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If today's entry intrigues you and you live in the Portland area, please support Lara Michell and go to one of the record release parties for her band Dirty Martini that will be going on this weekend. For more information, see their website. I'll be in the audience on Saturday.
Permanent Records is a year-long project. Each Friday (or thereabouts), I will post a new entry about one specific album, chosen due to its significance to myself as a fan. Though the list is numbered, a particular record's placement should not be considered a ranking. There will be 52 albums in all.
This endeavor is based on a concept started by Chris Tamarri at Crisis/Boring Change. It has since been expanded as a concept, as Neal Shaffer takes on a study of album covers over at Leftwich.
Personnel: Lara Michell with Rob Scrivner (some additional guitar & bass) and Erin Sutherland (backing vocals on "Overheard" and "Phrygid")
Recorded by Rob Scrivner / Label: NewHat
The first time I saw Lara Michell play, the natural brunette had blonde hair and was strumming guitar for Carmina Piranha, an all-girl quintet who looked as loose and unrehearsed as could be when they sauntered on stage, joking around and laughing, but then changed all minds when they started playing and revealed they were one of the tightest bands in the mid-'90s Portland scene. The Lara I saw that night wasn't really the Lara I would come to know. Maybe it was the peroxide, but she seemed serious. Her brow was furrowed, her big blue eyes a little stony. After Carmina's slot, she came down and stood with her then-boyfriend and they watched whatever other band was playing that night (the Atoms, maybe?). I observed her from my vantage point leaning against the pillar that sits in the middle of the floor at Berbati's Pan, much to the chagrin of anyone who has ever been stuck behind it during a concert. I was wont to go off to shows on my own in those days, and I was just as likely to spy on the crowd as I was the performers.
The thing I remember about that night was that Lara stood with her back to her boyfriend, pressed up against his chest, her arms stretched behind her and wrapped around his neck. I've always envied couples who stand like that. It's never happened to me, which must speak for my taste in women. I remember seeing a pair of kids stand like that at a New Order concert in 1989. That's how long I've been holding that image in my head, and probably why the pose stood out for me so many years later. It still holds up, as two young lovers stand that way in Love the Way You Love #5--something I mention because of that book's tangential relationship to Lara Michell. (In fact, I picked her album this particular time out because the second issue of Love the Way You Love goes on sale this week, and if you don't know why that connects, go here.)
I would see Lara again, and actually meet her this time, backstage at a different concert. This was in my most glam phase, wearing stuffed-animal backpacks and silver clothes. I often wore lipstick and eye shadow and painted my fingernails. It was the height of Britpop, I was on the TeeVee, and I would blast my way through gigs just about every night of the week. I was chasing a completely different band girl (see this entry), and she was on the bill with Carmina Piranha. Lara and I met backstage, and we joked and shared champagne and got along pretty much instantly. We didn't exchange info, but I knew where to find her.
At the time, there was a local radio show called the Church of Northwest Music. I disliked most of Portland's music but knew enough people that it was worth listening to the show to hear performances by my acquaintances, and occasionally I might get turned on to something new I would like. The show aired Sunday nights, and the following Sunday, I heard a song that I thought was just incredible. Unfortunately, the DJ would play long blocks of music and only announce what was what after it was done, so I had to wait to find out who it was and do the backwards math to hopefully pick out the right name and match it to the right song.
Of course, it was Lara Michell.
I had no idea she had done any solo material, but according to the DJ, she had an album out called Tide Pool. (I have long since forgotten what song I heard that night.) The next day, I went to all the downtown record shops to see if they had it, probably starting at Ozone and Django's because they were closer, and ultimately finding myself at 2nd Avenue Records, which was usually the last ditch effort. I think they were still in their old location back then. Imagine a store like the one on the cover of DJ Shadow's Entroducing, but instead of being reduced to fit on a CD cover, Shadow just printed the place at actual size: that's what 2nd Avenue was like. If someone was in one of the two aisles, you couldn't actually go past him, it was too cramped. They kept all of their CDs either in the glass case up front or in a cardboard box behind the counter. Lara was in the case.
Listening to Tide Pool now, I think it's fair to call the production naïve. It didn't strike me as such at the time, but the DIY aesthetic was still very much in vogue then, and the credit on the inside is not a "produced by" credit but "Recorded by Rob Scrivener @ his house." That says it right there, I think. It's not bad, I'm not being insulting. What I am describing is a sound of distance, almost like they had one tape recorder and they hit play and record at the same time and then just went for it. Lara is playing guitar and leaning over the machine, and Rob is behind her pounding on a drum kit that his parents bought him when he was 11 (though, Lara plays the drums, trainspotters should note). It actually sounds pretty good, kind of quaint, like a first album maybe should. Like, in all the ways Cut My Hair (which has a Lara Michell quote up front (see "Notable B-Side" below)) was young and clumsy but was (hopefully) endearing for it, so was Tide Pool. The record of initiation for an artist coming into her own.
