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Overcoming Doubt
by Scott Devor
I began my college years ready to conquer the world for Christ. The reality of my journey, however, tells quite a different story. College, for me, was a roller coaster — from incredible joys to the most debilitating doubts I ever experienced. Recalling these years once again, I joyfully recognize God's providence, even through the dark valleys I walked.
Although I had decided to attend a secular college with professors who were predominantly non-Christian, there was still a great deal of good to be found, and it came in the form of learning — both in and out of the classroom. Part of this learning was discovering who I was: I was introspective, always asking questions, and very interested in understanding how people think and how the world works. This led me to major in philosophy.
In the classroom, I continued to learn many profitable truths from the secular philosophers I studied: Thomas Hobbes taught me of the great wretchedness in man and the need for a remedy (for Hobbes, the remedy was government). Friedrich Nietzsche and Albert Camus taught me the folly of life without God and the utter despair that accompanies that worldview. And Blaise Pascal helped me understand these two truths in light of Jesus: "Knowing God without knowing our own wretchedness makes for pride. Knowing our own wretchedness without knowing God makes for despair. Knowing Jesus Christ strikes the balance because he shows us both God and our own wretchedness." While the Lord gave me grace to understand some things right away, many struggles took years for me to finally overcome.
Not too long ago, I came across the following definition of Christianity on the internet:
Christianity is the belief that a cosmic Jewish zombie can make you live forever if you symbolically eat his flesh and telepathically tell him that you accept him as your master, so he can remove an evil force from your soul that is present in humanity because a rib-woman was convinced by a talking snake to eat from a magical tree.
This definition represents the majority view among the professors I encountered at college. This vehement skepticism is probably why 75 to 90 percent of high school seniors who profess Christianity abandon their faith by the time they graduate college.
The world I entered as a college student was a God-ignoring culture filled with more "isms" (pluralism, relativism, individualism) and more addictions (drug, alcohol, pornography) than I dreamed possible. More than that, college was a continual onslaught of objections to Christianity. Professors and students would ask: How could a book written by so many different authors contain no errors? Doesn't science disprove God? Who would believe in a book that describes floating axe heads and talking donkeys and snakes? Doesn't Christian faith preclude rationality? If God is so good, why is there so much evil in the world? Good questions. But not questions without good answers.
It was my junior year in college, and unanswered questions about Christianity were fixed in my mind. I began doubting the faith. At this point in my life, I had been heav ily involved in the church, teaching numerous adult Bible classes and ministering to the youth. Even with all that involvement, I was still sinking slowly into a mire that sought to consume me. To make matters worse, I was engaged to a wonderful Christian woman, and I was too scared to tell her or anyone else about my doubts.
At the end of my junior year, the doubts became too great for me to bear, so, by the grace of God, I went to my pastor to explain what was happening. I had many unanswered questions that seemed irresolvable. I unloaded some of these on my pastor. He responded: "It's clear that you don't want any part of Christianity if it isn't true, so go find out — test it — and hold fast to the truth (1 Thess. 5:21)." His words gave me courage to ask the difficult questions and seek out the best answers. It was at that point that God began to turn my darkness into something very beautiful.
I sought out brothers to help bear my burdens (Gal. 6:2). These brothers spoke the truth of God to me and were the means by which God preserved my heart and mind throughout college. Just as a broken bone heals back stronger, so the Lord took my brokenness and strengthened my faith (Ps. 34:18).
Many of our modern universities are profoundly alienated from God; thus, struggling in college comes as no surprise. Let us remember that we are not alone (Heb. 13:5). For we have the Great High Priest who knows our struggles, who relates to us, and who has overcome the world (John 16:33; 1 John 5:4). Christianity is not to be lived in isolation: We must look to Christ, the Author and Perfecter of our faith, and look to godly men and women to help bear our burdens.
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Archive for September 30th, 2011
Before we dive into the news of the week, I thought it might be helpful to do a quick refresher on the homelessness stats as we know them right now. (Because it never hurts to go over the facts.)
According to the last available Annual Homeless Assessment Report to Congress, released in June of this year and reflecting 2010 data, there are:
- 649,917 people experiencing homelessness on any given night (up 1 percent since the year prior),
- 407,966 of those people are individuals; 241,951 of them are people in families,
- 109,812 of those people are experiencing chronic homelessness; 246,974 of those people are unsheltered.
Yesterday (on to the news portion of this post), the Alliance released a brief based on Census poverty data projecting that an additional 74,000 people would experience homelessness as a result of the rise in deep poverty and the impact of the recession. This rise would constitute a significant, five percent increase in the homeless population. Our thanks to both Mother Jones and the Chicago Reporter for covering this important news.
Poverty, it comes as no surprise, is associated to homelessness. As people have fewer and fewer resources, their housing stability often becomes jeopardized. As USA Today reported this week – and as we've discussed before – the number of people experiencing poverty is at historic levels leaving more and more people vulnerable to financial challenges – including homelessness. (Doesn't help that, despite the people suggest about a softening housing market, affordable housing still eludes many).
The Washington Post reported that despite an extension to TANF that passed the Senate fairly unnoticed last week, the social safety net that protects our lowest-income and most vulnerable friends and neighbors is fraying dramatically. And if Congress and the supercommittee are unable to come together on the federal budget, the consequences could be dire.
But we can help each other. We can work to ensure that federal programs that benefit the vulnerable and poor are protected, even in this fraught political climate. If you're interested in learning more about federal policy and advocating for homeless assistance programs, let us know! You can email us or check out the website to learn more.


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Actor Johnathon Schaech Weds One Tree Hill's Jana Rae Kramer
Celebrity News Jul. 5, 2010 AT 10:37AM
Fourth of July went out on a bang for actor Johnathon Schaech and One Tree Hill star Jana Rae Kramer: They got hitched!
They wed in Michigan Sunday, UsMagazine.com has learned.
Among the guests: Jasmine Waltz, the cocktail waitress who was accused of hitting Lindsay Lohan (she denies it).
Schaech, 40 -- who was previously wed to Christina Applegate (they divorced in 2007) -- popped the question to Kramer, 26, Dec. 22.
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49th TCC COMMENCEMENT – DEC. 18
UVA President Casteen to deliver graduation speech
HAMPTON ROADS, Va. – (Oct. 27, 2009) – University of Virginia President John T. Casteen III will serve as commencement speaker for Tidewater Community College's 49th graduation exercises on Friday, Dec. 18, at 7 p.m. at the Ted Constant Convocation Center, Norfolk. More than 1,500 students are candidates for associate degrees, certificates or diplomas.
Mr. Casteen has served as president of the University of Virginia since August 1990 and is also the George M. Kaufman Presidential Professor and Professor of English. As president, he has overseen a major restructuring of the University's administrative and governance structures, significant improvements in academic programs, and major expansions of the University's physical facilities. In this period, the University has been recognized for its leadership in educating minority students, for the quality of its undergraduate teaching, and for its success in refinancing itself following historic reductions in state tax support.
After teaching English at the University of California (Berkeley) and U.Va., where he was dean of admission from 1975 to 1982, Casteen became Virginia's secretary of education in 1982 and served until 1985. From 1985 to 1990, he was president of the University of Connecticut.
President Casteen has been a director of the American Council on Education, a director of the National Collegiate Athletic Association, trustee and chair of the College Entrance Examination Board, commissioner of the Education Commission of the States, member of the Board of Control for the Southern Regional Education Board, commissioner of the New England Board of Higher Education, and chair of the Association of Governing Board's council of presidents.
In 1997, Casteen completed a term as chair of the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS) as well as a term as president of SACS. In 2000-2002, he chaired the Council for Higher Education Accreditation. He also served a term as chair of the Association of American Universities (AAU). Casteen is currently a member of AAU's Institutional Data Committee.
Casteen is a member of the Board of Trustees of the Chesapeake Bay Foundation, and member and chair of the Jefferson Science Associates LLC. He serves as chair of Universitas 21, and is a member of the Board of Directors of U21 Global Pte Ltd. He is also a member of the Board of Directors of SAGE Publications Inc. and of the Virginia University Research Partnership Board.
Mr. Casteen writes short fiction as well as essays and papers in medieval literature, bibliography, and public policy. A collection of his short stories received the 1987 Mishima Award for fiction.
Tidewater Community College - the largest provider of higher education and Workforce Solutions services in Hampton Roads - will serve a projected 47,000 students in 2009-10. The 15th highest associate-degree producer in the nation, TCC offers more than 150 programs including business administration, culinary arts, general studies, modeling & simulation, network security, nursing, and automotive technology. Among the fastest-growing two-year institutions in the United States, TCC was founded in 1968 as a part of the Virginia Community College System. The college serves the South Hampton Roads region with campuses in Chesapeake, Norfolk, Portsmouth and Virginia Beach as well as the TCC Jeanne and George Roper Performing Arts Center in Norfolk's theater district, the Visual Arts Center in Olde Towne Portsmouth, the Regional Automotive Center in Chesapeake, and the Advanced Technology Center in Virginia Beach. Forty-six percent of the region's residents attending a college or university in Virginia last fall were enrolled at TCC. For more information, visit www.tcc.edu.


