs of an apple tree standing so near to the house that it leaned caressingly over the porch. Every few moments the woman looked up from her knitting and down the road; and when she saw the dust of an approaching horseman, a half mile away, she slowly arose from her chair and limped down the path.
The rural mail carrier soon rode up and handed her a parcel saying, "Only a paper today."
"No letter?"
"No letter this time, Aunt Johanna. We'll hope for better luck tomorrow."
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Tuesday, August 21, 2012
WWE Guest Post and "The Skinny Kid"
No. I haven't taken up
professional wrestling
I'm guest posting today on the Mormon studies blog
Worlds without End
. My post is called "
A Place for Mormon Literary Studies
." Read it. It will be the best five minutes of your day.
Speaking of professional wrestling, my August post for
Modern Mormon Men
is also up. It is called
"The Skinny Kid"
and it is not about Mormon literature. Still, it might be the best two minutes you spend today. Unless you get on YouTube.
Also, don't forget to read my review of S. P. Bailey's novel
Millstone City
. And don't forget to
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on its new Facebook page. And while you're at it don't forget to
me on Twitter.
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Monday, August 20, 2012
I Gotta Have More Millstones: A Review of S. P. Bailey's "Millstone City"
Last April I presented a paper at the AML annual meeting that criticized missionary fiction for its tendency to depict non-American settings as hostile and dangerous. The paper (which will be published—slightly revised—in the next issue of
) especially took aim at the way American characters monopolize the points-of-view of these works—often at the expense of non-American characters, who frequently come off as flat or underdeveloped. Coke Newell's
On the Road to Heaven
was my chief whipping boy.
It was one of the first Mormon novels I reviewed on this blog
, but not a work I particularly cared for. Basically, its shallow handling of Colombian characters bothered me, and my opinion of it hasn't changed in a year and a half.
S. P. Bailey's
Millstone City
, another work of missionary fiction,
was published a few months after the annual meeting by
Zarahemla Books
, the same publisher as
On the Road to Heaven
. Set in Recife, Brazil, the novel would have fit perfectly within my discussion of the transnational Mormon experience in Mormon literature except that, unlike
On the Road to Heave
Millstone City
incorporates the perspectives of several non-American characters, most of whom are not even Mormon. The result is a patchwork narrative that widens the typically myopic scope of the mission story by ambitiously taking on subplots about Brazilian police officers, crime lords, and a fading beauty-turned-cat-lady named Luz de Sá. If
Millstone City
were a Mormon film, it would be Richard Dutcher's
States of Grace
set to Samba music.
I make this comparison to Dutcher's film deliberately. Both
Millstone City
States of Grace
are about imperiled missionaries, their even more imperiled converts, and the grace that ultimately redeems them before God and the reader. Both works also take risks in their grittier visions of the world, yet they shortchange these risks with denouements that ultimately fail to deliver.
States of Grace
, for example, ends with a forced sequence where grace is spooned out in the form of a baby Jesus who gets passed around a circle of characters. The ending of
Millstone City
is less contrived—in fact, it could have been quite good if the narrative had made more of an effort to reinforce it thematically.
I'd say more, but I don't want to give away any spoilers.
In its current form, though,
Millstone City
reads like an early draft in need of a rewrite. Which is unfortunate since this novel about two missionaries on the run from Brazilian gangsters
has a lot going for it. Smart-aleck characters, a fast-paced narrative, and an interesting, unfamiliar setting make it an entertaining read. As a thriller with roots in pulp fiction and film noir, it also has a pleasant retro-classic vibe to it that contributes to its charm. But Bailey is no Mormon
Raymond Chandler
. (Not yet, at least.) His characters usually hit the right notes—that mix of cynicism and street-wise smarm that makes you unsure whether to like or loathe them—but the overall package is too rough around the edges even for the rough-and-tumble genre it's trying to emulate.
Lacking, perhaps, are the novel's two missionaries, Elder Carson and Elder Nordgren. Like many companionships in mission fiction, they are supposed to be a pairing of the obedient (Carson) with the disobedient (Nordgren). But you would never know it unless they told you since they seem to have sprung from the same mold—which is neither hot nor cold, but rather lukewarm. As the narrator of most of the novel, Elder Carson is slightly more fleshed out as an individual than the forgettable Elder Norgren, but not enough to make him stand among the more memorable missionary characters of Mormon fiction. Yes, he's funny, occasionally edgy, and even worthy of the reader's sympathy, but not in any way we haven't seen in
God's Army
The Best Two Years
Another problem is the novel's title, which alludes to the notion expressed in Matthew 18:6 that it is better for someone to hang a millstone around his neck and be "drowned in the depth of the sea" than to offend the "little ones" who believe in Christ. Bailey works this scripture into his story directly when the Elbow, a crime boss who deals in the harvesting and selling the children's organs on the black market, cites it glibly as grounds for his own condemnation. He also ironizes it with a message of grace and forgiveness at the ending of the novel, yet he does so without returning to the millstone motif and acknowledging the irony. For me, this failure to return to the motif that receives so much emphasis in the title smothers the ironic tension at play in the novel's final two chapters and makes them less impactful. Put simply,
Millstone City
needed more millstones.
To be fair to Bailey, I ought to mention that I think
Millstone City
is a step up from the missionary stories I criticized in my April AML presentation. While it is still essentially a novel about a pair of white kids who have to endure the perils of a foreign land before they can safely return with honor to the States, it takes steps to portray the foreign land as a real place where real people live out their days. The character of Luz de Sá, the Brazilian cat-lady, is perhaps the novel's salvation. Not a cop, gangster, or missionary, Luz is the story's true outsider, the only character whose actions in the novel are wholly motivated by personal choice rather than duty to authority (or money). For me, this makes her more sympathetic, more tragic, and more heroic than the other characters. Mormon missionary stories need more characters like Luz.
And while I'm being fair, I should say that I enjoyed
Millstone City--
including its cover--even as I regretted its many problems. Fortunately, S. P. Bailey is still a young writer, and
Millstone City
is evidence enough that he has the potential to be a leader in the genre of Mormon pulp thrillers. Maybe next time he'll deliver a gritty
of back-alley Mormonism that really leaves us dead in our tracks.
Note: I received a complimentary review copy of
Millstone City
from its publisher.
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Wednesday, August 15, 2012
Missionary Poetry 1852
I came across this in my research today. Poetry from missionaries in England during the early 1850s. The source is the Autobiography and Diary of Appleton Milo Harmon. The occasion, it seems, is what we might today call a transfer or possibly even a homecoming.
You can read the journal here:
You can also learn more about Harmon on
his wikipedia page
. He is best known for helping William Clayton and Orson Pratt invent the odometer.
