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Change: In July of 2008, Obama visits Germany, delivers his Day The Earth Stood Still-style Citizens of the World Unite speech.
In June of 2013: "Germany to Spymaster-in-Chief Obama: You are on some Eastern Bloc $#!+ right now," Jim Treacher quips:
Dude? When Germany is telling you to knock it off? Maybe you should listen. I know you won't, but you should.
German outrage over a U.S. Internet spying program has broken out ahead of a visit by Barack Obama, with ministers demanding the president provide a full explanation when he lands in Berlin next week and one official likening the tactics to those of the East German Stasi.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel's spokesman has said she will raise the issue with Obama in talks next Wednesday, potentially casting a cloud over a visit that was designed to celebrate U.S.-German ties on the 50th anniversary John F. Kennedy's famous "Ich bin ein Berliner" speech.
Government surveillance is an extremely sensitive topic in Germany, where memories of the dreaded Stasi secret police and its extensive network of informants are still fresh in the minds of many citizens.
Yeah, Barry will need to update that classic speech a bit: "Ich bin ein Faschist Soziopath."
Am I the only one who was reminded of the Stasi when the White House started telling us to inform on your fellow Americans who say things that "seem fishy"? Four years ago, you would've been called paranoid for likening that to the Stasi. Today, you'd have to be a partisan idiot not to be reminded of totalitarian Cold War tactics.
Well, as I noted in June of 2010, when the fallout from the JournoList scandal was breaking, involving the self-described "Non-Official Campaign" by leftwing journalists to elect Obama in 2008 (and 2012), JournoList member Walter Shapiro wrote an article titled "The Death of JournoList: Does Privacy End at the Edge of Your Thoughts?" I responded by noting that Shapiro's headline "seems like a rather disingenuous question for a man of the left to ask, as this is where the terrain invariably ends up, the further and further one moves left," adding, "You wanted East Germany on the Potomac? Might as well have all of the trappings, boys."
Incidentally, today Politico is reporting that Obama oversaw the "Greatest Expansion of Electronic Surveillance In U.S. History." (Link safe, goes to Big Journalism.) Without of course noting how deeply Politico was in the tank for Obama in 2008 (and 2012).
I rarely say this, but let's return to Germany for a bit. On Monday, Treacher linked to a German Photoshop of Shepard Fairey's 2008-era "Hope" poster retitled, "YES WE SCAN." As he wrote, "It took a German to do the job Americans won't do: Calling a Democrat POTUS on his bull$#!+."
Admittedly, my effort was nowhere near as cool as the German version, but Tuesday of last week, playing around with some ideas presented in this Photoshop how-to guide (pro tip: buy the hard copy book, not the bollocked up Kindle version), I cranked this out:
By the way, after Obama's July 2008 speech in Berlin, acting as John McCain's surrogate, Lindsey Graham joked, "There goes Germany. We're going to have to get to 270 without Germany."
That idea didn't work out too well, so perhaps Graham is taking another try at winning the German vote, as we'll explore right after the page break.


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We are always looking for outreach counselors! We do street outreach three evenings a week, here is our chapter's schedule:
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Our lab is interested in the mechanisms of embryo-uterine interactions at the time of implantation and fetal-maternal interactions at the time of birth. During early pregnancy, a tightly regulated series of molecular signals coordinates uterine receptivity and activation of the developing embryo. In collaboration with other Vanderbilt investigators, we are examining the role of growth factors, cytokines and prostaglandins in the establishment of pregnancy. Genomic screens have also identified numerous factors that are upregulated at the time of implantation, but whose function in this process is unknown. Current research projects are aimed at resolving the contribution of these gene families to embryo implantation.
We are also examining the role of prostaglandins in term and preterm birth. Prostaglandins are products of arachidonic acid metabolism with vasoactive and mitogenic properties, and are likely downstream mediators of growth factor signaling. Cyclooxygenase (COX) is the rate-limiting enzyme in prostaglandin synthesis. COX-1 is the constitutive isoform of this enzyme whose expression is developmentally regulated, while COX-2 is expressed in response to inflammatory stimuli. We observed reduced vascular permeability and prostaglandin concentrations in the uteri of COX-1 deficient mice. However, COX-1 deficient uteri have compensatory upregulation of COX-2, suggesting a mechanism to preserve fertility. COX-1 null mice are also remarkable for their inability to complete labor or deliver healthy pups. We found that COX-1 deficient mice can deliver in a timely fashion when carrying a litter of wildtype pups (by embryo transfer). There are few mouse models that display parturition failure and offer the opportunity to examine the molecular basis of labor. As part of these studies, COX-1/COX-2 double knockout mice have also been bred. These mice have perinatal lethality, possibly due to abnormal regulation of the ductus arteriosus, a fetal vascular shunt that is necessary for survival in-utero. These models are invaluable resources for the evaluation of prostaglandin actions in maternal-fetal communication during reproduction and during fetal organogenesis.
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TV 101: How Friends caused the current financial crisis (OR: Say it ain't so, Joe the Actor)
We're on an economic roller coaster right now, and I don't mean a reputable roller coaster like at Six Flags. We're talking one of those death-trap coasters that even the carnies won't ride. The depressing thing is that the whole bag of crap we're in right now just seemed to come out of nowhere, like the last season of Roseanne. How did we get here? Why is this all happening now?
You might be tempted to blame the usual suspects: the president, the congress, the Stone-Cutters. But you'd be wrong. The real culprit behind this whole problems is Friends.
First, a little economic history (and before your start criticizing the accuracy of this information, please understand that I spent three months as an Economics major at a New Jersey state school, so I think it's pretty obvious I know what I'm talking about).
Some time during the late nineties, our economy, built for much of the last twenty years on the shaky foundation of credit-fueled consumer spending, accelerated from light-speed to ludicrous speed:
-- Families that were stretched thin financially in a 2000 square foot house suddenly, inexplicably, decided that they needed a 5000 square foot McMansion.
-- Part-time adult book store booth-scrubbers were given eleven million dollar mortgages.
-- A college student would, by his 19th birthday, own, on average, sixty iPods, twenty-two MacBooks, and three Mac Pros.