Because if you listen to the first three tracks, you'll immediately be struck by how ambitious the songs are. "More of Everything," "How Should I Know?," and "Tyrant" are proper pop songs, a little British, a little Veruca Salt. They exceed the record's capacity to contain them. "How Should I Know?" was so catchy, I actually played it on my Britpop TV show. At the end of every episode, we'd pick something bouncy and we'd dance to it over the closing credits. (It was one of those "What were we thinking?" devices that started as a joke but then became the thing everyone liked and we couldn't get out of it, much to our chagrin when the director would call for the credits early and we'd be stuck out there on live television dancing for much longer than anyone could ever want to.) The lead guitar has an almost Peter Buck quality to it, a chime that borders on being a siren. The drums are a simple bap-boom-boom-bap, and Lara strums steadily behind it, her trademark. Her voice is soft and distinct, rising up in the chorus, multiple tracks showing her range. Someone should have put it in on a 45, it would have been a hit.
The ambition rises higher on track 4, "Denial." It's a song with a lonely soul, the mix putting the soft acoustic guitar up front, the singing sad and plaintive in the back, striking out from the cave Lara refers to in the lyrics. One finger on the piano pushes a key here and there, the singer in pain and unashamed to lay it bare. That is until halfway through when the song gets angry. "She will never remember what you told her not to ever forget," Lara spits, and it's unclear if the singer speaks of herself or the competition. As she has said, "If you can remember every hand you've held in your hand, nobody else would stay." It's a damning detail.
There are tracks like "Denial" on Tide Pool, other intricate, brainy songs with a hint of schizophrenia. There is maybe a tad of Tori Amos in them, sometimes the convoluted imagery of a girl who is a little too book smart for her own good, such as "Phrygid," where Lara gives shout-outs to Charon, Minos, and Taratarus. "Hallway" is a short instrumental that wouldn't be out of place on a spooky movie soundtrack, and all the more fitting for its placement on the record. It leads into the noirish "You Didn't See Me Here," a change into outward sleaze for what has previously been a largely interior album. Its story is one of seductive, of the proverbial fly in the proverbial spider's parlor. Think "Trust in Me" from The Jungle Book. Someone has gone where they shouldn't have, and the old pros smell the new meat. (A later recording of the song with Carmina Piranha for their ballet soundtrack Revenge Poems, would make the dark dance even more clear, as Lara would trade vocals with Lisa Stringfield, each playing a character.)
Lara actually has a pretty good knack for capturing this kind of experience, of someone being where they should not, of being the observer to the twisted games played upon those who merely seek love even while standing outside of oneself. "Overheard" is one of my favorite songs on Tide Pool, an innocent sounding ballad that aches with the loneliness of being trapped in a loveless relationship. In what could be a case of disassociation, Lara eavesdrops on a conversation, but by the end of the song, it's not entirely clear if she's not really just looking back on her own memories. Or did she simply fall into the trap of giving the bad boy too much credit? The man she describes is the bullshit rebel. "He tells her he hangs out there on the fringes," a statement those of us who know such things will recognize as untrue just by the fact that it's been said. You don't have to tell someone how rock 'n' roll you are if you really are rock 'n' roll. But yet, how does Lara get from listening to his false promises to seeing the couple riding away in their car, the woman unable to extricate herself from the relationship? Therein lies the narrative question.
I listened to Tide Pool repeatedly, absorbed it, and eventually decided to write to Lara's P.O. Box listed in the CD booklet. It's a weird thing to do, to write a fan letter to someone you've actually met. I put my e-mail address on the letter, and she got back to me that way, and we started talking. Now she's one of my oldest friends. Me, the notorious bridge burner. We've seen the various changes people our age go through as they go on living, we understand how our art ends up being little time capsules of those periods of flux. It can't be by accident that we smashed into each other this way. There's too much that's similar. If Tide Pool is Cut My Hair, then her second album, Somniloquy, is I Was Someone Dead, standing apart and challenging outsiders to penetrate the arty veneer. Her third and most recent, Ruby Red is the kind of self-assured barn burner I tried to write with The Everlasting. And thus, it's also fitting that she would co-write the song for "Love the Way You Love," a happy and romantic song for a happy and romantic book. Products of the naïveté of being in our mid-30s.
My favorite song on Tide Pool is actually the one most like "Love the Way You Love" in gushy sentiment. I know Lara has a bit of a contentious relationship with "Crimson Flag." It's a tranquil song about being alone with your thoughts and being in love even if your lover isn't there just then. It was on the soundtrack for The Everlasting, and I think it pretty well fits the Lance Scott point of view.* "I fumbled to make everything fine/ and I guess you weren't such a big waste of my time/ I just wanted to make everything go/ With things about me that you still don't even know" is like The Everlasting in four lines. I even used a line from it as a chapter head: "Part of knowing is remembering that which wasn't bad." It's the rare moment when Lance stops and reminds himself that things have actually been okay every once in a while.