December 25, 1852
Sa 25 this being Christmas and a holaday with the people the Saints had prepared a feast in the Temperance hall. whare we all met at 4.P.M.—we had a variety of entertainments by way of speaches. songs recitations and the like. thare was several original peiced performed. amonchest which was the following.
Fare well to Elder A.M. Harmon
By Mark Fletcher.-
Fare well thou servant of the Lord
Our blessings go with the
Thy labours n'er will be forgot
Oh No! it cannot bee
It was for greater things thou left
Thy native Land and home
Than Earthly honours can produce.
Thy Pearl is yet to Come
Through toils and hard ships thou hast past
To teach mankind the truth.
Which by the Lord has been revealed
Yes! Treasures of Great worth
O may the Lord safe guard the home
To Zion's secure abode.
Whare from Brigham thou shalt hear
The True and liveing word.
Thy Pastoral care o're us has been
A time of lasting worth
For truths through thee has been revealed
Which fills our Souls with love,
Farewell then for the presant time
We hope again to meet
On Zions Shore, with Joseph Smith
Yes! Him we'll gladly greet
And Hyrum too we'll gladly hail
In Patriarchal Power
With Brigham , Heber and Willard too
Enthroned in Kindly power
And o're the Nations they shall rule
All men shall own their sway
Then Saints be still and things fullfill
Farewell until that Day
Also, this poem by Harmon followed:
A Paroday on the mistletoebough. Composed by my self. was then sung which reads as follows:-
We we met for a feast in the temperance hall
The olive branch hangs at the side of the wall
The Saints all around me are blyth and gay
In keeping the Christmas holaday
We now behold with Joy and prid
The Saints so gay on every side
The Sisters with their bright eys seem to be
The joy of this goodly company
O. to Zion we'll go
O to Zion we ll go
I'm wearry of England I long for a ride
Across the wide main to the other side
And my friends will be sure the first to trace
A clue to Zion our resting place
They've saught her by night they've saught her by day
They've saught her in vain and times past away
In the highest the lowest the loneliest spot
The world has saught Zion but found her not
O to Zion we'll go
O to Zion we ll go
And years roold by and our joy at last
was told as a joyfull tale long past
When the Angel appeard and to Joseph cried
Go see 'tis consealed on a large hillside
At length a stone chest thus had long lain hid
Was found in Commorah , he
raised the lid
And a beautiful reccord lay glittering thare
And its pases has taught us:- for Zion prepare
O to Zion we'll go
O to Zion we'll go
We have spoak for a pasage a cross the
wide main
And soon I'll go to it, in a railway train
When I'm safely on board and our
Sails are all set
We'll be snug in the hold and clear from the wet
Then blow ye east winds and [illegible] st us
Safe o'er
Were leaveing great Britton for Zion's fare shore
We'll assend the big river Cross o'er the wide plain
To enter the valley of Zion Again
O to Zion we'll go
O to Zion we ll go
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Tuesday, August 14, 2012
Mormons of the North: A Review of Nephi Anderson's "The Castle Builder"
Little has been said about Norway's influence on Nephi Anderson and his literary works even though the country figures prominently in
Added Upon
and other works. Anderson himself was born in what is now Oslo in 1865 and lived there until his family immigrated to Utah in 1871. He also returned in 1891 to serve a mission, and his letters and journals from this time period are open to researchers at the Church History Library in Salt Lake City. I haven't yet looked at them, but I imagine they have much to say about why Anderson carried his readers time and again to Norway. Was it nationalism? Love for the Norwegian Saints? A missionary's zeal for his field of labor?
The Castle Builder
, Anderson's third novel, suggests it may have been a combination of all three. Set entirely in Norway, the novel follows the rags-to-riches life of Harald Einersen, a Norwegian sheep-herder whose ambition draws him away from his alcoholic father into a world of ideas. Thoughtful by nature, Harald nevertheless faces challenges in his education because of the economic advantages of others, his own economic disadvantages, and his penchant for free-thinking in matters of religion. These upsets, combined with his disillusionment in existing religious doctrines, lead him to a life of radical political activity that serves mainly to fill a spiritual void until something better comes along.
That "something better" turns out to be Mormonism, which Harald embraces midway through the novel after a soul-searching climb to the top of a mountain. Like Marcus King, the protagonist of Anderson's second novel, Harald becomes something of a town pariah after his conversion. For Harald, however, the blessings and rewards of his new faith are enough to bring him through to the end of the novel.
In many ways,
The Castle Builder
is like
Marcus King, Mormon
in that it is a conversion novel about a young man who forsakes the earthly esteem of his community for the eternal esteem of Christ. Both Marcus and Harald share the trademarks of the Andersonian hero: sensitivity, intellect, ambition, and moral courage. Like Anderson, they also make school teaching their profession, although Harald ultimately leaves teaching for politics and the business world. Even this deviation, however, does little to separate Harald from Marcus. What differences the two characters share are suggested subtly through
The Castle Builder
's theme of class inequality and its Norwegian setting. Unlike Marcus, in other words, Harald is one who works from the bottom up, a perspective that makes him sympathetic to democracy and the injustices of a religious system that damns those who never had a fair chance at hearing the gospel of Christ. For him, Mormonism becomes the solution to the disadvantages of his birth, a veritable renaissance of being:
Harald Einersen was now a "Mormon," and did not care how soon the world, his world at least, knew of it. The struggle had been long and hard, but it was now over, and he was satisfied. He knew now that if the political movement which he had helped to forward was to be carried on, some one else would have to do it. His leadership was at an end. He had gone into a new world, and this change was as complete as if he had died and had arisen in another sphere. (182)
Significantly, Norway serves meaningfully as the backdrop of this change. In the past,
I've criticized Mormon literature for being too Utah-and Americentric
, but
The Castle Builder
shows—along with
Added Upon
and Anderson's
A Daughter of the North
—that Mormon literature has an old undercurrent of stories about international Mormonism. Indeed,
The Castle Builder
is particularly noteworthy because it features only one American character—the Norwegian-American missionary Elder Olsen—and its main characters choose to stay in Norway rather than immigrate to "Zion" in Utah. While this choice is based on practical necessity rather than religious convictions—Harald and Thora, his love interest, remain in Norway to care for their aging parents—it nevertheless anticipates and even reflects changing attitudes about international converts and the merits and practicality of gathering all Saints to a central location.
Other Norwegian elements abound in
The Castle Builder
. Anderson's familiarity with the country is seen in the novel's detailed descriptions of rural life, fishing, and folklore. Likely, a study of his mission record and reminiscences of Norway would turn up possible sources for these scenes, which are among the best in the book. In fact, readers will find the first half of this novel much more interesting than the second mainly because so much of its early chapters are devoted to capturing the beauty of the Norwegian countryside and the charms of its people. Anderson clearly loves Norway and
The Castle Builder
seems to be his affectionate tribute to his native land and the gospel he shared with it.