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Go ahead and ask him if he like likes Carrie Fisher. He'll say no, but the blush in his cheeks tells a different story.
The rules clearly dictate that he who smelt it, dealt it. However, George Lucas refuses to live by these rules. In fact, he employs the shady practice of preemptively calling out his own odorous evacuations and pinning the blame on a second party. Then he staunchly refuses any pooting. He commonly blames Harrison Ford, who is routinely too stoned to remember if he did or not, or Steven Spielberg as we all know he loves German beer and Oreos.
He'll never admit it, but George Lucas is actually a huge Trekkie. He uses the advanced technologies he's developed over the years to insert himself into reruns of Star Trek, episodes to which he knows every bit of dialogue. Sadly, his position in pop culture forbids him from celebrating his fandom openly. He's forced to relegate his love to his own digital playword. Sort of like Kevin Flynn.
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More News on Glastonbury Tickets
Photographer: Sara Bowrey27 January 2004
Glasto ticket confusion clears (slightly)
There's debates raging in student houses and family homes across the country as to how best to buy more than two tickets to Glastonbury 2004. Nowhere is the banter more fluid than on the official Glastonbury Festival message boards (powered and maintained by VF of course!).
Over the past few days there have been some heated exchanges as writers have put forward their interpretation of the new rules and the implications this might have, but we know from a source close to the festival that there will be more concrete details forthcoming very soon.
However, a VERY reliable witness has let it be known that in all probability it is likely that there will be a limit of four tickets in any one phone-call, so as long as between four people at the same address you have two means of paying then you'll be fine.
If you are from household with more than two people going to the festival then we recommend that you check back with us regularly so that you are prepared for G-Day on 1st April when the tickets go on sale at 8pm.


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The new Fall issue of Sephardic Horizons (Vol. 2., number 4, Fall 2012) has just been published. You can read the full issue at www.sephardichorizons.org.
Table of contents:
- Ariel Paggi and Judith Roumani, From Pitigliano to Tripoli via Livorno: The Educational Odyssey of Giannetto Paggi
- Gabriele Bedarida, The Judeo-Livornese (Bagitto) Dialect
- Growing up Jewish in Benghazi, Libya: Interview with Samuele Zarrugh, by Jacques Roumani
- Andrée Aelion Brooks, Doña Gracia Nasi and her Significance for Jewish History
In Ladino/Judeo-Spanish:
- Haim-Vidal Sephiha, Un Diya de los diyas
- Francesca Trivellato, The Familiarity of Strangers: The Sephardic Diaspora, Livorno, and Cross-Cultural Trade in the Early Modern Period. Newhaven. Yale University Press, 2009. Reviewed by Judith Roumani
- Isaac Benatar, Rhodes and the Holocaust: The Story of the Jewish Community from the Mediterranean Island of Rhodes. Bloomington, IN: iUniverse, 2010. Reviewed by Ralph Tarica
- Sephardim in Italy: Two New Publications [reviews of books by or in honor of Aron De Leone Leoni] . Reviewed by Judith Roumani
- Doña Gracia Nasi Mendes: A Short Video. Reviewed by Shoshana Segal
- Robert S. C. Gordon, The Holocaust in Italian Culture, 1944-2010. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2012. Reviewed by Jacques Roumani


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Good afternoon everyone. It is an absolutely beautiful day here in Boston and unfortunately I'm stuck inside at work. Nevertheless here is a fun, though less produced cover of the Klaxons' barnstormer Golden Skans by fellow Brits the Kaiser Chiefs. The original track is also included in all of its electro, falsetto goodness. Enjoy.
February 28, 2009
Stu Reid Under the Covers Chapter 8
Good afternoon everyone. It is an absolutely beautiful day here in Boston and unfortunately I'm stuck inside at work. Nevertheless here is a fun, though less produced cover of the Klaxons' barnstormer Golden Skans by fellow Brits the Kaiser Chiefs. The original track is also included in all of its electro, falsetto goodness. Enjoy.
Posted by Zack
Music in the Age of Obama
Last night I was flipping through the channels and came across an interesting musical program. It was the PBS broadcast of Wednesday night's Performance at the White House in tribute to Stevie Wonder. The concert celebrated Wonder being awarded the Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song, and featured performances by Stevie as well as artists ranging from India.Arie to Paul Simon, all singing Wonder songs. There were some great performances (and some not-so-great), but what struck me most was the President's engagement with and enthusiasm for the music. I was heartened to hear Obama speak eloquently about American music and its value: "This could be called the American tradition – artists demonstrating the courage and talent to find new harmonies in the rich and dissonant sounds of the American experience…This gift that music affords us, transporting us from the here and now, relieving us of our burdens, even if it's just for the length of a song."
Government and the arts have historically had an interesting, contentious relationship in this country, recently exemplified in the debate over whether to include funding for the National Endowment for the Arts in the stimulus bill (in the end, the bill allocated $50 million to the NEA). There have also been cries for the creation of a Secretary of the Arts, advocated by such musicians as Quincy Jones. A petition that endorses the creation of such a position has been circulating all year, and as of now has a total 237,000+ signatures. Lovers of the arts have easily been caught up in this enthusiastic quest, yet it should be noted that the last attempt by the US government to involve itself heavily in the arts was short-lived. In 1935, FDR created the Works Progress Administration, which included a Federal Music Project (FMP). The FMP funded the dissemination of jazz as well as classical music, and supported an estimated sixteen thousand musicians. But by 1938, it had come under attack from the increasingly conservative congress, and was practically eliminated by 1939 (and officially eliminated in 1943).
It is hard to know whether similar government involvement would meet with the same fate in this day and age. It would certainly be difficult for the effort to gain much traction while the government is dealing with the economic meltdown, healthcare reform, two wars, etc. And I'm not sure that the arts really need a cabinet-level position to coordinate arts education and cultural support and development. While record companies are failing, I think that music itself is thriving—more people are taking advantage of web technology to listen and discuss, and live music is becoming more popular every year. Who knows how the government's relationship with music and the arts will progress, but for now let's just be content that our President on occasion employs his eloquent, influential voice to speak of the power and importance of music.
Here are a few tracks that, in Obama's words, transport me from the here and now and relieve me of my burdens, even if only for a song.
Stevie Wonder – For Once In My Life (YSI) (filesavr)
Hide Me in Thy Bosom – The Dixie Hummingbirds (YSI) (filesavr)
Mozart – Canzonetta sull'Aria from Le Nozze di Figaro (YSI) (filesavr)
Posted by Ben
February 27, 2009
Stu Reid Under The Covers, Chapter 7
We're about to go on a slick run of Stu Reid Under The Covers editions these next few days - get psyched. I've been sitting on these covers for a while, looking for the right time to drop them in, and now seems perfect. Couple that with the fact that Zack has some super-sweet covers up his sleeve, and you had better put on your seatbelt.
Today's chapter features one bird and one bee, three covers, and a sweet original track.
The Bird and the Bee could be called Serial Coverers. These guys make some pretty stellar original jams, but they first caught my eyes with hauntingly beautiful covers of a variety of tracks that I'd like to share with you today.
The first, coincidentally the first that I was exposed to, is a cover of the BeeGee's "How Deep Is Your Love". My fondest recollections of this song come from serenading it with a group of friends in college - it's a really romantic song (although we probably didn't convey that). Lead singer Inara George (The Bee) really carries this spacey-electro track, turning a sappy sweet 70's song into a truly beautiful, minimalist tune.
The Bird and The Bee - How Deep Is Your Love (BeeGee's Cover) (YSI) (filesavr)
The second track is a little more recent, and is again a slowing-down-and-stretching-out of a bouncy tune - Rihanna's "Don't Stop The Music". This cover doesn't work quite as well as "How Deep Is Your Love", but if you're a fan of the acoustic version of Umbrella, or love Inara George's voice + bells, this track is definitely for you.
The Bird and The Bee - Don't Stop The Music (Rihanna Cover) (YSI) (filesavr)
I debated between TBATB's cover of Carol Of The Bells (which really is fantastic) and an original tune, and decided that an original tune deserves some pub. This one is a fantastic track that is everything you'd expect after hearing the first two covers, except so much more. More synth, more percussion, more vocals and bells. It's off of their exceptionally titled "Ray Guns Are Not Just The Future" LP that dropped in late January, and it makes me really excited to hear more from this duo.