-- It was commonplace by 2005 for the standard four bedroom family home to have a basement completely covered in fur.
And the list goes on.
To fund this spending, banks set up increasingly easy-to-obtain credit. The requirements for a line of credit went from "having a steady job and a good credit history" to "the ability to sign your name" to "having DNA." Some banks went so far as to give everyone who opened a new account a million dollar adjustable rate mortgage.
The money flew in just about the time the sense flew out.
Getting stupid stuff we don't need with money that we don't have is as American as buying a $40 Martha Stewart branded apple pie. As the late 90s became the early 00's, however, we took this idea to its final, most ridiculous extreme.
The great big American balloon is now deflating faster than the ratings for Heroes.
There are probably several reasons why all these terrible things happened. Those of you who studied economics for longer than three months at a slightly more respectable school will probably post something about (anyone?) something d-o-o economics ..."Voodoo" economics that I won't understand (but will read out loud in a Ben Stein voice ). Those of you who studied politics will call me a typical lefty elitist (or a right-wing tool), talk about why this is all your least favorite politician's fault, then fall into a boring argument with people who have differing views.
Since I only really understand pop culture, I'm going to put it in terms that make sense to me: Friends caused the current financial crisis because it sent the message to impressionable young Americans that you can lead an upper-Middle class lifestyle without having any visible means of income.
It was by following Friends' example that led the people of my generation to purchase sixty thousand dollars' worth of Sharper Image electric CD organizers with our credit cards even though we were still working at the milk-bottle booth on a Jersey Shore boardwalk. Or, more to the point, led us to buy houses we couldn't afford with money we didn't have.
It's right about now that you'll start screaming at me. "But Jay! TV is an idealized reflection of our lives. It doesn't show us the bad things! It's a magical land where good looking people don't worry about things like money (like the parties, Jay, you were never invited to in high school). How can you blame Friends for something that every TV show does?"
I would argue that, at least where money was concerned, the TV of the '60s, '70s, and '80s, dealt with the idea of class and the restrictions of having very little money in a much more realistic way than did the free spenders on Friends. It was a simple equation on those shows: if you had money, you could do certain things, if you didn't, you couldn't. There was a reason why the set of All in the Family looked so much different than the set of the Jeffersons -- George Jefferson was rich, Archie Bunker wasn't.
Even the lily white suburban Pleasantville-type shows of the 50s at least gave explanations for why their characters lived so much better than you did. All the fathers wore really sharp grey sack suits and went and worked in places that looked like the offices of Sterling Cooper. The money came from somewhere.
Now, let's think about Friends.
In the early years of the show, Monica is a barely-working chef and Rachel is a coffee shop waitress. Joey is an out of work actor. Phoebe is essentially a crazy bag lady. They're typical 20-somethings just coming up in the world, trying to make it in New York City. Their apartments, clothes, and attitudes toward money should remind us of Lucky Louie or Good Times.
Instead, they live in apartments that would cost, without resorting to hyperbole, four hundred quadrillion dollars per month. They don't just wear nice clothes, they're fashion trendsetters. They do things no normal people in their 20s would do (seriously, if one of your friends tried to get you to come to a destination wedding in England, like Ross did in the fourth season, you'd punch them repeatedly in the face, wouldn't you?)
Though money issues were touched on briefly in the show's very early going -- I'm thinking about the episode where they go to a restaurant that's out of the price range of some of them -- by the end of the second season the characters on Friends treated money with the same half-hearted magical realism of The Simpsons: it always seemed to appear when it was needed, and then it was never worried about again.
Just like -- wait for it -- the $800 billion Wall Street bailout. If that isn't cartoon money, I don't know what is. (Did you hear that? That was my "Webby award for most insane leap of logic on a blog" being engraved).
Even if you could prove that Friends wasn't the first show to ignore the incongruity between what its characters earned and what they were able to purchase, you'd have to admit it was certainly the most influential.
For those of us born in the '70s -- the people, incidentally, most at fault for all the stupid spending of the last ten years -- Friends was a defining show of our generation. It was a big, bright, contemporary show about twenty-somethings that we watched just as we were entering our twenties. Further, with the divorce rate in the '80s running at something like 113%, and our parents ignoring us in favor of their Jane Fonda Betamax aerobics tapes, we were abandoned in front of the TV earlier and with more vigor than any generation up to that point. Our brains were therefore soft and receptive to the message Friends was sending us.
And that message? No matter what your income, you can live an upper-middle class lifestyle. Where does the money come from? Who cares, let's listen to the Rembrandts!
Is it any wonder that we're in the mess we're in right now?
Just a brief note: TV 101 in its previous incarnation was a column that I wrote with the same regularity as a pre-oatmeal eating Wilford Brimley. That is to say, not very regular at all.
Joel Keller, our fearless leader and tough but fair disciplinarian (he spanks, but never hard enough to make me cry), asked me to revive the column on a semi-monthly basis. His innovative use of forward thinking Web 2.0 philosophies like "deadlines" and "getting things done when you say you will" and also "finishing columns by a certain time and date" have inspired me to undo the previous irregularity of the old column. Look for these adventures in strained (but hopefully interesting) logic to appear every other Wednesday starting today.
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This species is known to be undergoing steep population decline in Europe, although numbers in its Asiatic strongholds are thought to be more stable. Thus it is probably experiencing a moderately rapid population decline overall, and consequently it is categorised as Near Threatened.
Taxonomic source(s)
AERC TAC. 2003. AERC TAC Checklist of bird taxa occurring in Western Palearctic region, 15th Draft. Available at: #http://www.aerc.eu/DOCS/Bird_taxa_of _the_WP15.xls#.
Cramp, S.; Perrins, C. M. 1977-1994. Handbook of the birds of Europe, the Middle East and Africa. The birds of the western Palearctic. Oxford University Press, Oxford.
del Hoyo, J.; Collar, N. J.; Christie, D. A.; Elliott, A.; Fishpool, L. D. C. 2014. HBW and BirdLife International Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World. Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge UK: Lynx Edicions and BirdLife International.