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Monday, August 6, 2012
Now on FACEBOOK!
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is now on Facebook!
If you would like to "like" it, go
. I promise not to clog your news feed with lame stuff.
I decided to make a Facebook page for the blog for a number of reasons.
, I wanted to create another way to get word out about the blog and share its contents.
, I wanted to create another platform for sharing non-low-tech links about Mormon literature.
, I've been wanting to make new Mormon literature pass-a-long cards.
, I've been wanting to get a better sense of my audience.
, everybody's doing it.
, vanity.
, I don't think Twitter should have all the fun.
, I believe in the power of social media and the longevity of Facebook (at least until the end of 2014).
, I wanted to give readers another way to discuss my posts and possible guest posts from others (any guest posters out there?).
, I wanted to be able to reach out to other who are not my Facebook friends and share my bloggermony of Mormon literature.
Did I mention you can follow
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on Twitter? Go
! I only need a dozen more followers to break 100. Not that I'm counting.
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Friday, August 3, 2012
Mormon Communalism and the Arts
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This is not meant to be a full-fledged post, but I came across something during my research today that I thought was interesting.
Here it is:
"In the arts Mormons seem more accomplished in ensemble than individual expression: bands, choirs, the theater, and dance, over painting, sculpture, or creative writing. Employers complain at times that Mormons are good followers but poor innovators. Visitors to Brigham Young University campus are impressed by its tidiness but wonder if such order and apparent unity are conducive to creative thought. To the degree that these widely held impressions reflect reality, they may indicate trade-offs communal societies make for the mutual support, efficiency, and strength their common endeavor affords. And though many in today's liberal society would not be willing to make that trade, it may be that such communalists possess the means to mitigate the great fear Alexis de Tocqueville, writing in the 1830s, had for America, that 'each man is forever thrown back on himself alone, and there is danger that he may be shut up in the solitude of his own heart.'"
--Dean L. May,
"One Heart and Mind: Communal Life and Values among the Mormons."
"Communalism" isn't a word Mormons use very often in church, but they have a long history with the concept. Can it be that Mormon excellence in communal or cooperative art is, as May suggests, a result of this history? It is a connection that I have never made before, but it makes a lot of sense now that I think about it.
What do you think? Do Mormons lag in individual creative expression because of some cultural unease about individualism? Is the literary anthology, which has had much critical acclaim lately, another successful product of a Mormon communal consciousness? Should an awareness of this communal consciousness inform the way Mormons write literature? Could the Mormon novel, like a play or film, become a group effort? Is the Romantic notion of the individual artist detrimental to the future of Mormon literature?
Work Cited
May, Dean L. "One Heart and Mind: Communal Life and Values among the Mormons."
America's Communal Utopias
. Ed. Donald E. Pitzer. Chapel Hill: The U of North Carolina P, 1997. 135-158.
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Thursday, August 2, 2012
Marcus, King of Ordeals: A Review of Nephi Anderson's "Marcus King, Mormon"
Nephi Anderson's first novel,
Added Upon
(1898), may not be the best Mormon novel, but it has an important place in Mormon literary and cultural history. As one of the first Mormon novels, it was groundbreaking in its exciting—even epic—fusion of theology and popular culture. Through it, Mormon literary critic Michael Austin points out, Nephi Anderson "[opened] a door to imaginative literature within the Mormon community" and helped Mormons "[learn], in a very real sense, not to be afraid of fiction" (13).
Marcus King, Mormon
(1900), Anderson's second novel, enjoys a less exalted place in Mormon memory. Unlike its predecessor, it is a historical novel that limits its narrative scope to the drama of a few American characters in their second estates. Marcus, the novel's namesake, is a Presbyterian minister who renounces the pulpit, converts to Mormonism, and travels west with the pioneers. Young, intelligent, and morally courageous, he is a typical Andersonian protagonist. With truth as his polar star, he endures with unshakable faith the rejection of his congregation, the hardships of a handcart crossing, and the trials of love. Like a character in a Greek romance, his locations change frequently while his character stays the same. The challenges Marcus faces, therefore, constitute and ordeal that "shatters nothing and forges nothing" in the character, as Bahktin would argue, but "merely tries the durability of an already finished product" (104-107).
This unwavering commitment to his conversion, admittedly, lessens Marcus' appeal for readers who demand characters with complex interiorities and regular crises of faith. Like
Added Upon
Marcus King, Mormon
is proxy fiction that asks readers to place themselves in the narrative and experience various ordeals as if they themselves were the protagonist. Anderson, therefore, keeps Marcus as uncomplicated and universal as possible. While he is not a blank slate, without body, parts, or passions, Marcus is generic enough—and his life experiences broad enough—to stand in for any turn-of-the-century Mormon (or potentially Mormon) boy. In this respect, Marcus is somewhat Algeresque, although his ordeal, unlike Ragged Dick's, carries him from the riches of priestcraft to the rags of a consecrated life.
Quaint though it may seem today,
Marcus King, Mormon
is not a bad novel compared to other popular works of its time. Writing in a sentimental fashion, Anderson fills the novel with stock characters, unlikely coincidences, melodramatic love triangles, and fainting. Though predictable, it reflects a sincere attempt to mainstream Mormonism for a Mormon community that was becoming increasingly assimilated to American ways. More importantly, it serves as a nice example of how early Mormon writers appropriated the novel—a literary form that was, in Anderson's day, commonly used to promote an anti-Mormon agenda—and shaped it to respond artistically to their critics. Indeed, like other Andersonian protagonists, Marcus is the antithesis of the oversexed brutes founds in the salacious anti-Mormon novels of the late nineteenth century. Rather than lording over women and murdering apostates, Marcus pursues women only reluctantly and treats apostates with sympathy and forbearance.
Among the more puzzling aspects of the novel is its historical setting. Known best for his stories about post-Manifesto Mormons, Anderson nevertheless dabbled in historical fiction on occasion.
Marcus King, Mormon
takes place in the late 1850s, yet readers would not know this were it not for handcarts, a paragraph about the Utah War, and a cameo by Brigham Young. Indeed, history seemingly plays such a peripheral role in the novel that readers are bound to question why Anderson even bothered to situate Marcus' story in time. Possibly, the historical setting is meant to accentuates the gravity of Marcus' trials, which happen against the backdrop of one of the most tumultuous decades in nineteenth-century Mormon and American history. Aside from the Utah War, both Bleeding Kansas and John Brown's Raid are alluded to in the novel, suggesting a possible parallel between Marcus' ordeal and those of Mormonism and the United States respectively. Also, the historical setting allows Anderson to further mythologize the Mormon past and instill a sense of collective heritage and identity in his readers, many of whom were likely born after the Mormon pioneer era had ended.