That's the pearl of wisdom I want to remember every time I listen to "Crimson Flag," and often why I actually play it. Lord knows if anyone needs to be reminded to pull his head out of the water, it's me. We all need a friend in our life--be it a real person or a compact disc--to teach us this lesson. Lucky for me, I got both in one.
NOTABLE B-SIDE: Not a B-side, per se, but one of the songs that immediately followed Tide Pool. Though it would show up again on album #2, it first surfaced on More, a Hush Records compilation of Portland-based female singer-songwriters. "Not For This World" is the song I quoted at the beginning of Cut My Hair, sharing a place of honor next to Pete Townshend. It's a dreamy song, beautiful in its heartache. Amidst all the beauty in the world, staring at the beauty of an individual, at the end of the day, you still stand alone, unable to be a part of the world at large. The crisis of the solitary man whose heart is as big as the universe, as bright as the stars he dreams of. There is a lovely violin on the track, and desperate whale cries on an electric guitar, and Lara creates her own world, the place waiting for her as the song fades out on the line "You'll know when you're ready to go." Once again, a Jamie Rich-like sentiment.
* Lance would also probably like the song "Volumes," and its central image of a "mind's library [where] there are volumes about all of you/ They are classified by the way I think you think."
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(The first 26) (Permanent Records iMix 1)
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Thanksgiving is this week, and if you're like me, you're busy preparing for the big holiday with family. It's a time to be thankful for our many blessings in life and to show our appreciation for one another. This week, I'm thankful for the growing community on this blog. It's thanks to your loyal readership and thoughtful comments that make this blog so great!
As a thank you gift for your continued support and participation on this blog, I am giving away a copy of Lauren Chase's new coffee table photography book, "Big Sky Boots."
The book is the first of a five-part Montana Family Ranching Series: a photographic story-telling project of the Montana Stockgrowers Association (MSCGA). MSGA says that via "Big Sky Boots," readers can journey through the ranching year and learn about the great people who take care of the land, livestock and their families. This first book focuses on the cowboys themselves; the men and the seasons. The photography and impressions are those of Lauren Chase.
A $75 value, this newly released book would make the perfect Christmas gift. You can enter to win one with this week's contest, or order one -- or a dozen -- here.
To enter to win, simply leave a caption for this photo, also by Lauren Chase, in the comments section below. Entries will be accepted until noon on Nov. 21, and the winner will be announced on Thanksgiving Day. Good luck!

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House Speaker John Boehner predicted Monday that the House will approve legislation that renews a payroll tax cut and curtails extra benefits for the long-term unemployed.
The House is expected to approve the roughly $180 billion measure on Tuesday. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., has said the bill will go nowhere in the Senate, citing a provision all but forcing President Barack Obama to move ahead quickly with a controversial oil pipeline that would run from Canada to Texas.
Boehner, R-Ohio, sidestepped a question about whether he rules out eventually agreeing to a compromise with that chamber.
�The House is going to do its job, in time for the Senate then to do its job,� Boehner told reporters.
Senate Democrats� version of the bill pays its costs largely by boosting taxes on the wealthy. Republicans prefer freezing federal workers pay and other spending cuts.
The House legislation would continue the Social Security payroll tax that workers pay at 4.2 percent in 2012, the same as this year. That tax is normally 6.2 percent, but was temporarily cut in a bid to spur the economy. The reduction means an extra $1,000 in the wallets of families earning $50,000 annually.
The Democrats� Senate bill, which that chamber has already rejected, would drop the payroll tax to 3.1 percent next year and provide employers with similar reductions, as Obama has proposed.
If Congress takes no action by Jan. 1, the payroll tax will return to 6.2 percent. Congress is hoping to adjourn for the year before Christmas.
The House GOP bill would also curtail the current 99 weeks of maximum unemployment coverage, dropping it gradually to 59 weeks by mid-2012.
And it would prevent a 27 percent cut in Medicare reimbursements to doctors next year, a reduction that could prompt some physicians to stop serving Medicare patients. It would instead increase their Medicare payments by 1 percent each of the next two years.


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When I asked you folks to suggest games for me to test out the Razer Blade, Guild Wars 2's name came up an awful lot. At the time I replied that I wouldn't have the Blade when the press beta rolled around. Well, turns out I lied.
I managed to hold onto the system for the beta, so during my dozen or so hours playing ArenaNet's next big MMO this weekend I slipped the game files onto a USB stick, transferred them over, and went to town, Razer-style.
Not too shabby, all things considered. It still auto-detected at low settings, but so did my PC, and it's slightly ridiculous.
Well that worked out. Now everyone beg to see how Mass Effect 3 runs on the Blade so I can keep it til mid-March. From there we'll wing it.


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Early NBA Championship Contenders: Stacked Out West
Written by Tom Mullins, TRST NBA columnist. Follow him on Twitter @tomullins
Now that we've seen plenty of basketball this season, teams can be separated more easily, the good from the bad, and then there's the Wizards.