40-48cm. Narrow winged, lightly built harrier, with similar structure and flight to C. pygargus with female and juvenile however closer to C. cyaneus in structure and plumage details. Adult male unmistakeable, with pale grey and white plumage, relieved only by black wing-tips. Adult female dark brown above, streaked below, with barred tail. Similar spp. Adult female can be distinguished from C. pygargus by lack of solid dark trailing edge to inner primaries when seen in flight from below combined with duller secondaries, lack of dark bar along mid-secondaries on upperwing, and a series of subtle characters. Juvenile differs from C. pygargus in having almost white ruff-collar rather than dark neck shawl, same primary pattern as for female and other subtle characters. Female and juvenile C. macrourus also resemble C. cyaneus, but the latter species is larger, with proportionately shorter and broader wings. Voice Little known, but said to be similar to that of C. pygargus and C. cyaneus. Usually silent in winter.
Barnes, K. N. 2000. The Eskom Red Data Book of birds of South Africa, Lesotho and Swaziland. BirdLife South Africa, Johannesburg.
BirdLife International. 2004. Birds in Europe: population estimates, trends and conservation status. BirdLife International, Cambridge, U.K.
Bragin, E. 1999. The changes of fauna and number of birds of prey in Kustanay Oblast (North Kazakhstan). Kazakhstan Zoological Journal: 99-105.
Brown, L. H.; Urban, E. K.; Newman, K. 1982. The birds of Africa vol I. Academic Press, London.
del Hoyo, J.; Elliott, A.; Sargatal, J. 1994. Handbook of the Birds of the World, vol. 2: New World Vultures to Guineafowl. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona, Spain.
Ferguson-Lees, J.; Christie, D. A. 2001. Raptors of the world. Christopher Helm, London.
Galushin, V.; Clarke, R.; Davygora, A. 2003. International Action Plan for the Pallid Harrier (Circus macrourus).
Kiliç, D. T.; Eken, G. 2004. Türkiye'nin önemli kus alanlari: 2004 Güncellemesi (Turkish IBAs). Doga Dernegi, Ankara.
Kuznetsov, A. V. 1994. [Birds of prey of the Kostroma lowland]. In: Kurochkin, E.N. (ed.), [Modern ornithology], pp. 86-93. Nauka, Moscow.
Snow, D. W.; Perrins, C. M. 1998. The Birds of the Western Palearctic vol. 1: Non-Passerines. Oxford University Press, Oxford.
Terraube, J.; Arroyo, B. E.; Mougeot, F.; Madders, M.; Watson, J.; Bragin, E. A. 2009. Breeding biology of the Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus in north-central Kazakhstan: implications for the conservation of a near threatened species. Oryx 43(1): 104-112.
Thiollay, J.-M. 1994. Family Accipitridae (Hawks and Eagles). In: del Hoyo, J.; Elliott, A.; Sargatal, J. (ed.), Handbook of the birds of the world, pp. 52-205. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona, Spain.
Tucker, G. M.; Heath, M. F. 1994. Birds in Europe: their conservation status. BirdLife International, Cambridge, U.K.
Further web sources of information
Detailed regional assessment and species account from the European Red List of Birds (BirdLife International, 2015)
Detailed species account from Birds in Europe: population estimates, trends and conservation status (BirdLife International 2004)
Detailed species accounts from the Threatened birds of Asia: the BirdLife International Red Data Book (BirdLife International 2001).
Explore HBW Alive for further information on this species
Search for photos and videos, and hear sounds of this species from the Internet Bird Collection
Text account compilers
Benstead, P., Capper, D., Derhé, M., Peet, N., Pilgrim, J., Taylor, J., Temple, H., Khwaja, N.
Bragin, E., Brouwer, J., Corso, A., Hall, P., Katzner, T., Morozov, V., Murphy, P., Pomeroy, D., Simmons, R., Tyler, S., Vintchevski, A.
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2015) Species factsheet: Circus macrourus. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 14/10/2015. Recommended citation for factsheets for more than one species: BirdLife International (2015) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 14/10/2015.
This information is based upon, and updates, the information published in BirdLife International (2000) Threatened birds of the world. Barcelona and Cambridge, UK: Lynx Edicions and BirdLife International, BirdLife International (2004) Threatened birds of the world 2004 CD-ROM and BirdLife International (2008) Threatened birds of the world 2008 CD-ROM. These sources provide the information for species accounts for the birds on the IUCN Red List.
To provide new information to update this factsheet or to correct any errors, please email BirdLife
To contribute to discussions on the evaluation of the IUCN Red List status of Globally Threatened Birds, please visit BirdLife's Globally Threatened Bird Forums.
Additional resources for this species
|Key facts
|Current IUCN Red List category
|Near Threatened
|Accipitridae (Hawks, Eagles)
|Species name author
|(Gmelin, 1770)
|Population size
|mature individuals
|Population trend
|Distribution size (breeding/resident)
|5,840,000 km2
|Country endemic?
|Links to further information
- Additional Information on this species
- 2015 European Red List assessment


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A man described by police as a known gang member in his early 20s was shot to death in Highland Park last Friday by someone armed with a shotgun. The shooting in the 200 block of North Avenue 55, near Figueroa Street, was reported at 12:50 a.m., said Sgt. Lisa Phillips of the Los Angeles Police Department's Northeast Station. The victim was in an alley when the shooter, who is believed to be a male, walked up, opened fire and fled on foot, Phillips said. The man suffered a neck wound from a single shotgun blast and was pronounced dead at the scene, she said.
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Winehouse's self-aware bad girl anthem, "You Know That I'm No Good," quantified the vast number of vices that Winehouse was inclined to partake in.
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Just finished it, and it only took me a day so it is either great or good by my scale.
Ms. McCormack, like in Hollow Men, takes two stories that seem to be seperate, then unites them in the end giving you that "ohhh, that's what was going on" feeling.
Picard doesn't seem to be doing much in this book. Ezri just seems to be there to cast suspicion on Peter and to have the Aventine be there to recover Efheny. Poor Crusher gets shafted for the greater good. Beverly tries to put her ideals into practice but soon finds out that she is on the bottom rungs of the totem pole and the rungs up top don't have time for her nonsense. The Federation is in a "with friends like these..." situation in that the Ferengi will cut a deal on their own if it suits them and the Cardassians have their own plans.