The Bird and The Bee - Love Letter To Japan (YSI) (filesavr)
February 26, 2009
Its almost that magical time of year in sports when Spring Training and March Madness rejuvenate all sports fans from the winter torpor of hockey and basketball. Don't get me wrong, I love the Celtics unconditionally and enjoy watching the Bruins, but there is nothing like the limitless hope and promise of spring that accompany spring training and just the sheer volume of exciting upsets and buzzer beaters that March Madness entails. Everyone needs a little kick in the pants as the winter drags on and for sports fans at least, that jolt is almost here. Just keep hanging on and remember that anything is ppooosssiibbbllleee! Here are a few choice tracks of basketball rap, ranging from vaguely legitimate (Shaq) to arrogant (Kobe) and smooth-as-hell (JKidd). All of these tracks are pretty hilarious and listen for the Tyra Banks vocals on the Kobe track and all of Shaqs devestatingly precise rhymes. Besides getting way too many Q's in scrabble, Shaq is a hilarious (and abnormally large) human being and as to be expected Shoot Pass Slam has some absolutely hilarious lyrics.
Kobe Bryant - K.O.B.E (YSI) (filesavr)
Shaquille O'Neal - Shoot, Pass Slam (YSI) (filesavr)
Gary Payton - Livin' Legal and Large (YSI) (filesavr)
Jason Kidd - What the Kidd Did (YSI) (filesavr)
Posted by Zack
February 25, 2009
RMX Rx
So it seems that as Zack has started to emerge from his music rut, I've started to fall into one. So many good songs came out at the beginning of the year that I'm having trouble switching my pace from frenzied to steady. The prescription? Remixes.
Posted by Chris
February 24, 2009
The Stupot #1
With the Stupot I'm going to start throw out a few songs that are sort of similar or have some common thread that I'm listening to a lot right now (not that that's what I do on a usual day). And without further ado, here we go.
Today, partially inspired by Slumdog Millionaire's success at the Oscars, I have two tracks that feature rousing female vocals coupled with really crisp and precise rhythms. Both tracks utilize staccato pianos lines alongside an assortment of synths, handclaps and other electronic instruments to create deep and layered beats. Its pretty money whenever Amanda Blank breaks in on Extra Ball and M.I.A.'s voice just works perfectly with what those evil masterminds over at DFA concocted for their Paper Planes remix. I still cannot get over how perfectly Paper Planes fit into Slumdog Millionaire with the whole train riding montage (those kids are so cute). A.R. Rahman deserves every word of praise for such an excellent and eye-opening score (GO PURCHASE IT).
Yuksek - Extra Ball (YSI) (filesavr)
M.I.A. - Paper Planes (DFA Remix) (YSI) (filesavr)
Posted by Zack
February 23, 2009
And the Oscar goes to....
Well the Oscars were last night, and for the first time in a while I tuned in for the whole shebang.
Highlights: Penelope Cruz's speech, the Milk screenwriter's speech, Beyonce tearing it up, Bill Maher's rubber suit, Phillipe Petit balancing the Oscar on his chin, Will Smith saying "Boom Goes The Dynamite", the John Legend v. AR Rahman song-battle, etc. etc. etc.
I was 7/8 in the 8 major categories, I'm pretty psyched about that. Would have been perfect except for a last minute switch from Penn to Rourke. Damn.
Even though it was more of a movie night, let's get some tunes up in here. A couple tracks in honor of those sweet little gold men - the first from Stars (get it, like film stars?) and the second, Solid Gold, by The Golden Filter. Pretty awesome tracks that seemed somewhat topical.
The opening line of this Stars track is one of the coolest openings around. It would be awesome to open up a huge hip-hop track, but it's pretty cool here too. Apparently the quote is from lead singer Torquil Campbell's dad, who must have been a total badass.
The Golden Filter is an unsigned band out of NYC, and they're pretty sweet. You may know them from their great remix of Peter Bjorn and John's "Lay It Down", which is definitely worth a listen. I grabbed this track from the SXSW page, which is chock full of great tunes worth hearing.
Boom goes the dynamite!
Stars - Your Ex-Lover is Dead (YSI) (filesavr)
The Golden Filter - Solid Gold (YSI) (filesavr)
Posted by Chris
February 21, 2009
K'naamean? Mos Definitely.
Ever have that thing where you listen to a song the first time and are underwhelmed, only to have that song completely dominate your mind and become one of your favorites over the course of two days? Rarely has that happened more quickly and thoroughly than with the newest K'naan cut to cross my path, "America".
Posted by Chris
February 20, 2009
The love that loves the love that loves the love...
This week, I'd like to get a little bit meta and write about music writing. In this age of blogs, there is no shortage of music writing and criticism out there for consumption. But what makes music writing good? Or is writing about music even worthwhile? Elvis Costello once famously compared writing about music to "dancing about architecture," concluding that it is "a very stupid thing to want to do." A clever turn of phrase, Mr. Costello, but I beg to differ. I believe that expressive, passionate writing about a song or piece or album has the potential to truly transform a listener's perspective. Admittedly, a lot of music writing fails to achieve this. Reviews often, in striving for objectivity, achieve a dry, almost meaningless result. And less objective writing is often rendered trivial by excessive use of shallow personal impressions. The line between these two extremes is certainly a difficult one to walk.
One man who walked it successfully was Lester Bangs (you may remember the name from Almost Famous). Bangs is widely recognized as among the greatest rock n' roll writers of all time, and I highly recommend picking up Psychotic Reactions and Carburetor Dung, a collection of Lester's writings first published in 1987. The first review in this collection is a 1979 essay on Van Morrison's Astral Weeks, and it really opened my eyes to this terrific album. I had purchased the album years before, and had never really liked it. I had been bothered by the nonsensical lyrics, particularly Van's incessant repetition of two- or three-word phrases. For example, from the song "Madame George": "And the love that loves the love that loves the love that loves the love that loves to love the love that loves to love the love that loves." What on earth is he babbling on about? Yet after reading a few paragraphs from Bangs's column, I approached such lyrics with a new perspective. Bangs writes:
Van Morrison is interested, obsessed with how much musical or verbal information he can compress into a small space, and, almost conversely, how far he can spread one note, word, sound, or picture. To capture one moment, be it a caress or a twitch. He repeats certain phrases to extremes that from anybody else would seem ridiculous, because he's waiting for a vision to unfold, trying as unobtrusively as possible to nudge it along…It's the great search, fueled by the belief that through these musical and mental processes illumination is attainable. Or may at least be glimpsed.Now, one might write this pseudo-mystical explanation off as nonsense itself. Yet what strikes me as so effective about Bangs's writing here is how it fits the music—its mood, its rhythm, its essence—perfectly. It is difficult to evaluate this claim without hearing any of the songs from Astral Weeks, so below are a couple of tracks, as well as a link to the text of the Lester Bangs essay.
Track 1: Astral Weeks (filesavr)
This title track is probably my favorite cut of the album, and before I sign off I'd like to point out a moment in this song that I particularly enjoy: the transition from chorus to verse. The lyrics of the chorus are as follows:
Could you find me?As the chorus begins, buzzing, trembling strings are added to the texture, creating a sense of tension and restlessness. As Van reaches the chorus's final line, the strings are removed, releasing the tension and leaving behind a sense of peaceful arrival that wonderfully fits the lyrics of rebirth.
Would you kiss-a my eyes?
To lay me down
In silence easy
To be born again
Track 6: Madame George (filesavr)
Lester Bangs Column
Posted by Ben
Stu Reid gets Silly
Stu Reid the man was known to get quite silly on occasion, but now is not the time nor place to discuss those stories. You might remember that while driving back from Maine this past weekend, I was listening to a bunch of old mix CDs. One of those CDs was from sophomore summer up at Dartmouth when you are required to take classes. I had just finished this terrifying biology class and put together this CD to celebrate. On it were the likes of Toxic (one of my all time favorites), Madonna, EMF, Ram Jam, Peanut Butter Jelly Time and a bunch of other wacky tracks mixed in with some rap. A hidden gem from the CD was the completely absurd song Boogie in your Butt by Eddie Murphy. Needless to say devoted fan x was not amused as much as I was by the song. Here are a few tracks from that fun jaunt down memory lane and while fun, it still has not cured my music rut.
Britney Spears - Toxic (YSI) (filesavr)
EMF - Unbelievable (YSI) (filesavr)
Eddie Murphy - Boogie in your Butt (YSI) (filesavr)
Posted by Zack
February 19, 2009
In a Rut
So I am officially in a music rut. I hate how they sneak up on you and then out of nowhere *wham* you have nothing new and nothing appeals to your ears. These are frustrating times for my ears right now. In an effort to cure my aural malaise I listened to a bunch of old mix cds while driving up to Maine to ski this past weekend. In addition to belting out some Alicia Keys, Nelly Furtado and Kelly Clarkson I was reminded of myriad bands that I had simply forgotten about. I loved hearing Clap your Hands Say Yeah and the Rapture again, but my biggest rediscovery was the Yeah Yeah Yeahs. What a coincidence that I came across what had been one of my favorite bands right when they are gearing up to release a new album (Its Blitz is slated to be released on April 13, 2009). Pretty good timing huh? Every song has a ferocious, desperate energy and thundering yet precice instrumentation that together rip open your chest cavity and make your heart beat faster. While not entirely curing my music rut, Karen O, Brian Chase and Nick Zinner are definitely helping out (assuaging my rut if you will). More on my mix CD odyssey coming soon.