While it's slim pickings in the Eastern Conference, out West there are several championship contenders. As usual the Spurs and Thunder are the teams to beat, with the Clippers and Grizzlies close behind. As we all know the Lakers are struggling early, and young teams such as Golden State can seize the opportunity.
Other than Miami and New York, yes that's right, the Knicks are a championship caliber team, the Eastern Conference lacks the 'elite' teams. Atlanta and Chicago have played well to date without a true star, while Boston, Brooklyn and Indiana are barely over .500.
Right now you can't look past Oklahoma City, despite their loss to the Timberwolves last night. Durant's continuing his brilliant play from last season, looking like a serious MVP candidate. Russell Westbrook has kept improving, now distributing the ball better to his teammates. Losing Harden hasn't impacted the Thunder, with Kevin Martin fitting in perfectly to the offense and giving them a dangerous weapon from beyond the arc. Serge Ibaka is playing like a borderline All-Star, making consistent mid-range baskets, it almost seems unfair. OKC will probably finish with the top seed in the West, and don't be surprised if they're in the Finals for a second consecutive year.
Defending champions the Miami Heat haven't looked quite as good just yet, especially defensively, though they are still playing at a level greater than most other teams around the league. LeBron James is unstoppable as usual and Chris Bosh is playing efficiently on offense, however Dwyane Wade needs to recover from a slow start in order for this Miami team to be successful down the track. They should be able to escape the East for the third season in a row and defend their title, though the Knicks could challenge them in the playoffs.
Who would have thought the Knicks would be on top of the East only days away from Christmas? Carmelo Anthony has led this new look outfit to the second best record in the league. If their threes keep falling and Amar'e Stoudemire can play effectively with Melo, this New York team could be very dangerous.
Tim Duncan has turned back the clock so far this season and is playing at an extremely high level. The Spurs have cooled down a bit recently, but are still an elite team with guards such as Tony Parker and Manu Ginobili, along with a solid bench. They're not going to let young teams such as the Thunder, Clippers and Grizzlies take over the West without a fight.
The Clippers are the best team in LA right now, thanks to the best point guard in the league, Chris Paul. It's scary to think how good they could be, as they're arguably the deepest team in the league with role players still on the sideline (Grant Hill and Chauncey Billups). Expect a deep playoff run from them, with a WCF's berth in sight.
After a disappointing exit to the playoffs earlier this year, the Memphis Grizzlies look to go much further this season, and with the best frontcourt in the NBA, they have a great chance to succeed. It'll be tough to get out of the West, though if their key players in Gay, Gasol and Randolph play efficient basketball, along with Conley and production from the bench, Memphis could definitely make some noise.
Look out for teams like the Bulls (if Rose is back healthy), Hawks and Warriors come the playoffs, who have played well early and won't get the same amount of hype as the true contenders.
Teams who will improve as the season wears on include the Lakers, Celtics, Nets and Pacers. The Mavericks and Sixers should also step up their level of play when their star players return, if Bynum ever plays in Philly.
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As we enter "Earth Month," let's take some time to celebrate the one thing that all living things need – water! Now that Spring is (finally) in the air, animals that depend on the water are all around us and it's a great time to get outside as a family to explore.
Before Your Hike
A water-themed family hike can connect children with the importance and beauty of water and remind us all that water is a shared resource, one that deserves our protection! Here are a few things to consider before hitting the trail:
- Scope It Out – Learning about nature is about making careful observations. Scientists use spotting scopes or binoculars but children are right at home using two toilet paper tubes taped together to peer through. Children can practice spotting animals and natural objects by looking at items up close through the tube and then moving back and looking at it again. To focus their attention, ask questions like, Does it look the same? What do you think it feels like? What color is it?
- Meet The Neighbors – Review common animals that might be found in your area and have your children guess what animals they expect to find on the hike. Free field guides and/or lists of local animals are available through your local Department of Natural Resources or library.
- Mind Your Manners – Walk only on existing trails when near the water to help reduce erosion. Practice the 7 "Leave No Trace" principles.
During Your Hike
Experience a familiar park or hike in a new way by directing your gaze and questions around water: what kinds of animals live in water? Who spends time near the water and who lays eggs in water? Here are a few ideas to keep the conversation flowing:
- Look in wet, muddy or moist areas, especially near puddles and stream banks. Along with bigger tracks, try to find smaller bird tracks. Look for tracks as they are easier to find and photograph well! You can encounter tracks from animals like: great blue herons, great egrets, deer and raccoons.
- One of the easiest ways to see frog eggs is to listen for frog calls and look for temporary, shallow ponds. The eggs may be floating in shallow water or attached to sticks and plants underwater. As tempting as it may be to touch, only look and take pictures.
After Your Hike
Once you're home, find a large piece of cardboard or butcher paper and have the whole family participate in drawing a mural that includes all of the animals you found on your trek. As you're drawing, ask questions like, Where do you think the water we saw came from? Where do you think it goes? Do you think we could help keep the water clean and healthy for the animals (and us)? What ideas do you have?