Did Efheny go a bit mad? I still don't quite get why she stayed. Did Alex go a bit mad as well? It seems that spies aren't doing a good enough job blending into Tzenkethi society and it's only the belief by the locals that they're lower caste trying to be upper caste, is what keeps them from being caught all the time.
Picard should change the expression from "anyone remember when we were explorers?" to "anyone remember when we had principles and ideals?" I know they have mortal enemies surrounding them and all but, it's gettin pretty grim.
I liked the fleshing out of the Tzenkethi and the Venette were an interesting addition to the Trek races. The OCD in me was looking at Geoffrey Mandel's Star Charts to see how you can border the Cardassians and the Ferengi at the same time.
The Lotus Flower was my favorite story in World's of DS9. The Neverending Sacrifice was great but Hollow Men was average. I'll give Brinkmanship an above average.
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NEW YORK (CBS.MW) -- U.S. stocks wilted Monday, losers for the third day, as the market's consolidation continued for a fourth week. That stocks were unable to respond to a rousing bond rally underscored the market's bearish sentiment.The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, -0.29% declined 45.09 points, or 0.5 percent, to 9,050.91. "You've got the Fed, Indonesia, and some sabre-rattling by Pakistan weighing on the market," said Arnie Owen, managing director of equites at Cruttenden Roth. "Participants are just taking a wait-and-see attitude as the market digests its gains, with the market drifting listlessly," he added. "This is not the 1980's when plus or minus 15 Dow points was a drift. Now, it's plus or minus 50 points."
Microsoft MSFT, -0.23% blasted in suits. . .
WASHINGTON (CBS.MW) -- The Justice Department filed an historic antitrust suit against Microsoft, alleging the software giant is unfairly attempting to stretch its dominance of personal computing software to the fast-growing market for Internet applications. Twenty states and the District of Columbia filed parallel suits against the company. "Microsoft (MSFT) MSFT, -0.23% used its monopoly power to develop a chokehold on browser software needed to access the Internet," Attorney General Janet Reno said. "Microsoft's actions have stifled competition in the operating system and browser market. But most importantly, it has restricted choices for consumers in America and around the world." Shares of Microsoft fell 3 7/8 to 86 1/16.
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Dillard's DDS, -1.59% shopping spree . . .
NEW YORK (CBS.MW) -- Arkansas-based retailer Dillard's Inc. agreed to buy Mercantile stores for $80 a share, roughly $2.9 billion in cash. The acquisition will be Dillard's (DDS) DDS, -1.59% largest yet. Mercantile (MST) MST, -0.98% , long known to be on the block, operates 119 stores in 17 states. Its stock climbed 5 5/16 on the news to 78 5/8. Mercantile had been bid up in recent months on expectation of a sale. Dillard's stock gained 2 7/16 to 43. Investors are anticipating considerable cost savings, analysts said.
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Actor Cory Monteith, known mostly for his role on the hit musical series "Glee," died earlier this year of a drug and alcohol overdose. The news came as a shock to fans, who had high hopes for him as an actor but, as it turns out, he doesn't deserve to be included in the In Memoriam segment at the Emmys 2013.
The TV Academy has just announced that Monteith will be remembered at the Emmys during the video tribute and, Yahoo! reports, some people are not happy with it.
First of all, he was too young to actually deserve to be included in the montage.
Secondly, he did die of a drug overdose and had a long and much mediated history with addiction, which would mean including him in the tribute is the equivalent of glorifying drug use.
The first point weighs the heaviest in the balance, Variety Editor-in-Chief Andrew Wallenstein believes.
This past year, we have lost countless names, actors who had worked in television for decades and who left us with valuable legacies.
Without discrediting Monteith, as talented as he might have been and as important his contribution to "Glee" was, he still had a long way to go.
"When Monteith's name is elevated alongside the other four people who are being elevated from the usual In Memoriam reel — actors James Gandolfini, Jean Stapleton and Jonathan Winters and writer-producer Gary David Goldberg — his inclusion risks coming across ill-considered," Wallenstein says.
"The unspoken, uncomfortable truth of the matter is that while the work he did on 'Glee' showed great promise, it was not equal to the incredible careers the other four amassed," he continues.
Many viewers at home agree. They also cite Cory's cause of death as one of the reasons he shouldn't be included in the tribute – unless the TV Academy uses his example to raise awareness on drug addiction and how it doesn't discriminate when it comes to victims.
Of course, there's also the third point of view on this: that of the fans, who are already saying no one deserves this honor more.
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Intervening in a pending merger between a Catholic hospital and the University of Louisville Hospital, Gov. Steve Beshear of Kentucky stated that the resulting entity should have a "public mission" and thus not adhere to all of the US bishops' ethical directives.
The governor and the Federal Trade Commission must approve the merger before it is allowed to take place.
The Louisville Courier-Journal reported that Catholic Health Initiatives, the Denver corporation that owns Kentucky-based St. Joseph Health System, will soon announce "how the new entity will ensure that its patients can get reproductive care, such as sterilizations, that's not allowed under Catholic health directives."
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We freaked out when we heard Carine Roitfeld was coming out with a book. It will be released October 18, but you don't have to wait that long to take a peek inside the 368-page tome.
The book, titled Irreverent, is composed of photographs, spreads, covers, notes, and all sorts of ephemera from Roitfeld's impressive career. There's stuff from The Face and Vogue Paris, as well as personal photographs of her partner, kids, and friends. And did you know all of the proceeds from the book are going to amfAR? (Vogue also reports she has yet another book due out in December, though that one involves Karl Lagerfeld.)
She has dedicated the book to her partner Christian Restoin (though she interestingly calls him her husband), who helped her realize smoking is lame:
"The book is dedicated to my husband, who quit smoking seven months ago. When he decided to stop smoking, I said, My God, it's too bad I didn't try to help him to stop before. Now I decide I will never use a cigarette again in any shoot. When you're doing fashion pictures, you're talking to lots of figures; some are very young, and they're like sponges. So if your girl is smoking a cigarette, they can say, Oh, my God, it's smart to smoke a cigarette, it's good for the look, so I'm going to have one, too. And it's totally stupid. It's an easy solution to make a picture more interesting, but it's not the only solution. And now it's like, forgive me for all these cigarettes I've put in all these issues."