Three golden oldies (Too many great tracks to choose from):
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Y Control (YSI) (filesavr)
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Phenomena (YSI) (filesavr)
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - The Sweets (YSI) (filesavr)
The newbie:
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Zero (YSI) (filesavr)
Posted by Zack
February 18, 2009
Go South By South West, Young Man
So, as has been reported by everyone and their mother, SXSW has announced their lineup and their schedule. There are an unbelievable mumber of really great artists performing in a four day period, making even the most casual of indie music fans drool with anticipation. Despite whatever SXSW qualms you might have, it remains the best place in the world to see great upcoming stars in informal and fun settings.
Posted by Chris
February 17, 2009
At the Top of My Lungs
I just drove back from Philly back up to Boston after a great visit home to see some friends and family. Didn't get to catch a show at the First Unitarian, unfortunately, but I did see the Mutter Museum of Medical Oddities, which is gross and awesome. Woot.
The car ride home was standard fare - me belting out tunes at the top of my lungs out of tune until I got a sore throat. I sang everything from old school Dispatch to Celtic standards to James Taylor, and had a blast while doing it. Something awesome about singing in the car alone.
The main offender that kicked off this singing spree is a track from Belle and Sebastian's Stuart Murdoch, off of the Dark Was the Night compilation that was released today. It takes Wild Mountain Thyme - a traditional Irish song about going somewhere with a lass, building a bower, and then finding a replacement lass - and puts new lyrics over the familiar tune. It's really an exceptional song.
Stuart Murdoch - Another Saturday (YSI) (filesavr)
I also found myself shouting along with Tunde Adebimpe's brilliant cover of Neil Young's "Unknown Legend" from the Rachel Getting Married soundtrack. It's an a cappella take that was apparently recorded in Tunde's trailer on set, and it's beautiful, haunting, heartwrenching. I love this track.
Tunde Adebimpe - Unknown Legend (Neil Young Cover) (YSI) (filesavr)
Finally, another track from the Dark Was the Night compilation that dropped yesterday. The Books are really good at making calm electro music, and Jose Gonzalez is really good at singing. They let their powers combine like Captain Planet, and completely dominate this track. Buy the full record here to fight AIDS and support the Red Hot Organization.
The Books and Jose Gonzalez - Cello Song (YSI)
February 16, 2009
Birthday Bash!
Happy birthday Lincoln, Washington, Lincoln and all those other historically important figures! In honor of these great people who have shaped our modern world I give you an eclectic President's Day grab bag of random new music that I like. Check them out, sit back, relax, recharge and enjoy the rare three day weekend that encompasses not one, but two holidays. I am off skiing and I hope you're having a great weekend as well. Also, that Raekwon track is pretty money for a lethargic day.
Gui Boratto - Take My Breath Away (YSI) (filesavr)
Body Language - Huffy Ten Speed (YSI) (filesavr)
Raekwon ft. Ghostface Killah - Wu Ooh (YSI) (filesavr)
Posted by Zack
February 14, 2009
Be My Hero?
Valentine's Day is for lovers. Devoted fan X and I have a very unique relationship. I get to be as weird as a want and she usually puts up with it. So today I'm going to say thanks and show my reverence. !!! are an incredibly fun group with their crazy instruments and vocalists and they put on one of the best live shows that I have even seen. At Lollapalooza this past summer with devoted fan x, !!! just tore the house down on a sweaty summer evening. So here are a couple of great !!! jams to propel you through today and hopefully help you cut loose a bit. I just love the title all my heroes are weirdos, because it is so very true. Have a great V Day.
!!! - All My Heroes are Weirdos (YSI) (filesavr)
!!! - Heart of Hearts (YSI) (filesavr)
Posted by Zack
February 13, 2009
Coming Soon to a Blog Near You
Some changes are on the way here at TSRE, including some fly new graphics, a transition to WordPress, and some other goodies. One of said "Goodies" is a new contributing writer, who will be dropping knowledgable tidbits on a weekly basis. This man knows more about music than most and was wearing plaid before it was in style. Word to your moms, without further ado I give you Ben, the artist formerly known as Nomo. Kick It! As a way of introduction, I'd like to reflect back on the music that provided the soundtrack to my middle school years. While songs like "Truly Madly Deeply" and "The Boy Is Mine" dominated the pop airwaves, I was busy developing a pseudo-worshipful relationship with a certain all-white rap trio from NYC: the Beastie Boys. I still remember the first time I heard the simple yet sublime rhymes of Ad-Rock, MCA and Mike D on "Intergalactic", in a summer camp cabin in New Hampshire. I quickly learned all the lyrics, and the Beasties quickly became my idols. I doggedly chased down all of their albums, from their classic debut Licensed to Ill ("Brass Monkey", "Fight For Your Right") to Hello Nasty("Intergalactic", "Body Movin'"), and everything in between. I dutifully learned the lyrics to every hit, and would rap along whenever one came on the radio. The Beastie Boys gave me an ill-founded hope that an awkward 13-year old at an all-boys school like myself might someday bloom into something a little more badass. Sadly, I can't bear to listen to the Beasties anymore. I cringe every time I hear the whiny, high-pitched voices, and the posse-style rhyming where all three yell the last word of every line ("Coming from Uranus to check my STYLE!!!!"). But my years of Beastie-worship were not without value. For one thing, I bonded with my first girlfriend over the Beasties (we "dated" for about two weeks). And, more importantly, the BBoys introduced me to A Tribe Called Quest by featuring Q-Tip as a guest rapper on "Get it Together," from their 1994 album Ill Communication. I remember listening and realizing that, by golly, this Q-Tip character has more flow than Ad-Rock, MCA, and Mike D combined! And thus began a love for the Tribe that continues to this day—a topic for another week. Here are a couple Beastie Boys tracks that I can still bear to listen to, as well as a track from the Tribe. "Shadrach" is a funky, dance-y track off of the Beasties' most critically acclaimed album, Paul's Boutique (1989). Then there's "Get it Together", which I mentioned above, and, from the Tribe, "Check the Rhime," a jazzy track that demonstrates the characteristically playful rapport between rappers Q-Tip and Phife Dawg. - Ben Beastie Boys - Shadrach (YSI) (filesavr) Beastie Boys - Get it Together (YSI) (filesavr)
Some changes are on the way here at TSRE, including some fly new graphics, a transition to WordPress, and some other goodies. One of said "Goodies" is a new contributing writer, who will be dropping knowledgable tidbits on a weekly basis. This man knows more about music than most and was wearing plaid before it was in style. Word to your moms, without further ado I give you Ben, the artist formerly known as Nomo.
Kick It!
As a way of introduction, I'd like to reflect back on the music that provided the soundtrack to my middle school years. While songs like "Truly Madly Deeply" and "The Boy Is Mine" dominated the pop airwaves, I was busy developing a pseudo-worshipful relationship with a certain all-white rap trio from NYC: the Beastie Boys. I still remember the first time I heard the simple yet sublime rhymes of Ad-Rock, MCA and Mike D on "Intergalactic", in a summer camp cabin in New Hampshire. I quickly learned all the lyrics, and the Beasties quickly became my idols. I doggedly chased down all of their albums, from their classic debut Licensed to Ill ("Brass Monkey", "Fight For Your Right") to Hello Nasty("Intergalactic", "Body Movin'"), and everything in between.
I dutifully learned the lyrics to every hit, and would rap along whenever one came on the radio. The Beastie Boys gave me an ill-founded hope that an awkward 13-year old at an all-boys school like myself might someday bloom into something a little more badass.
Sadly, I can't bear to listen to the Beasties anymore. I cringe every time I hear the whiny, high-pitched voices, and the posse-style rhyming where all three yell the last word of every line ("Coming from Uranus to check my STYLE!!!!"). But my years of Beastie-worship were not without value. For one thing, I bonded with my first girlfriend over the Beasties (we "dated" for about two weeks). And, more importantly, the BBoys introduced me to A Tribe Called Quest by featuring Q-Tip as a guest rapper on "Get it Together," from their 1994 album Ill Communication. I remember listening and realizing that, by golly, this Q-Tip character has more flow than Ad-Rock, MCA, and Mike D combined! And thus began a love for the Tribe that continues to this day—a topic for another week.
Here are a couple Beastie Boys tracks that I can still bear to listen to, as well as a track from the Tribe. "Shadrach" is a funky, dance-y track off of the Beasties' most critically acclaimed album, Paul's Boutique (1989). Then there's "Get it Together", which I mentioned above, and, from the Tribe, "Check the Rhime," a jazzy track that demonstrates the characteristically playful rapport between rappers Q-Tip and Phife Dawg.