As the Spring weeks pass and you continue to explore the outdoors you can begin to compare and contrast your murals, giving you and your junior trekkers an idea of how diverse the habitat in our own backyards can be and how we can protect them!


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WASHINGTON (CNN) — President Barack Obama launched his second term Monday with a call for the United States to continue its "never-ending journey" to live up to the ideals of its founders.
On his way out, with the oath taken — again — and the speech delivered, he stopped. And for about 24 seconds, as the crowd that had joined him on the Capitol's West Front filed past, Obama took some time to drink in the scene below.
"I want to take a look one more time," he told those surrounding him. "I'm not going to see this again."
The moment capped the formal, public second inauguration of the 44th president, a day after he took his oath on the constitutionally required date at the White House. The flag-waving crowd that watched Monday's ceremony was noticeably smaller than the throng that turned out for his first oath in 2009 but still packed the National Mall for blocks.
The waving flags, the red-white-and-blue bunting and the heralding trumpets marked the 57th such ceremony in the history of the nation, with the peaceful extension of power based on last November's election that returned Obama to the White House.
The Sousa marches, the ceremonial guns and the voices of James Taylor, Kelly Clarkson and Beyonce having faded away, Obama headed into the Capitol for a luncheon with members of Congress. Then he led the traditional parade up Pennsylvania Avenue — stopping near the White House to walk a few blocks of the route with first lady Michelle Obama — to the cheers of those packing the sidewalks.
Monday evening, the president and Mrs. Obama are scheduled to attend two official inaugural balls.
Also publicly sworn in for a second term was Vice President Joe Biden, who, like Obama, also took his official oath Sunday. Justice Sonia Sotomayor performed the honors for Biden at his home at the Naval Observatory in Washington, where the vice president's extended family and a few Cabinet officials gathered to watch the ceremony.
Obama, the first African-American president and the 17th to win a second term, used a pair of Bibles in Monday's ceremony — one from Abraham Lincoln, the other from Martin Luther King Jr. His roughly 2,000-word inaugural address hearkened back to both.
"I did everything possible today to keep from crying," said U.S. Rep. John Lewis, D-Georgia, a onetime lieutenant of King. He called the sight of Obama using King's Bible "very moving, unreal — almost unbelievable."
Monday is also the federal holiday commemorating the birthday of King, who was assassinated in 1968.
The loudest cheer of Obama's address came when he said the nation's journey remained incomplete "until our wives, our mothers, and daughters can earn a living equal to their efforts," and "until our gay brothers and sisters are treated like anyone else under the law."
Obama begins the second half of his presidency with the opportunity to make it more historic but facing some of the same challenges that he struggled with in the first four years.
Americans "have the power to set this country's course," he said, urging people to fulfill their citizenship by meeting "the obligation to shape the debates of our time — not only with the votes we cast, but with the voices we lift in defense of our most ancient values and enduring ideals."
On the Mall, Carlos Arieta and his wife, Sharon, took in the scene after driving from Atlanta to witness history. The former Washington residents said it was the first time they had attended an inauguration.
Surprised by the throngs gathered a few hours before the speech on a clear morning with temperatures just above freezing, Arieta said "it's nice to see all the different kinds of people."
Even some of those who didn't support Obama's November re-election turned out to watch. Don King, 27, and his 21-year-old brother Matthew said they don't agree with the president on taxation, debt and other fiscal issues but didn't want to miss this bit of history.
"It's the second inauguration for Obama, and it's pretty amazing if you think back to the 1800s and later during the civil rights era, that we're here," Don King said.
A new CNN/ORC International poll released Monday indicated less excitement this time than four years ago, when nearly 2 million people crowded the Mall despite frigid weather for Obama's historic first inauguration.
In January 2009, nearly seven in 10 Americans questioned in a CNN survey said they were thrilled or happy that Obama was about to take office. Now, according to the new, that number is down 18 points, to 50%.
Back then, six in 10 saw Obama's inauguration as a celebration by all Americans of democracy in action, with just 39% saying it was a political celebration by the supporters of the winning candidate.
Now, the numbers are nearly reversed, with 62% saying the second inauguration is a celebration by those backing the president, and 35% saying it's a celebration of democracy.
"The thrill is gone, along with the hope that the start of a new presidential term of office will bring a divided nation together," said CNN Polling Director Keating Holland.
Reality of second-term presidencies
The smaller crowd this time around reflects the reality of second-term presidencies, when the novelty and expectations of a new leader have been replaced with the familiarity and experiences of the first act.
For Obama, that difference is even sharper. His historic ascendancy to the White House in 2008 came with soaring public hopes and expectations for a new kind of governance that would close the vast partisan gulf developed in recent decades.
However, a litany of challenges, including an inherited economic recession and repeated battles with congressional Republicans over budgets and spending, only hardened the opposing positions in Washington.
Obama's signature achievements, including major reforms of the health care industry and Wall Street, became symbols of political division, with opponents constantly accusing him of hindering needed economic recovery.