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Computer science teams win FAA competition
By : Eric Coker
What started as an exercise in communication and problem solving ended with national acclaim for Binghamton University, the Computer Science Department and 43 of its students.
Two student teams led by Associate Professor William Ziegler have received first-place awards in the National Federal Aviation Administration Design Competition for Universities. One team captured the top prize in the airport operation and maintenance challenges category for a plan that uses geothermal heat to remove snow and ice from runway aprons. The second team won the airport environmental interactions challenge for offering ways to recycle de-icing fluids.
"If one of the entries had gotten in the top three, I would've been delighted," Ziegler said. "We're not an aviation-related university and this is our first time in (the competition). Having both teams come in first place was totally unpredictable — just unbelievable."
Competition was stiff: Binghamton finished ahead of San Jose State University's Department of Aviation and Technology in the environmental category and beat the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign's Department of Civil Engineering in the operation/maintenance category. The winning proposals were selected by panels of FAA, industry and academic experts.
In honor of their performance, Ziegler and six students attended the American Association of Airport Executives meeting in Philadelphia on June 16, where they received their FAA awards and presented their work in front of airline industry professionals. The students (20 on one team; 23 on the other) split the first-place cash awards of $2,500 per category.
Ziegler's two-credit senior seminar course gave students a chance to learn about teamwork, problem solving, writing and communication while working with Chad Nixon, aviation director of McFarland-Johnson in Binghamton, and Carl Beardsley, commissioner of aviation at the Greater Binghamton Airport, to develop airline industry projects.
The semester was not without its "challenges and difficulties," Ziegler said, as some students struggled to grasp how work that on the surface seems better suited to engineering students was in fact "real life" for computer scientists.
"I don't think I was a very popular professor this semester," Ziegler said with a laugh.
Ziegler compared his role at times to a coach, as he spent much time in the critical middle of the semester trying to get the students on the right path and to communicate. But the students were able to come together and polish rough drafts before submitting 70-page design documents to the FAA in mid-April.
Ziegler gives much of the credit for the turnaround to two students: Justin Flechsig and Nicole Hofmann.
"They stepped up at the end," Ziegler said. "They decided on their own that they were going to take ownership. They tied everything together and made smooth-flowing, wonderful documents. … Without them, we absolutely never could have finished in first place."
Flechsig was not sure how the proposal would fare on the national level. Nixon and Beardsley's praise of the plan wasn't enough to make Flechsig believe it could win the top prize.
"I'm pessimistic," said Flechsig, who will be a second-semester senior this fall. "I was having insecurities about it."
Flechsig, of New City, estimated that he spent 150-200 hours outside of class researching, writing and editing the airport aprons project.
"To put so many hours into something and be acknowledged for it is exciting," said Flechsig, who led the airport apron presentation in Philadelphia. "Given the time constraints, I don't think we could've done better."
Hofmann, who will be a senior this fall, spent 60 hours during spring break editing and revising the environmental proposal.
"Because the design project fell outside the area of our team's academic discipline, the reward of placing first is especially sweet," she said. "There was initially much skepticism, but we pulled it off. It is immensely gratifying."
The opportunity to work with local experts such as Nixon and Beardsley was integral for the project, Hofmann said.
"These partnerships are so crucial," said Hofmann, of Binghamton. "Our industry partners were a huge part of this success: their enthusiasm and expertise helped us enormously."
For Nixon, the feeling was mutual.
"The collaborative effort between Binghamton University, Broome County and McFarland-Johnson was amazing," he said. "There was a real synergy as we brainstormed ideas and then developed the preliminary concepts into something practical, which was the basis for the final design submission.
"With these wins, Binghamton University has set the bar for other schools across the country."
Ziegler is undecided about whether he will enter the competition in 2010. ("We could be like Seinfeld and quit while we're at the top," he said with a laugh.) If he pursues the challenge again, he wants his students to realize the significance of the undertaking.
"What do you write computer programs to do?" he said. "Solve problems. They may end up writing software for an aviation company. They could work for an engineering firm writing software. No matter where they work, this would be a tremendous benefit."
But for now, Ziegler is ecstatic about the accolades: He even called each of the 43 students to deliver the news.
"It's absolutely wonderful for the University," he said. "It all feels good."


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1 medium sweet onion
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1 c olive oil
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Researchers have developed a dirt-cheap and simple way to expose bootleg CDs and DVDs. The approach is so easy, in fact, that anyone with a laser pointer can do it.
You can't always tell a disc by its back cover. Commercial and pirated CDs and DVDs look nearly identical to the eye, even though commercial products are manufactured in large quantities via a hydraulic press and a master recording, and bootlegged versions are burned, one at a time, with a laser. Up until now it has taken an expert's eye or special equipment to detect whether, say, a DVD of Spider Man 3 is the legitimate article or a knockoff.
Five optical physicists at Spain's University of Grenada think they have found an easier way. The key is structural differences between commercial and writable disks, and how those differences affect the way light waves bend around them--a process called diffraction. Commercial disks contain microscopic pits overlain with clear plastic material; a disc player's laser reads the changes in surface elevation as audio or video signals or both. Writable disks, meanwhile, contain a compound into which a recording laser can burn tiny marks that are read by a disc player--hence the term "burning" a disc. Shine a laser--even a standard laser pointer--on both, and the difference becomes clear, the team reports. On a manufactured disc, the reflected beam shows up as a small dot on a white surface. On a copy, however, the dot is larger and is accompanied by two parallel lines above and below it (see picture).
In this month's issue of the American Journal of Physics, the researchers describe testing their technique on more than 100 CDs and DVDs of various labels with different types of content. The method "is completely reliable," says co-author Javier Hernández-Andrés.
Optical physicist Chunlei Guo of the University of Rochester in New York state agrees and says and the finding should aid efforts to detect CD piracy. It's also a great way to teach students the concept of diffraction, he says, something that is difficult to spot in everyday life.