Of course, with the historical setting comes the problem of polygamy. As a post-Manifesto novel that borrows heavily from the strictly monogamous conventions of sentimental fiction,
Marcus King, Mormon
deals with the realities of 1850s Mormon sexuality in a circumspect way. Images of Mormon polygamy are absent, for example, and Marcus remains celibate almost to the very end of the novel, although Brigham Young does counsel him midway through "to get a wife, or two […] as soon as possible" (114). Marcus, to be sure, flirts with the possibility of a polygamous marriage; however, when he finally "[gets] two wives in one day," he does so in a way that in no way subverts the turn-of-the-century Mormon reader's new commitment to monogamy (203).
In his analysis of
Marcus King, Mormon
, Richard H. Cracroft rightly argues that it is "an interesting attempt to examine personal sacrifice on an individual and collective level" (7). I also think the novel is a continuation of the project Anderson began with
Added Upon
. Indeed, if
Added Upon
is "an effort to give in brief an outline of the 'scheme of things' […] as taught by the Gospel of Christ and believed in by the Latter-day Saints," as Anderson suggests it is in the preface to the third edition of the novel, then
Marcus King, Mormon
is a case study of how a knowledge of the 'scheme of things' affects everyday lives. Marcus, after all, is not so much concerned with becoming a god in heaven as he is with being a saint on earth. "The highest type of personal holiness," he tells a non-Mormon friend,
is not attained in the cloister, but out in the thick of the world's temptations, battling with sin and error, gaining experience by what we suffer, overcoming, conquering. There is opportunity enough for self-denial, self-renunciation in our daily lives. A man can be a man and a saint at the same time. Manhood, womanhood, and sainthood are synonyms. (158)
Such words of wisdom ground
Marcus King, Mormon
in the realities of its protagonist's mortal probation. Certainly, what the novel lacks in popularity and cultural significance, it makes up for in its earnest commitment to the power of true conversion and moral courage.
Works Cited
Anderson, Nephi. "Preface to the Third Edition."
Added Upon
. 1898. Salt Lake City: Bookcraft, 1939. Print.
Marcus King, Mormon
. Salt Lake City: George Q. Cannon & Sons Company, 1900. Print.
Austin, Michael. "Mormon Home Literature."
21.4 (Dec. 1998): 12-13. Print.
Bahktin, M. M. "Forms of Time and Chronotope in the Novel."
The Dialogic Imagination
. Ed. Michael Holquist. Austin: U of Texas P, 1981. 84-258. Print.
Cracroft, Richard H. "Nephi, Seer of Modern Times: The Home Literature Novels of Nephi Anderson."
BYU Studies
25.2 (1985): 1-13. Print.
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During the hailstorm of legislation that passed through Congress in the first "Hundred Days" of the New Deal, humorist Will Rogers observed that Congress doesn't make laws anymore, "they just wave at the bills as they go by." Now that the Supreme Court has effectively rewritten the Affordable Care Act (ObamaCare) to find the mandate to purchase health insurance constitutional and President Obama has been implementing some of his legislative agenda with executive orders, members of Congress might wonder if they really are the nation's lawmakers.
Even though the high court invoked the doctrine of "dual sovereignty" to find ObamaCare's economic coercion of states to expand their Medicaid programs unconstitutional, the Obama administration has found other ways to encourage states to conform to White House policy. Earlier this year Rep. John Kline, the Minnesota Republican who chairs the House Committee on Education and the Work Force, accused the administration of granting states waivers from some of the requirements of the decade-old No Child Left Behind Act "in exchange for states adopting the policies he wants them to have."
The Department of Education on Friday announced waivers for Washington and Wisconsin, bringing to 26 the number of states where waivers have been granted. They are currently being considered for 10 other states. In making the announcement Friday, Secretary of Education Arne Duncan expressed the administration's frustration in attempting to get Congress to amend the law:
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Re: Radisson SAS hotel
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Higher costs shrank the profit of Monster Beverage with 2.7%
The profit of the US company Monster Beverage Corp for the second quarter of 2013 decreased by 2.7% due to costs of 4.5 million USD related to litigation and trouble with regulators who claim that production of its energy drinks pose a risk to human health. The quarterly results suffered from shock and loss of 3.6 million USD from exchange rate differences, mostly related to the company's operations in Australia, Japan and South Africa. The company earned 106.9 million USD in April-June compared to 109.8 million USD in the second quarter of 2012, earnings per share, however, increased to 62 cents from 59 cents due to fewer shares outstanding. The revenue rose 6.5% to 630.9 million USD, while sales volume has expanded by 7.1%. The gross margin increased to 53.3% from 51.8% an year earlier. The analysts polled by Reuters expected earnings per share of 64 cents on revenue of 646 million USD.
The sales of the drink Monster Energy continues to rise despite the scrutiny to which the company is exposed by regulators and negative public attitudes towards energy drinks at all in recent months. But momentum has slowed.
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Also, not a big McBam fan, or a Liason fan, lol, obviously. I love Heather Webber, and Todd Manning was an excellent crossover - love his sardonic humor! Plus, I'm in love with Dante and Johnny a bit too, and I adore Lulu and Maxie. Oh, and Carly's good too!
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Jo-Ann Rogan was bartending at Philadelphia dive bar McGlinchey's on Thursday night, as she has many times over the course of her 21 years there. And on this particular Thursday night, Rogan had an all-too-familiar encounter with one of the most dreadful things that a Philadelphia bartender has to contend with: cheap Ivy League brats.
Those of you who still like to smoke cigarettes in dives like McGlinchey's and Locust Bar or light up cigars on the deck or patio of your favorite restaurant may soon be out of luck thanks to a Pennsylvania smoking ban proposed by State Senator Stewart Greenleaf and State Representative Mario Scavello. Read more »
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C1 esterase inhibitor
C1 esterase inhibitor (C1-INH) is a protein found in the fluid part of your blood that controls C1, the first component of the complement system. The complement system is a group of proteins that move freely through your bloodstream. The proteins work with your immune system and play a role in the development of inflammation. There are nine major complement proteins. They are labeled C1 through C9.
Complement factors are very important in testing for autoimmune diseases, especially systemic lupus erythematosus. C1-INH is an important marker for hereditary angioedema, and it also plays a role in other diseases.
This article discusses the test that is done to measures the amount of C1-INH in your blood.
Alternative Names
C1 inhibiting factor; C1-INH
How the test is performed
A blood sample is needed. This is usually taken through a vein. The procedure is called a venipuncture.
How to prepare for the test
No special preparation is needed.
How the test will feel
When the needle is inserted to draw blood, some people feel moderate pain, while others feel only a prick or stinging sensation. Afterward, there may be some throbbing.