For his second-term, Obama has vowed to press for an overhaul of the nation's immigration policies and new ways to boost the sputtering economy, proposals that are bound to spark battles with his Republican rivals, and oversee the implementation of Obamacare.
And the shootings at a Connecticut elementary school last month put the divisive issue of gun control on his immediate agenda.
CNN polling released Sunday showed a majority of Americans — 54% — believe Obama will be an outstanding or above average president in his second term, while 43% said he'd be poor or below average.
And while overall, seven in 10 Americans hope the president's policies succeed, only four in 10 Republicans feel that way, with 52% hoping that Obama will fail.


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Mahieu Antheunis (d. 1559)
Mahieu Antheunis (Antoine), called Dupla, an Anabaptist martyr. Van Braght names him after his home and birthplace Mahieu van Halewijn, a village in the Belgian province of Flanders. He was imprisoned, and the authorities tried all sorts of means to dissuade him from his belief. But these efforts were without results. On 18 February 1559 he was burned at the stake at Kortrijk (Courtrai) in Belgium with Jelis (Gilles) de Groot. His possessions were confiscated. An investigation carried out in his house at Halewijn by the prosecutor revealed that Mahieu owned Mennonite books (we are not informed what books they were) and an extensive correspondence.
Braght, Thieleman J. van. Het Bloedigh Tooneel of Martelaers Spiegel der Doopsgesinde of Weereloose Christenen, Die om 't getuygenis van Jesus haren Salighmaker geleden hebben ende gedood zijn van Christi tijd of tot desen tijd toe. Den Tweeden Druk. Amsterdam: Hieronymus Sweerts, 1685: Part II, 242.
Braght, Thieleman J. van. The Bloody Theatre or Martyrs' Mirror of the Defenseless Christians Who Baptized Only upon Confession of Faith and Who Suffered and Died for the Testimony of Jesus Their Saviour . . . to the Year A.D. 1660. Scottdale, PA: Herald Press, 1951: 616 f. Available online at: http://www.homecomers.org/mirror/index.htm.
Verheyden, A. L. E. Le Martyrologe Courtraisien et la Martyrologe Bruxellois. Vilvorde: R. Allecourt, 1950: 33, No. 7.
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SOMERSWORTH — After breakfast was served and Frosty was hugged, Somersworth High School's gymnasium transformed from a winter wonderland festival to a city light fashion show, complete with sparkles, curled updos and bow ties.
During the morning hours, the 23rd annual Winterfest, presented by Somersworth Festival Association and underwritten by D.F. Richard Energy, kicked off with pancakes and breakfast sandwiches, golf games, basketball, crafts and face painting. Toddlers ran through the gym, anxious to meet Frosty the Snowman.
Families scooted off to the Somersworth Lions Club on West High Street in the afternoon to skate on one of the three large skating rinks, which are free and open to the public.
Pete Houde, President of the club, said although the rinks are open all winter long, they saw a good group of visitors stop by during the festival.
"We do it for the city," Houde said. "Our club is all volunteers."
Houde saw about 30 people on the ice during Saturday morning.
The rink and all of the hockey and skating equipment are free for the public to use during daylight hours and on Tuesday and Friday nights under the lights.
"One woman was in earlier today and could not believe that everything was free," Houde said. "I told her she could leave a donation if she wanted and she gave us 10 dollars."
All rinks are man-made. The pond is five to six feet deep and sits at 80-by-200 feet. The two rinks are five to six inches deep and are about 40-by-100 feet.
While families skated and warmed up at the club, Somersworth High was busy setting up a fashion show, where all proceeds would go toward the junior class prom.
This year, their prom will be held on May 18 at the Regatta Room in Eliot, Maine. The theme of the night is "City Lights."
"Nowadays these have to be booked a year in advance or more," class advisor and Winter Festival chair, Nancie Cameron said.
Cameron has been putting on the fashion show since 2003 and said the students enjoy dressing up and trying on the different style gowns in preparation for the big night.
"This year, I decided to incorporate it with the Winter Festival," she said.
Madeleine's Event Central in Portsmouth supplied the dresses and tuxedos, while local businesses, Inside Out Beauty Studio, Hair Daze, La Belle Bridal, LuLu Belle Boutique, Royal Treatment Salon and Spa, Poppy Seed Studio and Cookie Lee Jewelry were on hand for the glitz, glamour and hair and makeup. Royal Treatment's salon owner, Lisa Patch, said there are a lot of new hair accessories and beauty regimens out this year for the girls to try.
"It's all fun," Patch said about being a teen these days.
Royal Treatment offers hair tinseling, to make your hair sparkle, and chalking, which is a semi-permanent color that blends from your natural hair color to a color of your choice on your ends. The spa was also giving complimentary paraffin hand treatments during the event.
"I wouldn't say there is a specific trend this year," Alyssa Vachon of the new Inside Out salon on Chestnut Street in Dover said. "I just think girls have a lot of choices now. There are so many things for them to choose from, which also makes it really fun for us."
Becky Qualls, a makeup artist for Hair Daze, said curls and braids are all the rage this year.