- Ben
Beastie Boys - Shadrach (YSI) (filesavr)
Beastie Boys - Get it Together (YSI) (filesavr)
Posted by Chris
February 12, 2009
Sick of the City
On paper this week should be awesome for me: skiing this weekend, an early valentines day dinner, trivia with friends, buying vacation tickets, but for some reason I have just been feeling sort of down. I cannot put my finger on it, but there is a specter of something that I am not able to shake lately. Work and everything else seems to be moving a little too fast. The beautiful weather today in Boston really reminded me that I am growing tired of the city. Its not the people, culture or activities, but just something about being surrounded by concrete all the time is wearing on me. Maybe its not the city and just my quotidian routine, but something is getting to me. I purchased the Two Short Stories by the midwest folk outfit Jayber Crow earlier in 2008 and I listened to it over and over again among the hills of New Hampshire. Luckily, thanks to their excellent music video for Freeze and Thaw, I have started listening to Two Short Stories again recently and it has been a welcome relief. The music video is well done and very crafty (I cannot fathom how much paper cutting was accomplished) and the song Freeze and Thaw is a hopeful, uplifting slice of woodsy folk. Just what I need. O God When I Drop Dead is another frenetic folk jam from Jayber Crow that just romps all over you for a solid 2 minutes (handclaps too!).
Jayber Crow - O God When I Drop Dead (YSI) (filesavr)
Also, you may have noticed the name change from The Truth to my new moniker Zack. We are undergoing some major changes at TSRE, so keep a lookout for a major redesign and even new features in the next couple of days!!! Booyah.
Here's another lo-fi jam for driving in cars through the country
Harlem - South of France (YSI) (filesavr)
Posted by Zack
February 11, 2009
Ooh! Stings, Don't It?
Recently got my hands on the new Charles "Jeezy" Hamilton track, Scorpion. It's the first track from his upcoming "Well Isn't This Awkward" mixtape. Story of my life.
Posted by Chris
February 10, 2009
1992. What a year. I was 6 years old and I remember absolutely nothing. I do remember that I cried in the lunchroom the first time that I had to stay for lunch in first grade. Besides my personal woes 92 was an interesting year. Clinton was elected as US president, George H. W. Bush vomited in the lap of the Japanese Prime Minister, EuroDisney opened, the Blue Jays won the World Series for the first time, the Bosnian conflict began, Pope John Paul II apologizes for the inquisition against Galileo and Dr. Dre released The Chronic.
So yeah lets all take a deep breath and remember 1992....
And scene. Here are a couple of beat heavy songs that reference 1992. Zomby is just some straight up quality dancehall techno. A short and sweet track that ends before it gets too repetitive thankfully. We definitely don't put enough of that up here and I'm sure you've heard XR2 from M.I.A. The blaring horns just make such a dirty beat. It will make you move I dare say.
Zomby - Where Were U in '92 (YSI) (filesavr)
M.I.A. - XR2 (YSI) (filesavr)
Posted by Zack
February 9, 2009
By Hook Or By Crookers
I'm constantly surprised by this blog game, and how tracks will just take off over the internet and grow a quick following. Nowhere does this surprise me more than in the remix world, where it often seems that timing is as important as anything in getting plays for your track.
February 8, 2009
Sticky Laughter
We are embarking on a journey here at TSRE. New logos, t shirts and a (hopefully) new page design will all be happening soon. We have been hard at work sketching and photoshopping some great stuff. Another new experience for us is that bands have begun sending us music, which at first is a bit daunting. Such as, wow thanks so much, but now you want me to write something insightful about your artwork? I have to admit that at first I felt a little anxious about this entire process, so bear with me this first time, if you will. Hopefully as we get more music from whomever is out there reading and creating we will get better at this. We truly appreciate everything.
Butterfly Bones hail from the Bay Area and based on their myspace that I perused earlier, seem to embody many aspects of that hip yet facetious Bay Area persona that I have built up in my East Coast head. The guys from Butterfly Bones were kind enough to send me their EP Sticky Laughter along with a pretty cool poster (thanks!). After one listen I saw a little Black Moth Super Rainbow in their sonic experimentation, but there is more there, specifically so much more live instrumentation. On the opening track, Geneva in Morning Sun, Butterfly Bones interweave delicate notes with layers of lazy guitars to create a swirling atmosphere of sound. Without vocals you can just sit back and let the track wash over you and remember your own triumphant mornings from the past. Another early comparison I drew was to Deerhunter with their layers of guitar and melodic and sometimes tonal vocals. While I was not as drawn to the second track, Candywine Kissing Lips, I loved the sensation of the soaring vocals tones and hazy guitars towards the end of the third track The Ecchoing Aquatic. For me, vocals are simply another layer in the sound and here vocals do just that. Also, that title is a reference to a William Blake poem, its a good one too, nice. Vocals come back to the forefront on the final track, Juju Spider Boxing, which shows the band experimenting a little more with some funkier rhythms to good effect. Despite some repetition and dragging, Sticky Laughter is all in all an enjoyable EP where I was able to lose myself, for better or for worse. Butterfly Bones have some good ideas here and they formulate appealing hazy layers of sound if you are into that kind of music. I enjoyed it. Thanks.
Butterfly Bones - Geneva in Morning Sun (YSI) (filesavr)
Butterfly Bones - The Ecchoing Aquatic (YSI) (filesavr)
BONUS. A pretty cool, but kinda dirty Deerhunter mashup from the Hood Internet who never fail to disappoint.
The Hood Internet - Deer Assault (DJ Assault vs Deerhunter) (YSI) (filesavr)
Posted by Zack
Passion Pit Tikka Masala
Last night was a good night. It started with Indian food - Lamb Korma, Chicken Tikka Masala, and some big Taj Mahals. It ended with Passion Pit rocking our brains at the Middle East in Boston, playing a succinct but power-packed 40 minute set that left us sweaty and buzzing. Well, at least I was sweaty - that's just how I roll.
Posted by Chris
February 6, 2009
Kast Off My Love
Time for an Outkast themed post that has been brewing for quite some time.
Posted by Chris
February 5, 2009
Diva Pwr
I guess we are sort of on a girly kick here at TSRE and I am totally on the bandwagon. I grabbed this track by La Roux from Neon Gold and its got some pretty money 80s nostalgia going on. La Roux has a powerful female voice that just rides the crap out of the heavy 80s synths in the background. Not only strident and confident, La Roux's voice is modern and hopeful all in one. I assure you that Fascination will become your next power jam guaranteed.
Next up is the absolutely ballin MSTRKRFT remix of Metric's Monster Hospital from a couple of years ago. With MSTRKRFT's patented pounding synths backing up Emily Hanes's earnest melodies this song is a classic. Hanes's voice swirls, twisting around the ferocious synths to create something dark and powerful. The lyrics are so desperate and forceful that they fit perfectly with the pulsating synths that reinforce the tone of the lyrics. This is one of my all time favorite remixes and a great get hype song to boot. Enjoy.
La Roux - Fascination (YSI) (filesavr)
Metrix - Monster Hospital (MSTRKRFT Remix) (YSI) (filesavr)
Posted by Zack
Great Weekend
This past weekend, the Judge, devoted fan x, a bunch of friends and I went skiing up in Maine. Despite not having skied in a few years it was an amazing time. The weather was absolutely perfect and the snow was easy to ski on. It really is so nice to get out of the city for a few days, disconnect from technology and just spend time with friends. So necessary. Also, the Super Bowl was pretty fun to watch too. Upon arriving back in civilization I was overjoyed to find a new song from the Junior Boys floated around the information superhighway. I personally adore the Junior Boys. I saw them live in London once and they whipped out some instruments to replace their electronic array. The way they combine intimate half-whispers with pulsating 8-bit electro beats ranging from the club to the headphones is addictive. While not as perfect as In the Morning, the new track Parallel Lines has some great texture and is simply a well constructed pop song. Begone Dull Care, the third album from the Junior Boys is scheduled for release in April. I cannot wait.
Junior Boys - Parallel Lines (YSI) (filesavr)
Posted by Zack
February 4, 2009
Breaking Your Handclaps
I've never been ashamed to admit it - I love handclaps. We have an entire tag on this here site devoted to handclaps, and I frequently extoll their virtues.
Posted by Chris
February 2, 2009
The Chondola is the name of the new 6 person chairlift and gondola line at Sunday River. What a vaguely odd and suggestive name, huh? I just got back from a fun weekend skiing so I apologize for the late post today. We'll be back to regular posting tomorrow.
On our drive up to Maine on Friday, devoted fan X and I listened to the latest album from The Phantom Band, Checkmate Savage, numerous times and it did not disappoint. After finding it highly recommended on Cokemachineglow, I knew that it would be worth at least one listen, but what I found was a an album of complete immersion. From the Scottish accents to the body-shaking bass rhythms to the agile guitars, The Phantom Band is the real deal. If you are in a bad mood they will snap you out of it. If you want an album to contemplate, Checkmate Savage will make you think. If you just want to plain rock out to some sick bass lines, you got it right here. Checkmate Savage is the best epic rock album I have heard in a while, but with enough tricks and subtle weirdness to make it truly engrossing. Enjoy the music and the great weather today.