Why the test is performed
Your doctor may order this test if you have signs of hereditary angioedema. Hereditary angioedema is caused by low levels of C1-INH.
Normal Values
C1 esterase inhibitor: 16 to 33 milligrams per deciliter (mg/dL).
Normal value ranges may vary slightly among different laboratories. Talk to your doctor about the meaning of your specific test results.
The examples above show the common measurements for results for these tests. Some laboratories use different measurements or may test different specimens.
What abnormal results mean
Abnormal results may be due to certain types of angioedema.
What the risks are
Veins and arteries vary in size from one patient to another and from one side of the body to the other. Obtaining blood from some people may be more difficult than from others.
Other risks associated with having blood drawn are slight but may include:
- Excessive bleeding
- Fainting or feeling light-headed
- Hematoma (blood accumulating under the skin)
- Infection (a slight risk any time the skin is broken)
Introduction to the Complement System. In: Adkinson NF Jr, ed. Middleton's Allergy: Principles and Practice. 7th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Mosby Elsevier; 2008:chap 6.
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Along the way, there were a couple of interesting Cage titbits worth sharing. The first was that he's open to the idea of a Wicker Man sequel. Now before you run screaming "Not the bees! Not the bees!" (if it's not too late), this was delivered with half a smile and a wryness that suggests it could be nothing more than a pipe-dream. But still, can you imagine?
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Sony Music and Sony/ATV are both holding out on striking a deal with Apple for its soon-to-be-announced online radio service - a decision that is reportedly frustrating Warner and Universal.
From the Sony/ATV side, boss Marty Bandier is demanding a higher rate of pay for songwriters, who have traditionally only accrued around a twentieth of the value of a recorded music sale.
From the sale of a song on iTunes, for instace, the retailer (Apple) will take 30%. Of the 70% that goes back to rightsholders, around 15% will be passed to the publisher, with the vast majority going to the record company. What an artist or songwriter ends up with is dependent on their deal, but usually the publisher will pay out more of a percentage of the money earnt to their client.
According to The New York Post, Bandier wants the publishers' overall share of revenue accrued from iStream to rise from 5% to 50%, but would accept a rise to 10% or 15% as a first step. BMG is believed to be backing Bandier's mission, and is also yet to sign a deal with Apple.
Universal has already signed a global licence deal with Apple, with Warner set to sign imminiently. However, both of these companies own their own record label and publishing companies - Sony is only a part owner of Sony/ATV/EMI.
Bandier certainly appears to have the backing of some star talent. Pharrell Williams, who co-wrote current Daft Punk smash Get Lucky, said: ""Marty [Bandier] is fighting for the fair value and rights of songwriters, and that's essential in the digital world that we live in."
"There's a frustration," one senior music executive told the Post. "[The Apple streaming service] is a net positive for the business. Apple is offering a 50/50 ad revenue share, minimum guarantees and royalties and the most successful ecosystem that's ever been created. Unlike Pandora, the up-sell opportunity is enormous."
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Belgium's press and politicians are up in arms after members of the country's state security agency were discovered promoting themselves, and their relationship to the agency, on LinkedIn and Facebook.
According to a report in Belgian publication De Standaard, searches on both LinkedIn and Facebook uncovered profiles belonging to employees for both the State Security Agency (Surete de l'Etat) and Belgium's Coordinating Body for Threat Analysis (OCAM).
Naked Security was able to independently verify some of the article's claims, finding two profiles on LinkedIn that appear to belong to analysts working for OCAM.
Here's Pascale, for example:
The profiles appear identical to one mentioned in De Standaard, but give little information about the analysts beyond their name and professional affiliation.
"The online openness is…remarkable for employees of a service that depends on secrecy," the article said.
Indeed. After all, you wouldn't catch employees of the CIA promoting themselves over social networks!
Except that…you would. If you checked. In fact, LinkedIn lists a couple of hundred members who identify their employer as the Central Intelligence Agency. Now, for sure, some of those are suspect. Like the guy from Porto Area, Portugal, who claims to be Vice President of the Central Intelligence Agency.
Or "Jay H." from Greater New York, a CIA "assassin" whose LinkedIn profile picture has him flashing the devil horns while standing next to a Ben Franklin impersonator.
I have my doubts about Jay. But others check out - like Karen M, Chief of the CIA's Global Economic Security Group.
That's a pretty public role there, but there are plenty of other LinkedIn members working at lower levels of the US spy agency - many of them as analysts - that aren't afraid to wave their spook flag.
Frankly, by comparison, the OCAM analysts' profiles on LinkedIn, like Pascale's (above) and Frank's (below) are pretty tame and give little information about the analysts beyond their name and professional affiliation.
The danger for organizations like the CIA, NSA and other intelligence services is that those members might become the targets of sophisticated phishing attacks by adversaries who use the publicly available information on LinkedIn and other social networks to learn more about the individuals and to construct a social graph of their professional and personal contacts.
That information might then be used to push malicious software or other attacks to the intelligence agency employee, potentially giving the attackers a foothold on agency systems.
We don't know that any of the intelligence professionals have violated their employers' policies by maintaining social media profiles that mention their professional affiliation.
Other branches of the military [PDF], as well as the FBI, are known to support employees' use of social media.
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Line 8-inch square pan with aluminum foil, extending foil over edges. Butter foil; set aside.
Combine sugar, butter and evaporated milk in 2-quart saucepan. Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, 6-7 minutes or until butter is melted and mixture comes to a full boil. Continue cooking, stirring often, 5 minutes. Stir in marshmallow crème and 1 teaspoon vanilla. Remove from heat.
Spoon 1 1/2 cups hot mixture into bowl; stir in 3/4 cup chocolate chips until smooth. Spread into prepared pan. Place into freezer 5 minutes or until set.
Add white baking chips and remaining vanilla to remaining marshmallow crème mixture in saucepan; stir until smooth. Spoon 1 cup mixture into another bowl; add enough food color to for desired orange tint. Stir in orange zest, if desired.
Remove chocolate mixture from freezer; spread orange mixture over top. Return to freezer 5 minutes or until set.
Remove fudge from freezer. Microwave remaining marshmallow crème mixture in bowl 10 seconds or until soften, if necessary. Spread over orange layer. Sprinkle with decorator sprinkles. Refrigerate 1 hour or until set.
Remove fudge from pan using foil ends; place onto cutting surface. Carefully peel off foil. Cut fudge into 36 squares. Cut each square in half diagonally.
Calories: 80
Fat: 3.5g
Cholesterol: 5mg
Sodium: 20mg
Carbohydrates: 13g
Dietary Fiber: 0g
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The two most salient facts about Mitt Romney's presidential candidacy as the January primaries approach are that he is always first or second in the polls and that his support is stuck at about 25 percent. It's premature to call Romney the presumptive nominee before any votes are cast, but this year's Republican field is so weak that alternative outcomes are pretty hard to imagine. Yet the GOP base remains wary of Romney because of his moderate record in Massachusetts and the extreme pliability of his political views.