"And the other thing is that girls are looking to spend the time getting their hair done instead of doing it themselves now," she said.
Qualls said Hair Daze also offers teeth whitening and a high-end airbrush makeup, which is long-lasting.
"You and I both know makeup doesn't last all night, but airbrush makeup does," she said. "If it is applied in the morning, it will last through the night."
The Somersworth High School students shined on stage, proving that the salons know what they are talking about.
Backless, long and sparkling dresses seemed to be the trend at the fashion show, with some girls sporting different shades of purple, green, pink or blue.
Amber Canney and Ryan LePage emceed the event, adding commentary as the models walked the walk and posed like pros at the end of the stage.
Vanna Lee was the first girl on stage, escorted by Nicholas Raftery who wore an all-white tux.
Lee was in sparkles from head to toe and her hair was curled, like most of the girls who modeled.
Jesslyn Lukman's hair was sideswept and curled and her lime green dress was backless, another popular trend seen on the Somersworth gymnasium runway.
Tia Cloutier was the only girl to wear a Cinderella style dress. The dress was sparkling on top with sequins and rhinestones and puffed out at the waist in navy blue.
"It's a fun way to raise money for their prom," Cameron said. "It's why we do it year after year."


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Each night I walk my Cocker Spaniel for her "evening consitutional" prior to retiring. I have always been fascinated how she hones in to the scent on a particular bush where obviously other male dogs have marked their territory. Clearly there are some incredible odors there that I am grateful I cannot enjoy as she does.
It is with this frame of reference that I was amazed at this latest "research" coming from Penn State (Actual reference: Am J Hum Biol. 2006 Jul-Aug;18(4):481-91):
It seems these researchers feel my B.O. is going to keep my daughter from maturing.
Two (fatherless?) researchers from the Penn State took some surveys:
Researchers, including Elizabeth Susman, the Jean Phillips Shibley professor of biobehavioral health at Penn State, collected menarcheal data from 1,938 college students to explore the link between girls' social environment and their sexual maturity. The data included information on factors such as the girls' family size, social environment, and how long the father had been absent.It seems they found girls without Dad at home had their menses 3 months earlier than those whose Dads were at home. Fair enough. But how did they collect the data of the Dad's pheromones to make their smelly conclusion? Did they do anaerobic bacterial samples? Their leap to pheromones is incredible:
"Biological fathers send out inhibitory chemical signals to their daughters," said Robert Matchock, assistant professor of psychology at Penn State's Altoona Campus (and lead author). "In the absence of these signals, girls tend to sexually mature earlier."Maybe geographical, ethical, or social issues play a significant role, folks. Look, I'm sure I don't smell like a rose after working out (yeah, those shoes can get pretty ripe), but to conclude that I am delaying my daughter's development because of my B.O., stinks to high heaven.
Matchock speculates that urban environments provide greater opportunities to get away from parents' inhibitory pheromones, and encounter attracting pheromones from unrelated members of the opposite sex.
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Accuser in Bishop Eddie Long Scandal Writes Tell-All Book
One of the accusers who was involved in the Bishop Eddie Long sex scandal, published a new book this week that details their alleged abusive relationship, the Christian Post reports.
Centino Kemp is one of the five accusers and claims Long, an Atlanta-based megachurch bishop, had an abusive gay relationship with him when he was a teenager. The five accusers and Long, who has denied the allegations, settled out of court but Kemp decided to speak out in his new book "First Lady," which was co-written by T. Benson Glover. The tell-all biography is currently Amazon's eight most popular non-fiction book for Kindle, the websites' e-reading device.
Kemp, 22, was not a member of the New Birth Missionary Church, which Long headed in Atlanta. According to Fox News's Atlanta station, Kemp was not on any of the lawsuits against the bishop and he says, "I didn't accuse nobody of anything." But Fox points out less than three weeks after the lawsuits against Long were filed, Kemp tried to take his own life and told a therapist that he had sexual relations with Long for years.
"I was in a dark place, I can say that," Kemp told the news station.
The lawsuits were brought on in 2010 when the four members of the church were teens. They accused the bishop, who is married and has four children, of giving them expensive gifts and convincing them into sexual acts during overnight trips. The cases were settled out of court in 2011.
In Kemp's book, the young man describes how he was allegedly assaulted by Long and talks about his troubled childhood and how being gay has impacted him while growing up.
"With heart wrenching passages about a young boy who was reared in a tight-knit small church community, the book unveils a portrait of a gorgeous mother 'with a stunning red-bone complexion' and a Haitian father who himself was also an author, but largely absent from his son's life," the Examiner reports.
Although he admits to being gay in "First Lady," Kemp told Fox news that he is "genderless."
"I would just tell you, everything is not as it seems," Kemp said in regards to his relationship with Long. "Nothing is real. And everything that glitters isn't gold. I'm just Centino. I don't consider myself a gender. I'm not a transvestite, transgendered. I'm a boy, and I like being a boy."