The Phantom Band - The Howling (YSI) (filesavr)
The Phantom Band - Throwing Bones (YSI) (filesavr)
Posted by Zack


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Karruim Demaio, a former employee at McDonald's, posted a video of a mouse running loose in a bag of Big Mac buns used to prepare burgers.
He told Fox that he had witnessed this happen many times at the Philadelphia branch, where he worked for a year. He claims it was the sixth or seventh time that a rodent was found alive in a bag of buns.
"I was working there from October of 2010 to January of this year. There hasn't been a time when we couldn't go in the back and see mouse droppings on the bread," he adds.
Ken Youngblood, the owner of the franchise, was contacted by the news outlet and responded that he would launch an investigation into the matter.


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The French Traveler prides itself on excellent customer service, dedication to each traveler's needs, attention to detail and the ability to help you get the most from this cross-cultural experience. We speak fluent French and English and know France intimately. We arrange for meals with the local hosts and introduce you to people whom you would never be able to meet on your own.
We've led immersion workshops for French teachers in every major city in France since 1998, and many of our participants come back year after year to re-immerse themselves in another region of France.
We prefer to spend time only in France, savoring one city at a time and fan out from there rather than race through the European countryside to see several cities in as many days. You'll unpack only once. We take pains to discover the local fauna and flora, seek opportunities to converse and interact with the locals, experience what the region has to offer in the way of culture, cuisine, and sights. We extend our network of friends to make the trip a highly personal one for you. Many of our travelers form friendships during their trip and often plan future travel together. We invite you to come along and become Travelers with us.
We also host a Paris for Women tour every year, an exclusive walking tour of the City of Lights geared toward women of all ages who are willing and able to discover Paris on foot, as well as an Immersion Tour in English in Boston, Massachusetts USA for those international professionals who would like to improve their English and deepen their knowledge of American culture.
Valerie Sutter, Founder and Director of The French Traveler, has been chasing France her entire adult life. Falling in love with the subject in high school led to a major in French at university; from there, she proceeded to live and work in Lyon, France where she obtained a a Master's degree from the Faculté de Lettres de Lyon. Starting her teaching career in France, then continuing in Brazil, she treasures her many years of teaching students in both those countries for over 18 years, as well as her years at prestigious private schools in New England upon her return to the US. Her enriching experiences living in and traveling throughout France for over thirty years enabled her to found The French Traveler in1998. Combining her love of language with her passion for cultural acquisition, she believes in foreign language immersion as the means of knowing and understanding another culture and most important, one's own. Fluent in French and in Portuguese with a modest grasp of Spanish, Valerie resides half the year in France preparing trips and the other half in Florida, where she teaches French part-time and is a member of her local Alliance Française.
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Michigan man murdered in his home
Quintel A. West, 23, is charged with felony murder and 22 other felonies in the 36-year-old Kuhlman's shooting death inside his home ......
PEORIA, AZ - Peoria police have arrested a 30-year-old man in the shooting death of a Valley college football coach.
Peoria police say Justin McMahan met 59-year-old Land Jacobsen at his home near 92nd Lane and Deer Valley Road on July 17 where McMahan allegedly shot Jacobsen.
Police say Jacobsen died on Tuesday, July 24 from his injuries......
Ohio woman attacked in her home
This story is indicative of the large amount of black on white crimes that are dropped down the Memory Hole by the Corrupt Liberal Media as fast as possible.The original link is dead even though the story is only 3 months old. This information was found on another blog.
A woman confronts a burglar in her home and is left covered in bruises. On Monday night, North College Hill Police released a composite sketch of the bold burglar in the hopes that someone will turn him in.
Viola says, "I've lived here for 13 years. I've loved my house. I love the area. I've never felt unsafe until now."
I stepped back, and he actually started punching me, and as he was punching me, I started screaming at the top of my lungs for somebody to call the police, and I took the bag and started hitting him with it as hard as I could."
Viola believes this man may be the same person who broke into her home a week before the home invasion. She was out of town, and her TV was stolen.
video at link http://www.local12.com/news/local/story/North-College-Hill-Woman-Injured-While-Fighting/tY-KbUQmgk2jLJh5ziBhFw.cspx
Missouri man murdered in his home
(ST. JOSEPH, Mo.) A man expected to go on trial next month for a 2010 murder will be sentenced instead. That's after he admitted to the crime Wednesday.
Jered Houston pleaded guilty to 2nd Degree Murder and Armed Criminal Action in the death of Charley Lonjers.
Lonjers was found shot to death at his St. Joseph home on Sylvanie in what police believe was an attempted robbery......
Video shows perp to be a black male.
video included: http://stjoechannel.com/fulltext/?nxd_id=288202
|Victim was 56. Photo obviously is him at a much younger age.
Texas brother and sister murdered in their home
Around 1:45 a.m. Thursday, the Angelina County Sheriff's Office was dispatched to a home at 575 John Kolb Road on a report of a disturbance in progress. A deputy on another call two blocks away arrived to find Barnes' 27-year-old girlfriend Rosa Pina dying in the driveway with multiple stab wounds. Her throat had also been cut, according to ACSO Capt. Allen Hill.
Her 28-year-old brother was already dead inside the laundry room, ACSO investigator Seth Stover said.
Elderly New York WW II veteran burned to death in his home
Syracuse, NY - Fingerprints link accused serial arsonist Shayne Davis to at least one of the arson incidents for which he was charged Thursday, according to papers filed in Syracuse City Court.
Davis, 32, was arraigned in City Court today on charges of second-degree murder, second- and third-degree arson and attempted second-degree arson in connection with a spree of fires in the Tipperary Hill section of Syracuse in May and June.
The murder charge stems from the death of 90-year-old Frederick Brown as a result of a fire in his home at 424 Cayuga St. the morning of June 18......
New Jersey college student murdered in apartment hallway
MONTCLAIR, N.J. (CBSNewYork) – A 21-year-old Montclair man has been charged in the shooting death of a Villanova University student.
Ernest Williams, Jr. is accused of shooting and killing 21-year-old Brian Schiavetti, of Ridgefield, Conn. during a robbery.......
Delaware coed hate raped and murdered in her apartment
On May 1, 2005, James E. Cooke, Jr., 34, broke into the apartment of University of Delaware student, Lindsey Bonistall, 20; he proceeded to rape and strangle her to death, then he put her body in the bathtub.
In an attempt to throw off the police detectives, Cooke scrawled white-supremacist graffiti on the walls of Lindsey's apartment before setting it on fire in an attempt to cover up the crime.
Elderly Virginia man murdered in his home
NORFOLK, Va. (WAVY) - A man accused in the death investigation of a 77-year-old Louis A. Daniel, Jr, in Norfolk has been convicted by a jury and could spend the rest of his life behind bars.
Eugene Williams, Jr., of the 1400 block of Longdale Drive was found guilty on charges of first degree murder, armed burglary, grand larceny and two counts of use of a firearm
Daniel, a 77-year-old man, was found dead in his apartment the morning of June 15........
He worked at George Hughes Hardware for many years and in the auto parts field from which he retired. He enjoyed reading, loved animals, especially dogs, and cared a lot about the environment. He was a kind, gentle, and a man whom everyone respected.
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NEWARK — A 19-year-old Newark man has been indicted on felony murder charges, accused of robbing and killing a 64-year-old city man in November, the Essex County Prosecutor's Office said this afternoon.
Darnell Williams, 19, also faces two counts of aggravated assault, robbery, terroristic threats and weapons offenses in connection with the death of Kenneth Kwiatkowsky during an attempted robbery inside a Chapel Street residence on Nov. 12,....
Offender Name: DARNEL WILLIAMS
Offender ID:0700423027
Age: 18
Race: African- American
Location of Offender:Essex County Jail
High probability the victim was white. All images of people with the surname Kwiatkowski found in a Google search were white.


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A Ricers Night Before Christmas.
Just a few holiday poems for ya.......
A Ricers Night Before Christmas
Twas the night before Christmas and caught at the light,
Was a torch red Corvette and no cops in sight.
I will try, I will try, I will try with this small motor,
To beat this Corvette, it ain't got no blower.
As the light goes green and I pull like no joke,
The Corvette erupts in clouds of tire smoke.
Now Smasher, now Rev-ver, now Stroker, now Blitzin,
These are the names of my four VTEC pistons.
Racing ahead I'm the star of the action,
But I know I'm in trouble when the Corvette gets traction.
Grabbing second, I hear the RPM's sing,
My mirror is blocked by my shopping kart wing.
I now hear the roar of the big monster gaining,
All I can do is keeping the four-banger straining.
In a second the shock wave hits with a blast,
And my stickers go flying, now a thing of the past.
Don't bother with third, cause now it's too late,
Just try to act cool, like you can relate.
Looking up at the 4 tail lights as they get smaller,
The driver backs off just to give me a holler,
"You can't win them all," he says in fling,
"You may not win any, in that silly thing,"
I smiled and revved as he pulled out of sight,
With more stickers tomorrow, i'll give him a fight!