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Researchers and online security enthusiasts can make good use of a tool that will scan a system for traces of the now infamous Duqu malware which has posed a lot of problems for companies around the world.
NSS Labs published a script that should detect all the Duqu drivers installed on a system, thus allowing security experts to further analyze the "functionality, capabilities and ultimate purpose of DuQu."
In the tests made so far, the tool proved it can successfully detect all the drivers with a zero false positive rate. The advanced pattern recognition techniques it relies on, allow the app to detect even new drivers as they are discovered.
Since it was developed, two new Duqu drivers were discovered and the detection software managed to identify them easily, an update not being required.
Those who wish to do so are welcome to closely collaborate with the NSS team which will make available their databases and complete reverse code. The samples identified by the application can be provided to NSS researchers to help them better understand the threats posed by the malicious element.
In addition to the tool, the security experts listed their findings related to the piece of malware.
It seems that Duqu contains similar code and utilizes similar techniques to Stuxnet. More precisely, it seems to make use of digital certificates that appear as legitimate, but it's far too early to describe it as Stuxnet 2.
Other findings show that it was created to deactivate itself after a certain period of time, in most cases after 36 days, but this feature can be changed according to the requirements of its mission.
"There is no possible explanation for the production of such a sophisticated and elegant system merely to steal the information that has been targeted so far. Why go to all this trouble to deploy a simple key-logger? Given that there are additional drivers waiting to be discovered, we can liken DuQu to a sophisticated rocket launcher – we have yet to see the real ammunition appear," wrote the researchers.


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Oddsmakers put bet on Steelers
Jan. 18, 2009 LAS VEGAS — Las Vegas oddsmakers aren't buying into the Arizona Cardinals, no matter how many times they win as underdogs this postseason.
AFC: Steelers, 'Big Ben' return to Super Bowl
Jan. 18, 2009 The Pittsburgh Steelers punched their ticket to the Super Bowl with a 23-14 win over the Baltimore Ravens today.
King's death felt in Spokane
Jan. 18, 2009 When the news of Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination hit Spokane on April 4, 1968, some lashed out in anger. "Windows Broken at 16 City Firms," reported the Spokane Chronicle …
City begins talks on bike master plan
Jan. 18, 2009 in City, News Bicycle commuter Vern Nosal wasn't letting last week's ice and cold keep him down. He was enjoying his day off with a trip to the downtown Spokane library, his bike …
Report: Business don't always protect private information
Jan. 18, 2009 in City, News Some shocking statistics are tucked into a new report by the Identity Theft Resource Center. It wasn't the increase in reports of so-called "data breaches" – instances where organizations exposed … 1
Lincoln County homes still in the dark
Jan. 18, 2009 in News Icy weather continues to thwart Inland Power and Light crews in their efforts to restore power to about 2,800 customers in Lincoln County.
Police seek three in connection with stabbing
Jan. 18, 2009 The Spokane Police Department has released information about three people wanted for questioning in relation to a stabbing that killed 22-year-old Shannon Cochran.
NFC: Arizona wins Super Bowl berth
Jan. 18, 2009 GLENDALE, Ariz. — The Arizona Cardinals rallied to defeat the Philadelphia Eagles 32-25 in the NFC championship Sunday afternoon, earning the first Super Bowl trip in their long and not-so-glorious …
Realtor's arrest highlights perils of meth
Jan. 18, 2009 in City on Page A1 Joseph G. Ward earned a master's degree in business from Gonzaga University, spent time as a heralded super stock race car driver and ascended to the top of the land-development … 5
Coalition delivers housing
Jan. 18, 2009 in City on Page A1 None of the homes Chris and Tiffany Dietzman could afford fit their vision of a place they would want to start a family. One home on the West Plains had …
OxyContin a growing scourge
Jan. 18, 2009 in City on Page A1 A Coeur d'Alene attorney reportedly recruited a client to help him feed his prescription pill addiction, paying for the man to travel to California monthly to fetch hundreds of OxyContin … 1
Obama finishes rail trip to capital
Jan. 18, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A1 WASHINGTON – On the final leg of a two-year road trip, Barack Obama rode into Washington on Saturday in an antique caboose with the contented look of a man convinced …
Poll: Hopes high for Obama
Jan. 18, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A2 WASHINGTON – Even as they express deep concern about the current direction of the country, Americans are overwhelmingly optimistic about Barack Obama and are pinning their hopes for recovery from …
Israelis call halt to Gaza offensive
Jan. 18, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A3 JERUSALEM – Israel implemented a unilateral cease-fire early today in its 22-day offensive that turned Gaza neighborhoods into battlegrounds and dealt a stinging blow to the Islamic militants of Hamas. …
Foreign wings may fly future president
Jan. 18, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A4 For nearly two decades, Boeing Co.'s massive 747 jumbo jet has served as the president's flying White House, awing world leaders and projecting America's might wherever it landed. But in …
Lawmakers take up jobless, health care
Jan. 18, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A4 WASHINGTON – Congress and the incoming Obama administration are contemplating profound shifts in the government's role in health insurance to try to alleviate a significant ripple effect of the damaged …
Pilot picked spot in river near boats
Jan. 18, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A5 NEW YORK – The pilot of a crippled US Airways jetliner made a split-second decision to put down in the Hudson River because trying to return to the airport after …
Peanut butter warning expands
Jan. 18, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A7 WASHINGTON – Federal health authorities on Saturday urged consumers to avoid eating cookies, cakes, ice cream and other foods that contain peanut butter until authorities can learn more about a …
Russia, Ukraine announce agreement on gas dispute
Jan. 18, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A8 MOSCOW – The prime ministers of Russia and Ukraine announced a deal early today to settle the gas dispute that has drastically reduced supplies of Russian gas to Europe for …
North Korea claims plutonium 'weaponized'
Jan. 18, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A9 BEIJING – North Korean officials claim they have "weaponized" their stockpile of plutonium, a U.S. scholar said Saturday, in a development that could severely complicate talks to end the regime's …
In brief: Four men stabbed at 'Notorious' fete
Jan. 18, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A11 Police say four men were stabbed at a New York City nightclub advertising an after-party for the film premiere of "Notorious" about rapper Biggie Smalls. Police said Saturday a 21-year-old …
Fund chief missing; fraud claims swirl
Jan. 18, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A11 MIAMI – A Florida hedge fund manager accused of defrauding investors of millions is missing and his family is worried because he left a note indicating he was "distraught," police …
Witnesses to history
Jan. 18, 2009 in City on Page A14 When Evelyn Anderton's grandson was born 20 months ago, she would hold him and tell him he'd be the nation's first black president. Since Nov. 4, she's had to tell … 1
'American legends' to take part in Obama parade
Jan. 18, 2009 in City on Page A14 The Northwest will be represented in the inaugural parade by U.S. Border Patrol agents from stations in Washington and Montana who'll ride mustangs that once ran wild on federal lands. …


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These are great looking covers! I was able to install them pretty quickly too! Overall, they are not too cold at all for the winter and look like factory seats. I have even had 4-5 people sit on them and say "you got the factory leather seats, they are nice" and they are amazed when I tell them they are actually seat covers. The only place I can tell they are covers is behind the second row seats, they are a little loose. I plan to get these in third row covers soon.