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I've been learning about compost for the last 2 or so years. I made my first batch simply by adding ingredients an keeping it turned/flipped with a front-end loader on no specific time schedule. The original pile was huge and it naturally broke down into something of value (which was the goal).
As soon as I saw what I could do, I began a second batch with the 1st sitting idle. What i'm looking for is a way to break it down FAST either naturally or mechanically into something FINE to the extent that if you were to topdress a lawn the majority would fall into the canopy.
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When the screen is narrow (one-column layout), clicking on the TD icon (now lower left corner) loads the URL www.todoist.com, and there is an extra "reload" icon in the lower right corner that behaves as the TD icon does when the screen is wider. This seems needlessly confusing, and actively unfriendly in browsers set to open a new tab for a new URL.
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December 6th, 2013
Low Winter Sun will not be returning for a second season.
I only ever saw the pilot. I had one friend who said it got a lot better, but I never bothered to get back into the show. AMC will recover, I've heard really good things about "Halt and Catch Fire".
Thank you, Tom!
There's nothing ironic about that.
The greatest sin of the show was to waste the talents of so many fine actors.
Low Winter Sun was one of the worst shows I've ever seen on tv network or cable.The plot was predictable and the settings were much too dark. Filmed in Detroit, it did little to improve that city's image. AMC tossed a rotten bone and viewers didn't bite.
TV man the Talking Dead cannot move to another night. It's there to re-hash , unstressed and relax and just let the viewers catch their breath in a well lit friendly safe looking environment. You could move Sunday night football to MNF so you could just pick the better game..
AMC's new SPY ring show about the American Revolution looks great. Cant wait. Though the Honey Boo world I live in, well maybe they didnt know the USA actually fought for it's freedom to allow 48% of it's people ( notice non use of citizen here ) to not pay and taxes a year. Oh well.
Well, no surprise there.The show is not terrible but to think about it, it's the worst AMC has done so far. Mad Men/Breaking Bad are classics. Walking Dead and Rubicon is great too,The Killing had its days and Hell On Wheels is improving a lot, so this show is kinda left out.
They also have 2 new shows coming next year, plus 3 pilots, so this seems inevitable.
Not in the least shocking.. at think this was their lowest series ever.. I watched one episode and that was it.. I just was not feeling it…
Never heard of it – who cares??
Both AMC & IFC suck the big one – these used to great cable channels – now they are nothing but commercial-driven crus channels – wish I could block them from my HD lineup and not have to pay for them!!
I'd rather watch Turner Classic Movies (TCM) over ANY of the crap these channels spew out!!
Agree with you, TWD. Talking Dead was built as an inexpensive compliment to Walking Dead and it was a stroke of genius. Pulling in better numbers than any series that can be put in its spot. You might put a new show there as a one-timer, just for exposure, which AMC might have done with Low Winter Sun, but that's it.
@Walt – Well I google "AMC cancels Low Winter Sun" almost every day so I guess not, but they sure took their sweet time axing it. The series plunged to lower then a million viewers after Breaking Bad's finale and AMC has other original new series in development for next year as well as a Walking Dead companion series and Better Call Saul and Mad Men's Final season and upcoming Hell on Wheels and Walking Dead seasons. Even The Killing got another seaosn on Netflix.
The series just wasnt good. It wasnt a horrible show but it tried so hard to be a standout AMC series like Breaking Bad, Mad Men or Walking Dead, however it was very bland. With LWS cancelled I think every cable bubble drama has now been either cancelled or renewed.
Thank goodness. I never watched an episode, but I fast-forwarded through commercials for this countless times while watching other great stuff on AMC.
"They also have 2 new shows coming next year, plus 3 pilots, so this seems inevitable."
4 new shows, 4 pilots, and 4 shows still in possible development
King Of Arms (Unscripted)
Better Call Saul
Halt & Catch Fire
Line of Sight
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The Terror
Untitled The Walking Dead Spin-off
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It was an okay show, but the finale was garbage. The only reason to watch this show, is Mark Strong, who did put on an amazing performance in this show.
Did they even need to announce this?
This show didn't even try to outrun the cancellation bear. Basically walked right into his mouth.
I stuck it out in the hopes it would get better but instead it just kept getting worse, I wasn't going to watch a S2 regardless, but I'm glad that another show will get a chance now in it's place.
I heard they are going to call the BluRay "Low Winter Ratings"…..
I wanted to like this show, but the overload of pre-air ads drove me insane. "people keep talking about morality like its black and white". I couldn't reach for the mute button quick enough after seeing it 500 times before one show aired. Trying to watch it led me to tears of boredom. The cinematography was so dark, I needed night vision goggles just to watch it.