'Twas the night for street racing
and allthrough the 'hood
the rice boys were looking
for cars to beat good.
A small herd of Hondas were farting their way
Down to Main Street, sporting coffee cans
bought on Ebay.
The cars were bedecked with bright pink
stripes and words,
Like a neon explosion of vomit and turds.
The cars were so low that each bump made a *clunk*,
The tires looked like rubber bands round a tree trunk.
The engines were whining, they made such a clatter,
Sounding like blender when mixing up batter.
The cars overheated, the drivers got out,
With so much steamed rice, it smelled like
Chinese take-out.
While cooling their motors, they went on
their mission
To find lesser rides for their street competition.
Then two dim headlights appeared through the gloom of
the night,
As a late '60s Mopar drove into sight.
They laughed at the driver of this sad old timer,
The wheels were steel and the paint was, well, primer!
"You've got to be kidding! You must be a jerk.
Your tailpipes are tiny. Your sidemarkers
don't work."
The Honda boys laughed at the grim basket case,
When the driver stepped out and said, "You boys want to race?"
He pulled out his wallet and threw down his cash,
"A thousand says my car will win in a dash."
I'll beat any one of the cars in this lot,
So go pick out the fastest one that you've got."
A young blood steps forward in the baggiest of pants,
And threw down his money, "You ain't got a chance!"
As nods were exchanged, there was no turning back,
So the cars headed out to the top of the track.
The Civic pulled up, with its disk brakes a 'squeaking
As the Mopar approached, its transmission leaking.
The drivers were ready, the starter in place.
He dropped his arms quickly to start off the race.
The Honda was revving, it's wheels all a spin,
It shot off the line and made such a din.
The dull looking Mopar just slipped into gear,
The front lifted slightly as it chirped in the rear.
At the 60 foot mark, the Dodge blew a wire,
And the front of it glowed from an under-hood fire.
As the Dodge pulled up level, the ECU broke,
But he still left the rice boy behind in his smoke.
At the end of the run, the Dodge slowed down a bit
But the drums got so hot that they soon too
were lit.
When the Honda arrived in a blaze of loud farts,
He found the Dodge driver, with his hands full
of parts
He'd pulled from the glove box, 'cos he came prepared.
A few broken pieces did not have him scared!
The rice boy was speechless, and out of a grand.
The night had not gone as he'd hoped or he'd planned.
He turned to the winner, his mouth gaping wide,
"What the hell motor do you have inside?!?!??!??"
The Dodge driver shrugged as he opened his door.
"A slant six, though it was just firing on four."
HAHA!!!! Thats awesome! My now favorite version of the "Night Before Christmas" story!
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The 1966 Lions were talked up before the tour as being one of the best Lions sides ever, but in reality this Lions tour was probably the worst performance by any Lions team over the years.
Even though they secured victory in Australia, they were comprehensively beaten by the All Blacks in all four tests and even struggled in the midweek matches. The tour did end with a win over Canada on the way home, but they were also beaten by British Columbia just immediately prior to that.


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Committee on Finance. - Vote 27—Haulbowline Dockyard.
Thursday, 1 April 1937
Dáil Éireann Debate
Go ndeontar suim ná raghaidh thar £6,417 chun slánuithe na suime is gá chun íoctha an Mhuirir a thiocfaidh chun bheith iníoctha i rith na bliana dar críoch an 31adh lá de Mhárta, [303] 1938, chun Costaisí i dtaobh Longlainne Inis Sionnach.
That a sum not exceeding £6,417 be granted to complete the sum necessary to defray the Charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st day of March, 1938, for Expenses in connection with Haulbowline Dockyard.
Mr. Flinn: There is an increase from £4,725 to £9,617. The increase is caused by additional maintenance due to termination of tenancy of Haulbowline Industries, Limited, £1,185; renewal of submarine water main, £3,400; fuel, light and water. Formerly the receipts under this sub-head were deducted from the cost in framing the Estimate. This year the full cost is provided and receipts will be treated as extra Exchequer receipts—an accounting technicality responsible for £240 increase. The remaining £67 increase is partly casual, but £50 of it is due to cessation of payment for water by Haulbowline Industries, Ltd.
Mr. Corry: I should like to ask the Parliamentary Secretary in regard to the proposals sent to him by the Cork Harbour Commissioners whether he has come to any decision in regard to the dockyard at Haulbowline?
Mr. Corry: I find that no provision has been made for putting the dock at Haulbowline back at least into the condition it was originally. Its present condition is due to the neglect of the Board of Works. This dockyard was handed over in perfect condition to the Board of Works. We have had in this House each year a Vote for a pretty large sum for the maintenance of Haulbowline dockyard. Portion of the dockyard was leased to a firm of shipbrokers who were supposed, at any rate, to be responsible for the proper maintenance of the property leased to them. After having been leased for a number of years, this portion of the dockyard, which contains the dock itself, has now been handed back to the Board of Works. Some time ago the Cork Harbour Commissioners had occasion to investigate the matter. [304] Tenders were invited for putting the dock back into the same condition in which it was when these people took it over. I was rather amazed to find that a tender came in from the people to whom it had been leased by the Board of Works, and who were responsible for its proper maintenance while it was leased to them. The estimate for putting the dock back into the same condition as it was in when they took it was £12,000. In plain language, Government property which was leased by the Board of Works to a certain firm was damaged to the extent of £12,000 while, at the same time, we were paying from £2,000 to £5,000 yearly to people to mind it. The Parliamentary Secretary has been generous to the Phoenix Park as, apparently, it was considered worth while spending £4,000 on gates there.
An Ceann Comhairle: There was no objection to that.
Mr. Corry: There was no use objecting. I could not find anyone to object with me. Apparently the House agreed that £4,000 should be spent on gates in the Phoenix Park. I should like to bring to the recollection of the Parliamentary Secretary a certain statement he made in the past as to what should be done with Haulbowline. I will quote from a speech he made on June 26th, 1929, Vol. 20, Parliamentary Debates, page 1821.
An Ceann Comhairle: That is a long time ago.
Mr. Corry: Yes, but it will bring home to the Parliamentary Secretary what his ideas then were, as to what should be done with this dockyard. He said:—
"Now the first thing that we have got clear to-day is that the Government do intend, and I congratulate them, to say that that piece of property which may have potential value but which has no immediate value shall be maintained in the condition in which its potentialities can be realised, when the time comes, with the smallest possible cost to the State. That is the problem which [305] they have had to face, and I take it that that is the problem which they intend to face in this matter."
The Parliamentary Secretary at that time congratulated the former Government on taking that step. Since then damage to the extent of £12,000 has been done during a period when this dock was leased. We are faced in Cobh with this position, that when a ship came there recently for repairs she had to be pulled to the site of the derelict dockyard and a few bags of cement had to be mixed and put into a hole in her side until she was taken away to England to be repaired. During the past four months four oil tankers that were lying there have been removed to England, and insurance amounting to £2,000 per ship had to be paid to cover their removal to England. The repairs could have been done in Cobh had this dockyard been in proper condition to dry-dock vessels. After all, a Government Department has a certain responsibility in this matter, and if this dockyard had a potential value in 1929, it has a potential value to-day. All I ask is that the dock should be put back into the condition in which it was when leased, seeing that the Board of Works is responsible for its maintenance. Steps should also be taken to see that those responsible for the damage should put the dockyard into the condition it was in when leased. We are entitled to have that done. I consider it to be an extraordinary thing that damage to the extent of £12,000 could be done to a dockyard while the responsible Government Department was paying people from £2,000 to £5,000 to mind it. As a representative of the people of Cobh, I claim that this Government Department was responsible for seeing that the dockyard was kept in repair, yet the Department allowed the damage to be done. I raised this question on February 17th, and I asked if compensation had been received from those who did the damage. I maintain that whatever amount of compensation was received should go towards putting the dockyard into a proper condition. I do not think that was asking anything [306] unreasonable. I do not know the Board of Works expert who estimated the amount of damage that had been done but taking damage that was done by the gentlemen responsible, they had the neck—I cannot call it anything else—to estimate for Cork Harbour Commissioners that it would cost £12,500 to put the dockyard back into the position in which it was previously. If that is the position, surely a Government Department is responsible. If we are to provide £3,435 as well as the wages of the staff, amounting to £2,825, and as similar amounts had to be paid previously, I contend that Government property should be looked after, and we should not be faced with the position at present existing in Cobh. Employment worth at least £100,000 has gone away from that harbour during the past 12 months for want of a dry-dock. I believe there is a dockyard in Dublin building "duck" boats.
Mr. Corry: I do not know what influence has been brought to bear, but some gentleman in Dublin seems to be able to pull a lot of strings, according to the Estimates that have been before the House.
Mr. T. Kelly: All this thing again!!
Mr. Corry: Deputy Tom Kelly apparently was missing from the House half an hour ago when I pointed out that out of £900,000 of the Estimate, £700,000 was being spent in Dublin and about £200,000 in the rest of the country.