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Hair care continues to dominate the ethnic beauty market, owning 56% of ethnic-specific sales in 2009. However, these rising sales figures do not reflect satisfaction within the market. In fact, they seem to indicate the opposite. There is little satisfaction with hair care and beauty products. Ethnic consumers are more likely to purchase many different products in an effort to find one that is effective. According to the Essence Smart Beauty Panel, women of color want a brand they can trust, that reflects their own personal style, offers high-quality ingredients and actually works to address their specific needs.
In 2015, ethnic consumers will account for more than 120 million people in the U.S., and brand marketers must anticipate and embrace the needs and changing dynamic of this beauty consumer to be successful. This will require a more intimate understanding of exactly who this consumer is, how she thinks, what is important to her in terms of values and community, and how that relates to her hair care regimen. Once brand marketers understand who this consumer is, they can begin to shape a product vitally relevant to her life.
Liz Grubow is vice president and group creative director of LPK Beauty. In her 20-plus-year career, Grubow has helped develop and manage brand identity programs for some of the world's most successful beauty brands—including Pantene, Olay, MAX Factor International and Cover Girl.
Elle Morris is the vice president and general manager of LPK Beauty, overseeing its general business management and serving as chief customer officer. She provides strategic oversight on businesses in the categories of hair care, feminine care and beauty. Morris has worked with partners in North America, Latin America, Asia and Europe to develop an understanding of beauty's power across cultures.


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Cannon's Countdown: The Top 20 Urban Tracks Of The Week (page 16)
May 8, 2011 5:16 AM
3. Miguel "Sure Thing"
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St Luke, Barrow in Furness - Church of England
St Luke,
Roose Rd,
Barrow in Furness
CemeteriesThe church does not have a graveyard.
Church HistoryIt was founded in 1877. One of four new Barrow parish churches to be named after the four evangelists, whose areas were designated in 1877. Four temporary church buildings of brick and timber were built to similar designs, provided by Lancaster architects Paley & Austin. They were simultaneously dedicated on 26 September 1878. ST. LUKE'S CHURCH originally dedicated by Bishop of Sodor & Man 26 Sept. 1878; consecrated by Bishop of Carlisle on 22 Nov. 1879. Rebuilt after war damage. A £30,000 appeal for new building launched 1958; new church consecrated 11 April 1964.
The rapid growth of the town soon rendered more church accommodation necessary than could be given by the three then in existence, and the Dukes of Devonshire and Buccleuch, Sir James Ramsden, and other magnates of the district, realising the want, subscribed £24,000 towards the erection of four new churches. Of this sum the Duke of Devonshire furnished £12,000, the Duke of Buccleuch £6,000, and the remaining £6,000 by other gentlemen. Four brick structures, all after the same model, were erected, and all opened on the same day (September 26, 1878), when the Archbishop of York, and the Bishops of Carlisle, Hereford, and Seder and Man officiated. The buildings are only of a temporary character, and will be replaced by more fitting edifices when the fund left out of the £24,000 has accumulated to a sufficient amount. The churches are appropriately named after the four Evangelists. An event so unique as the consecration of four churches will mark September 26, 1878, as a red letter .lay in the history of Barrow. The records of past ages and the annals of older towns will be searched in vain for a similar occurrence.
St. Luke's Church in Salthouse Road is, externally, like the other three new churches, and does not present any ecclesiastical feature ; but the interior has been very appropriately decorated, and a stainedglass window bearing a full-length representation of the patron Saint in his evangelical character has also been added. Near the church is the parsonage, which is like the former, a modest brick building. The parish, lying on the outskirts of the town, is of considerable extent, covering 682 acres, and has a population of 9,339. The benefice is valued at £200, and is held by the Rev. E. A. Oak, B.A., Cantab.
from Mannex's directory of Furness and Cartmel, 1882.
Regular services ceased at St Luke's Church, Barrow, in 2008, when structural problems and maintenance bills effectively brought about the church's closure. A special final service was held outside the church on Saturday 18 February 2012, prior to the building's sale and demolition.
Church RecordsWhilst every effort has been made to record exact details of record office and library holdings you are recommended to check with them before visiting to ensure that they do hold the records and years you wish to examine. Similarly check with transcript publishers to ensure they cover the records and years you require before making a purchase.
Original registersThe Cumbria Record Office, Barrow hold:
- Baptisms 1878-1976
- Marriages 1879-1985
- Banns 1906-1979
MapsThe church is located at OS grid reference SD2131569008 (Lat/Lon 54.110913,-3.205105). You can see this on maps provided by:
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- National Library of Scotland (Best site for old maps)
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- Bing (was Multimap)
- Magic (Geographic information) (Click + on map if it doesn't show)
- Elgin Road Works
- Vision of Britain
- English Jurisdictions in 1851 (Unfortunately the LDS have removed the facility to enable us to specify a starting location, you will need to search yourself on their map.)
- Google maps showing nearby churches with satellite image option.
This site provides historical information about churches, other places of worship and cemeteries. It has no connection with the churches themselves. For current information you should contact them directly.