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FIXED: Sometimes the Guide web browser would crash when trying to download files. (Bug #21304, #19880)
FIXED: Using some commands such as 'quit' would sometimes cause the Guide browser to crash. (Bug #23602, 19689)
FIXED: After exiting from the Guide web browser the menu would reload and take the user back to the main menu. (Bug #19054)
IMPROVED: Some websites with Flash content would cause the Guide browser to crash, especially after Flash version 11 release. (Bug #23598, #19896, #20644, #23323, #23401, #20196)
Letters and Documents:
FIXED: When trying to save a document (if using a SAPI or Infovox voice) Guide would sometimes crash. (Bug #19864, #19936)
FIXED: When adding attachments to emails, Guide would sometimes crash. (Bug #19939)
FIXED: When opening the address book (if using Acapela/Infovox voices), Guide would sometimes crash. (Bug #21443)
FIXED: When trying to explore the 'sent' and 'deleted' email folders in Guide, Guide would sometimes stop responding. (Bug #15193)
NEW: New attached file on sample emails (photo of Worcester Cathedral). (Suggestion #23545)
FIXED: AOL email settings not found in email setup wizard. (Bug #19310)
PDF Reader:
IMPROVED: Issues opening and reading PDF documents. (Bug #19711, #21799)
FIXED: Using Acapela/Infovox voices would sometimes cause Guide to crash. (Bug #20193)
FIXED: When increasing/decreasing the speed of an Acapela voice in Guide there was little change noticeable in the speed. (Bug #20519)
FIXED: If other text to speech software was installed alongside Guide, sometimes this would cause a voice conflict with SAPI voices. (Bug #23290)
FIXED: When increasing the size of the picture in the mag/pic viewer, printing the image does not show the same level of zoom as the screen. (Bug #20691, #18029)
FIXED: Sometimes images would open with contrast set too high by default. (Bug #20913)
FIXED: When trying to play an audio CD, Guide would sometimes say "I have encountered a problem..." (Bug #21444)
FIXED: Sometimes Guide could not detect the CD drive and would report "error on CD drive". (Bug #21231)
FIXED: In the Games menu option "Setup Game screen colours" was not taking affect. (Bug #20553)
Voice memos:
FIXED: When trying to listen to a recorded voice memo (while using an Acapela/Infovox voice), Guide would sometimes crash or give an error. (Bug #21445)
FIXED: When pressing Escape inside the photocopier options Guide would go to the 'Brightness selection menu' rather than returning to the Photocopier menu. (Bug #19202)
FIXED: Unhelpful error message when the calculator is not able to perform a calculation. (Bug #19144)
Skype & Messaging:
FIXED: Issues with Guide's Skype function following software updates supplied by Skype. (Bug #20246, #22461, #20614)
FIXED: Instant messaging was not working correctly within Guide. (Bug #21300)
FIXED: There were errors in the Help content regarding the use of shortcut keys Shift + TAB. (Bug #19168)
FIXED: Inconsistencies in the formatting of text to describe hotkeys in the Help file for the Picture/Handwriting Magnifier. (Bug #19182)
FIXED: Various errors have been fixed in the Typing tutor help content. (Bug #21362)
FIXED: Missing Help content in US Guide v6.018. (Bug #18854)
FIXED: Error in Help content for the web browser. (Bug #19694)
Language Translations:
FIXED: Various instances of English text in other language editions of Guide. (Bug #19424, #22869, #22941, #19850, #20260, #19704, #19700, #19699, #20242, #20628, #20629, #19838)
FIXED: Swedish voice Alva was not working. (Bug #20773)
FIXED: English games removed from Czech edition of Guide. (Bug #19682)
FIXED: Mis-pronunciation in Czech voice prompts. (Bug #19691)
FIXED: Translated dictionary file missing for Belgian, Dutch & French editions of Guide. (Bug #22133)
FIXED: International RSS feeds, podcasts and radio stations not found. (Bug #18000, #20243)
FIXED: It was not possible to create new custom menus after a Guide update. (Bug #23381)
FIXED: Sometimes Guide would take over the Windows desktop even when this option was 'OFF'. (Bug #19965)
FIXED: Guide was sometimes loading before Windows had started up causing it not to work. (Bug #23422)
FIXED: Occasional Runtime errors when updating from the Internet, caused Guide to close down.
FIXED: Updated Dolphin's contact details in the signature of emails sent with a trial version. (Bug #23458)
FIXED: Updated Dolphin's contact details within the Address Book and sample emails. (Bug #23544)
FIXED: Updating from version 6.018 to 6.026 or installing the 6.026 demo would prevent the Guide updater from working. (Bug #23255, #23402, #21466, #18212)
FIXED: Not all text in the installer was being read aloud. (Bug #19851)
FIXED: Typos in menus and help content. (Bug #19167, #19184, #20591, #19181)
NOTE: We are aware of the following issues which will be prioritised in the next Guide update:
- The web browser sometimes crashes while visiting Flash intensive websites such as YouTube.
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Thanksgiving's luckiest turkeys: Life after a presidential pardon
Just like pumpkin pie or football, the presidential pardon of some lucky turkeys is a Thanksgiving tradition.
On Wednesday, President Obama added Gobbler and Cobbler to a distinguished list, the Annual White House Turkey Pardon. But what happens to those birds after their moment in the spotlight?
They go to a the home of the nation's first president.
On the grounds of Mount Vernon, George Washington's Historic Estate in Virginia, lies a specially-prepared pen where the turkeys will be a main attraction at a holiday festival. After all, it was Washington who suggested a national day of thanksgiving in 1789.
"The holidays in the 18th century were a time for family and friends to get together for good food, good drink and just a good time together. Turkeys were a part of that celebration certainly…to eat," says Mount Vernon Horticulture Director Dean Norton.
And after the festival?
"They'll move back to our livestock department and be with all sorts of other animals and they're just always thrilled when they get back there."
New this year, the White House let Facebook users choose which bird would be the "official" national Thanksgiving turkey. Cobbler was declared the winner of that poll.


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Nick Clegg can finally breathe a sign of relief because David Cameron seems to have temporarily switched his rivalry focus towards Boris Johnson. And an exclusive video, filmed by Alison Jackson, has shown the two competitive Tories in action.
Game on! Boris Johnson and David Cameron head to BoJo's house – with Boris bike in tow
The Mayor and Prime Minister were pictured heading into Boris' Islington home (with a Boris bike in tow). However, although it may have looked like they were going to have a relaxed little chin-wag, instead Boris invited the PM to an uber competitive dance off.
Obviously prepared for the battle to get violent, Boris kept his bike helmet on throughout. Not that he needed to avoid flailing limbs. The pair were both pulling some pretty impressive moves.
Scroll down to watch the video of Cameron and Boris dancing…
After you: The relaxed pair looked as if they might have just been planning a quiet night in
Warming up: Cameron flexes his muscles
Perhaps they both received dance lessons at Eton – although we would expect lessons at the traditional boarding school to be more ballroom than jazz dance.
The more likely reason for Cameron and Johnson's footwork prowess is that both have been putting in a lot of time on their Kinect for XBox 360. Afterall, practice makes perfect, and neither are very busy with work at the moment, right?
Getting into the groove: The political pair show off their moves
Practicing punching: Boris and Cameron got especially into the more active dances
Either way, the pair are going to own the dancefloor at the Tory Party Office Christmas Party. But have they learned the moves to Gangnam Style yet? Watch this space…
Coming to blows: Maybe it was lucky that Boris had kept his helmet on afterall!
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With the Harley-Davidson Museum in downtown Milwaukee as a backdrop, hundreds of motorcycle enthusiasts in the audience, and the Harley-Davidson Screamin' Eagle/Vance & Hines Pro Stock Motorcycle team in attendance, Harley-Davidson and NHRA officials announced yesterday that the Harley-Davidson Motor Company has extended both its official program with NHRA and its title sponsorship of the NHRA Harley-Davidson Sportsman Motorcycle Series through the 2016 season.
"This relationship began in 2006 and this extension represents the strength of the partnership between two iconic American brands: NHRA and Harley-Davidson," said Tom Compton, president, NHRA. "We are excited to extend this sponsorship through the 2016 season and appreciate everything the Harley-Davidson Motor Company has done and will continue to do to build and grow NHRA."
The Harley-Davidson Screamin' Eagle/Vance & Hines Pro Stock Motorcycle team first entered NHRA competition aboard Harley-Davidson V-Rod in 2004, and has since claimed five NHRA Full Throttle World Championships, including three consecutive with rider Andrew Hines (2004-'06) and two titles with Eddie Krawiec (2008, 2011).