Mr. Kelly: What harm was that?
Mr. Corry: Not a bit, so far as Deputy Tom Kelly is concerned. The harm falls on the poor devils down the country who have to find the money. Take this particular case of Haulbowline. That has been admitted to be one of the three largest dockyards in the British Isles. A very definite proposal was made, and a very decent and generous amount of assistance was offered by the Harbour Commissioners in Cork who were desirous of putting that dockyard into a proper state of [307] repair. The assistance offered was too generous considering that the Government themselves were responsible for having the dockyard in its present condition. Surely the whole of Cork County was not to blame for the damage done by others to that dockyard. It would seem from the way in which we are treated here, by every Government that comes along, as if Cork was regarded as the Cinderella of the country. We are entitled to fair play, and we are entitled, when we have a valuable asset such as that dockyard undoubtedly is, to say that it is the duty of the Government Department responsible to keep it in a proper state and in a proper condition. In the words of the Parliamentary Secretary, it may not be of use to-day, but there is a time coming when it will be of use. From time to time I have been down there, and I was shown where the man who had this dockyard walked in there with sledges and broke up valuable pieces of machinery so that he could buy it up as scrap. I spoke of that thing in this House in 1929 when I called the attention of the then Government to the fact that that had been done to the machinery.
Mr. McMenamin: Had we not the law then?
Mr. Corry: I cannot understand that accent at all.
Mr. McMenamin: You had the law but you did not act.
Mr. Corry: I have called attention to this matter here from year to year. I know that this machine after being smashed up was sold as scrap and a machine similar to it which was in perfect condition was also sold.
Mr. McMenamin: And you were on the spot and you let them do this damage.
Mr. Corry: The Government was paying £5,000 a year to people to mind it.
Mr. McMenamin: A man does a criminal act down in Deputy Corry's constituency and he does nothing about it.
[308]Mr. Corry: Sure, that is the worst of being a bad lawyer. Deputy McMenamin knows nothing about it.
Mr. McMenamin: And Deputy Corry did nothing when public property was being destroyed.
Mr. Corry: Bad lawyers in any place are worse than the plague.
Mr. McMenamin: What is Deputy Corry's complaint?
Mr. Corry: We cannot blame Deputy McMenamin. He knows nothing about it. We would gladly spare him to the Six Counties. It would be a relief if they took him. What I now want to know is when is this work going to be done? When is the Board of Works going to put back that dockyard into the condition in which it was? I want to know why it was brought to its present condition. I may be told that there was no negligence. I maintain there was, and the present state of that dock proves negligence. We had that particular gentleman offering to put the docks back in the same condition as he got it, and that offer was handed over to the Parliamentary Secretary himself. On behalf of the people of Cobh I claim that we are entitled to have that dock put back into the same condition as it was.
The employment that has now been lost to the young people of Cobh could be found again if that dock were put back into its proper condition. That is a thing to which the people of Cobh are entitled. Is that going to be done and, if not, what is the reason? Does the Parliamentary Secretary consider that spending £12,000 in putting that dockyard back into the position in which it was, is at least as important as spending £4,000 or £5,000 in fixing an archway or gateway into the Phoenix Park? The money spent in Cobh would be as well spent, at least. I hope to hear from the Parliamentary Secretary a satisfactory answer on this point. If not, we cannot finish to-night.
An Ceann Comhairle: The Parliamentary Secretary to conclude.
[309]An Ceann Comhairle: The Parliamentary Secretary to conclude. If any other Deputy wishes to intervene now he may do so.
Mr. Flinn: I think everybody in this House gets a sort of creepy feeling down the back when he is told he is going to be reminded of something he said in B.C. 59. Most of us look back upon our lives with thoughts and recollections that do produce feelings of heat and mental disturbance. I think it would be very unwise for any Deputy to look back seven or eight years in this House and say that in the whole records of the proceedings since, nobody could find anything in his legislative past which would be rather a horrible ghost to bring up before him. For that reason I did look forward to that sort of thrill we have at 12 o'clock at night when people are told the ghost walks. I did look with a sort of stimulation to the prospect of having the worst thing that Deputy Corry could imagine in relation to myself and in connection with Haulbowline, dragged into the light this evening. I have heard it and I say it is a very poor ghost. I have no objection to Deputy Corry repeating now what I said in 1929. What I did say was that Haulbowline may have potential possibilities, but that it had no immediate use. That is what I said then and that is what I say now——
Mr. Flinn: Wait a moment. As far as evidence has been put before me by any responsible person, that is the position. I am not now concerned with wild statements about £100,000 worth of work being turned away from Haulbowline. The only evidence produced in support of that statement is that a boat was towed into Haulbowline and was repaired by the use of a couple of sacks of cement. Deputy Corry has had full opportunity to bring forward any further evidence on that point, and he has not done so. I am speaking as one friendly to Haulbowline, as one who is anxious to see brought out any potential possibility which that dockyard has, and I see that Deputy Corry [310] has fallen down on the job of proving his case. He has put forward no evidence in proof of his statement that I have driven away £100,000 that could have been got for repairing ships in Cobh. The only ship brought in was one which was repaired without going into the dry dock, with a couple of bags of cement. Now, I am putting it in that form because I do want from somebody a case which I can put to the Minister for Finance when I go to him to ask for money.
Mr. Corry: We will have another opportunity.
Mr. Flinn: The Deputy had full opportunity, and my difficulty is that the Deputy did not do his job.
Mr. Corry: Let the Parliamentary Secretary answer the charge that he allowed £12,000 worth of property to be destroyed.
Mr. Flinn: We will accept that.
Mr. Corry: Very well. Why did you?
Mr. Flinn: What we are worried about is whether Deputy Corry has made the case that we should now spend an indefinite sum of money, which would be considerably more than £12,000, in putting that dock in condition—for what? For the one hundred thousand mythical pounds that Deputy Corry has imagined, so that we may tow a ship alongside where we could now tow her to repair her, as she was repaired with a bag of cement in Cork Harbour. There is a responsible committee dealing with this matter, a committee of the lower harbour, which has at its disposal all the information and all the evidence it is possible to get. I am dealing with that committee. I am prepared to regard anything it puts forward as responsible. I am asking the members of that committee to say that there is £100,000 worth of work which could and would have been done. They have not said anything of the kind. What Deputy Corry wants to do is to go back to that committee and bring to it any evidence, any documents, any facts, which he can produce which will convince them to the extent to which they will put their signature [311] upon a statement. Then I will consider it as very responsible evidence.
At the present moment I am not satisfied, much as I would like to be satisfied, that if Haulbowline was there that any of that work would have been done. It is a dock 618 feet long. It is undoubtedly the biggest dock in the Free State. It is three times as big as any dock in Dublin, and it is three times as unsuitable for the purpose of doing any ordinary repair work. It is an expensive dock to work. Deputy Corry may want a man merely to state what suits him. I have to state what I have to state to the Minister for Finance when I ask that public money shall now be expended upon it. That dock was built as part of a huge institution, the British Government. It was never economic as far as they were concerned. It cost £20,000 or £30,000 a year, but that did not matter to them. They were building it up for another purpose, a purpose which I think it did serve during the Great War. It was an expensive piece of preparation as far as they were concerned. They could afford to have, as they have all over the world, extensive coaling stations and extensive dockyards and aerodromes waiting for the chance of using them in times of war emergency.
Now, you must not put on a parallel line the user of the same thing for a commercial affair. Imagine Gibraltar being used merely as a commercial harbour. Imagine trying to get agricultural crops out of the land that they keep as part of a fort. What I am asking the responsible people to do is to put forward a case on which I can go to the Minister for Finance. Up to the present, I want to say perfectly clearly, and I say it for the purpose of helping those whose business [312] it will be to produce that case, that no case has yet been produced, that no evidence has been put in my possession, which would enable me to ask the Minister for Finance to spend £20,000, not £12,000, on putting Haulbowline into a merely skeleton condition as a dock. No evidence has been produced to me that if we did do it there would be any user commensurate with that expenditure. As soon as ever I can get that evidence, and I am very anxious to get that evidence, I will use it with the effect with which I can use it if it is evidence over which I can stand.
Wild assertions of any kind are not going to affect the issue. Let Deputy Corry and those others who are interested take what I am saying into serious consideration. I may say I am a member of that committee myself, though I keep away from it because I happen to have the other capacity in relation to it. I am actually providing them with the information which will enable them, if they have the evidence in their possession, to provide me with a case.
Mr. Corry: But you got their report.
Mr. Flinn: I have got their report and their report is not the same as the statement of Deputy Corry. There is no statement in that report of £100,000 worth of work being driven out of the port, no statement of the kind. I do not want to deal with that statement at the moment. I will just mention that the report does not bear out what Deputy Corry has said.
Vote put and agreed to, Deputy Corry dissenting.
The Dáil adjourned at 10.30 p.m. until 3 p.m. on Wednesday, 7th April, 1937.
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