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A 17-year-old North Carolina high school basketball star being recruited by Oklahoma State collapsed during a game Tuesday night and later died at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center.
Oklahoma State basketball: North Carolina prep basketball star recruited by Cowboys collapses, dies during game
Josh Level, a 6-foot-5 junior guard/forward for New Garden Friends High School in Greensboro, had scholarship offers from OSU and two other Division I schools.
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Unfinished business: Nichols Hills waits for grocery store
"It's early days yet," Clements said. "I assume everything is going to proceed as we've been told."
At a City Council meeting in November 2011, Hood promised city officials that the company would bring a new grocer to the empty storefront by fall 2012. That date was pushed back to spring 2013. Nichols Hills, meanwhile, saw sales tax collections drop 17 percent for the year ending June 30, 2012, compared to the same period the previous year.
In a June 7, 2012, story, Reuters reported internal records at Chesapeake showed the energy company had put two grocery store managers on its payroll with combined salaries exceeding $200,000. The employees oversaw planning from a second-floor office in the same building that once housed Nichols Hills Drug
One of those two employees, Tom Sladek, now runs a sprinkler company in Kalispell, Mont. Sladek lost his job in November after he was told Chesapeake was reining in its focus to its oil and natural gas assets after former ConocoPhillips executive Archie Dunham was named Chesapeake's new chairman.
"They definitely took a different turn of direction," Sladek said. "They got a new board of directors and wanted to completely get out of everything that wasn't oil and gas."
Sladek said that as he left, specialty grocer Trader Joes had plans to take over the market space.
Properties for sale?
Pemberton, who fought off tears as he closed his family's 122-year-old Crescent Market, now finds it ironic that a prominent developer, whom he would not name, recently told him the Trader Joe's deal had fallen through due to Chesapeake CEO Aubrey McClendon's departure. Pemberton said he was invited by the developer to reopen Crescent Market in its old location at Nichols Hills Plaza.
The building, however, is an empty shell. Pemberton sold all his furnishings and equipment at auction and his veteran staff has dispersed to other groceries throughout the metro.
Pemberton said he was informed by the developer that Nichols Hills Plaza, Metro Shopping Center, Classen Curve, Triangle and other area commercial investments were all up for sale. Other area real estate investors have privately confirmed to The Oklahoman the properties are up for sale.
Pemberton said he has considered buying the Shell station at the entrance to the Nichols Hills Plaza and adding limited food sales, but isn't interested in reopening Crescent Market.
"I don't have the pockets to compete with Whole Foods — they would still be competition," Pemberton said. "The old store is just a skeleton now. It would take a lot to get it going again."
Pemberton predicts "upheaval" is ahead for the entire area — a costly consequence of McClendon's experimentation with commercial development.
"When they ventured off from oil and gas, they were in over their heads no matter what they were doing," Pemberton said. "Their philosophy was to pay two to three times what a property was worth, and you can't make money doing that."


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|April 25th, 2011, 11:52 AM
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Man Behind The Curtain
Join Date: Dec 2002
Posts: 5,179
Label Naming Contest Winners!
Some good names submitted and some (I hope purposefully) awful ones. Ultimately there were two names that I gave strong consideration to and by a slight nod I have decided that the winner is:
Modulus (submitted by Entropywins)
Second place went to:
Frequent Seas (submitted by Darvit)
Third place went to:
Malleus (submitted by Moecurlythanu)
Entropywins will receive the first four Modulus releases as they become available. Darvit and Moecurlythanu will receive the first release.
The first planned release that we have contracted for is Het Pandorra Ensemble "III". It will feature the original 1978 release plus assorted unreleased bonus tracks (still being sorted out by Dolph Planteijdt). Bob Katz will handle the mastering from the original analog tapes. It will be a strictly limited edition of 500 copies. Since this is not going through normal distribution channels I have not established an exact release date but I hope to have it available sometime during the early part of the Summer.
Thanks to everyone for their submissions....including Bob Franchetti.
Ken Golden
|April 25th, 2011, 12:16 PM
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Join Date: May 2009
Posts: 311
WOW!! I think I'm more surprised than anyone. I never seem to win anything so this is a very big honor for me! Congratulations to the other winners as well--I saw some really good names. I'm sure these re-issues are really gonna kick ass.
To bad I'm a terrible artist otherwise I might have some good ideas for a label logo.
Any thoughts on what, if any, kind of logo you might use Ken?
Sean (entropywins)
|April 25th, 2011, 05:17 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2011
Posts: 6
Thanks Ken. Just wanted to say publicly that the whole contest was generous on your part. I'm really looking forward to the releases on this label. Will there be a dedicated mailing list specifically to announce releases on this label as they become available?
|April 25th, 2011, 06:37 PM
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As my long time customers know...I'm pretty awful with maintaining mailing lists. The releases are going to be sporadic enough that you will be able to find out about them on this forum on on the storefront. You can be certain that I'll be spamming PE as well.
I think it will be hard to miss new announcements.
|April 29th, 2011, 07:20 PM
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Posts: 145
Cute idea Leyth.
Ken, whoever told you that [hope they're listening] is a horse's patut.
Maybe , just maybe some would have an initial attraction to a label name. People are attracted,or not, to your label for it's output. Be proud. If The Laser's Edge stamp is on a work, people take notice.
Now if you named it something like banana-hammock blues....................
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Are we Ready to release cds on ( Modulus) Yet????
|February 2nd, 2012, 09:50 AM
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Just received our inventory for Het PandorRa Ensemble "III" and Randy Roos "Mistral". Each title is a limited edition of 500 copies. They are housed in Stoughton Printing "mini-lp" sleeves and feature extensive liner notes. The official release date is set for March 25, 2012. We will start taking pre-orders at the end of this month. The Modulus series will only be available through a limited number of retailers. When they are sold out they will not be repressed.
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I also think Modulus is a great name. Sounds like what Ken would come up with anyway. Glad the contest resulted in such a good name for the new baby.
Is the thread with the contest entries still around? I'm pretty sure I entered, and I thought I had a good entry but I can't for the life of me remember what it was!
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