"This relationship between Harley-Davidson and the NHRA has been rewarding at all levels," said Harley-Davidson Racing Manager Kris Schoonover, "from the team's success on the track to our interaction with the many Harley-Davidson riders and fans who attend every NHRA event, Harley-Davidson and drag racing really work well together, and the company is pleased to extend this partnership."
This extension continues the all-encompassing involvement of Harley-Davidson with NHRA at a number of levels, including the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series and NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series. As the official motorcycle of NHRA, Harley-Davidson has an extensive presence on-site at NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series events as well as in the ESPN2/ESPN2HD broadcasts.
One of the more popular elements on-site at each event in NHRA's Nitro Alley is the Harley-Davidson display, which provides fans with the opportunity to see the latest Harley-Davidson motorcycles and enjoy many interactive elements. The company also will continue its motorcycle giveaway promotion in conjunction with NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series events and maintain entitlement of the NHRA Harley-Davidson Sportsman Motorcycle Series.
The NHRA Harley-Davidson Sportsman Motorcycle Series is contested in four of NHRA's seven divisions within the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series. The sponsorship provides Harley-Davidson with the opportunity to extend its brand across the country through NHRA's sportsman racing community.


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Solo performer using my uke on a few songs through my sets. I installed the Five-0 in a Fender Pa-ina and it made a world of difference. The Five-0 is active and the Fender pup was passive. I've had Lanakai AE ukes and none come close to the sound I'm getting from the Five-0 in the Pa-ina. The install was easy, as the Pa-ina had a passive pup already and all I had to do was take it out and pop in the Baggs. The pup comes with a small hole on the end and some floss to make it easy to pull the pup up through to the bridge. The only downside is the battery velcro and volume knob tape are sub-par and needed to be replaced with better stuff. This pup brings to life the mellow mahogany sound of the Pa-ina with little to no feedback at live volumes. I'm using Baggs pups in my steel string and nylon too, and there is no better in my opinion.
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I have one of these installed in my tenor ukulele, and it is the best I have used. the sound is very accurate amplified, just louder, of course.
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As a result of my first review I was contacted by a company tech. He said that there were some pick ups that shipped from the company with issues. I must have purcsed one of them. I was sent a new unit so I installed it. I am now a very satisfied user. It performs as advertised.
I am absolutely impressed with the level of customer service extended to me. For that I am also very thankful. I would recommend this pick up to anyone looking or superior amplified sound from their Uke.
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As I said, this works incredibly well and as it should in my Kamaka. Others who use these report equally happy results (check YouTube). I do not work for this company or sell these, I am just a very, very satisfied customer with 30+ years playing fretted instruments.
I had this professionally mounted in a Kamaka HF-3 Tenor, which is arguably one of the best ukuleles you can buy. This system captures the sound beautifully playing back through my Fishman Loudbox (again, a quality item) extremely well. I find it to have an ultra-clean, true sound with no distortion at all; indeed, of all of the systems I have tried, this is far and away THE BEST I have ever heard. Nice that it has a volume control, which gives you some on-board control of the sound. The thing I like most about this is that you get none of the handling and extraneous noise of many other systems. I would suggest you always get these installed by a qualified repair person or Luthier as any time you drill into a bridge and a instrument body you run the risk of not doing it right. You also have to shave some of the saddle down to compensate for the height added by the pick-up, which again is best left in the hands of a pro. If you get it installed right, you should absolutely love this item
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Best value in ukulele amplificiation as far as I am concerned. I am amazed they can sell something this good for such a low price.
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I had this system installed in my Kala Uke and play it through a Mackie P.A. board and JBL Eon speakers with Radial JDI. This pick up distorts terribly with the slightest amount of aggressive attack on the strings. What I mean by that is anything harder than light fingerpicking. The system I play through is great and anything I've plugged into it sounds great. If it wasn't for the disappointing distortion the reproduction of the sound is very good but I don't want an electric guitar distort on my Uke. I do not recommend this to anyone searching for a good clean sound.
Overall features are good.
I guess the actual parts are quality in nature. But, good parts and bad sound do not make a good system.
There is no value to a pick up system that does not deliver what was promised and at this price has no justification.
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Frustration, anger, helplessness and happiness describe my emotional journey during this morning's bad commute to work. A trip that normally takes 45 minutes took 1 hour and 45 minutes and I saw an hour of extra work time being added to the end of a Friday! I am sure the first three emotions are no strangers to those of us who commute daily but happiness, however, is rarely associated with commuting. Volvo Ventures have just completed an investment in a company that offers an alternative to endless hours of non-productive, frustrating car commuting. Experiencing the pain point that a new investment aims to solve was the source of my happiness.
Ridepal offers its riders a luxury coach with high-speed internet that takes them from close to where they live to work. Ridepal's model is based on companies seeing the advantages of offering their employees route-optimized shuttles and taking part of the cost. Netflix's previous talent officer, Patty McCord explained the benefits perfectly,
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The advantages for the riders include ability to start work during the commute, reduced stress levels at a cost cheaper than getting into your car. According to interviews conducted with riders, the service is addictive and once you have experienced the advantages, it's really hard to go back to a frustrating drive.
The beauty of Ridepal's business model compared to private commuter shuttle programs at Google, Genentech, Apple and others is that it utilizes the power of the sharing economy made possible at a new level through technology. Ridepal aggregates demand from several companies in an area to significantly reduce costs, they enable private persons to utilize the existing routes when capacity is available and they aggregate supply of transport capacity from companies with suitable coaches. All of this is made possible through the clever use of web and mobile software.
Ridepal has had a great start of its journey with customers like Intuit and Groupon. The vision is however bigger – helping commuters globally to get to and from work in a simply more effective way. The Bay area is a great sand box with unique conditions but bad traffic situations and uncoordinated commuting journeys exist in most densely populated areas in other parts of the world.
The mobile phone is predicted to be the center of our travel need, helping us find the most efficient way from A to B, be it ridesharing, taxi, bike, public transport or commuter shuttles. In order to make this vision a reality there need to be good alternatives to getting into your car, Ridepal adds a great alternative for one of the most important transportation needs, the daily commute.
Volvo Group's vision is to become the world leader in sustainable transport solutions. Volvo Buses pioneered the Bus Rapid Transit system that is key to public transport in many parts of the world and keeps on innovating public transportation and services. This follows a strong trend seen where private entities increasingly are complementing public transport alternatives. Moving people from cars to buses significantly reduces the environmental impact and through the utilization of alternative fuels, hybrids and fully electric buses, this can be reduced further or even be fully eliminated.
We eagerly look forward to joining forces with Ridepal, utilizing the in-depth knowledge and technologies we have from global public transportation systems combined with Ridepal's innovative model. Hence enabling more people to experience a better commute to and from work and improve traffic situations in cities and reducing environmental impact!


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