Fox notes that Kemp was given $94,000 from the settlement and that his friends question if he really had a relationship with Long.
"He came here, had his story together, and he got money off of it," Willie Alexander told Fox. "He sits up all night on the Internet and watches Eddie's online sermons." He added that Kemp has a tattoo on his wrist that says "Eddie Long" but to him, it looks recent, even though Kemp insists he's had it for a while. Kemp claims his friends are upset because he stopped giving them money.
"He wants to be famous. He's star-struck. I just, he wants to be famous," Jayson Cobb, a friend of Kemp, told Fox.
After Kemp collected his settlement money in May, he moved in with Alexander but disappeared after a few months.
Fox's Atlanta station confirmed that Kemp told health officials at a mental institution that he had been "sexually and physically abused for six years by Pastor E. Long." He was at the facility for two days before he was asked to be discharged and told staff he was with "crazy people. I'm not like them."
Kemp went on to tell Fox that his alter ego, Wild Child Kemp, saved his life.
"I need to get up out of here, I can live. I don't have to be suicidal taking pills, because I have better opportunities than other people here. That's when like, Wild Child, was like, 'You need to get up, let's go,'" Kemp said.
Long is trying to get back at least $300,000 from three of the men and alleges they violated their confidentially agreements, Fox notes. The pastor, however, is involved in another lawsuit, which was recently filed by church members who claim he convinced them to invest money in a company that had a $3 million capital deficit. The Post notes the Ponzi scheme was run Ephren W. Taylor who held a number of financial seminars in October 2009 and took more than $1 million in investments from 12 members of the New Birth church.


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FARMINGTON — The Farmington community did the building, and as evidenced by a flurry of construction activity along Routes 96 and 332, new businesses are indeed coming. At least 12 new or upgraded businesses are pumping energy and dollars back into the local economy, and all within the last 10-12 months.
Farmington officials credit a forward-focused strategy of robust infrastructure and creative rezoning, coupled with a healthy swell in residential growth, for the uptick in commerce.
"Over the past several years our residential growth has been unbelievable," said Farmington Code Enforcement Officer Floyd Kofahl. "Now we've got a good population. You start with residential growth and then the businesses come."
"Businesses follow population," affirmed Farmington Supervisor Ted Fafinski, "only because they need somebody to buy their stuff. We've had a lot of people migrate here from other places in Monroe and Ontario counties. And a growing percentage of our population is retired — they're moving to where their kids are."
When houses are built, businesses start springing up around them, Fafinski said, pointing to multiple phases of the Auburn Meadows development, which brought about 200 single-family homes to the Canandaigua-Farmington Town Line Road area, and the neighboring Beaver Creek development, which brought about 50 single-family homes.
Kofahl and Farmington Planning Board Chair Scott Makin also credited rapid growth to the west, and said as Victor reaches residential saturation, home buyers now must look outside of the immediate Victor area in places where sewer systems, water and natural gas are not available. Many opt instead to put down roots in Farmington, where services are still easily accessible.
The magic word: infrastructure
Although the residential component is very important, Kofahl said a foundation of robust infrastructure is an essential predecessor of commercial growth.
"You start working on your infrastructure to be able to accept that commercial," said Kofahl. "The residential is a big part of it, but if you aren't prepared to have that commercial coming in, as we're doing now, replacing that sewer line on Route 96 that was old and outdated, then who cares if they want to come in if you can't have them?"
Kofahl said Farmington has prepared well with a multi-million-dollar upgrade in waste water treatment a few years ago, and is "ready for new businesses to come in now."
"If you build the infrastructure, they will come," agreed Farmington Director of Planning and Development Ron Brand. "We have seen that ever since we completed that $17 million improvement over at the sewage treatment plant. We're finding that that is a very real stimulus to growth and development."
New life for existing businesses
Kofahl said there's an added bonus triggered by new business growth that may not be immediately apparent to passers-by.
"There are an incredible number of existing businesses that are reinvesting in this town," said Kofahl. "And that's as important as well as the new growth. With new buildings like CVS and Family Dollar — that's generated more interest in the existing businesses."
One example is Ewing Graphics, a Farmington staple for years, Kofahl said.
"Now they've more than doubled their size and bought a new facility at 6101 Loomis Road, as well as sold the old one at 1100 Hook Road, which is now occupied by Townline Truck and Trailer," Kofahl said, citing other recent upgrades made by McDonalds, ESL Federal Credit Union, Canandaigua Medical Group, Wade's Market Center and Finger Lakes Gaming and Racetrack.
Destination businesses
In the past, Farmington's main arteries have presented some challenges for hopeful new business owners.
"Route 332 is recognized as a commuter route, and not a 'stop and buy' route," said Fafinski. "They are people trying to get home; you don't necessarily stop to shop because you're trying to get someplace."
The kind of establishments that thrive on a commuter route are destination businesses, he said.
"Mattiacio Orthodontics is a perfect example," Fafinski said. "And Prosecco's carved themselves a niche market through quality food, service and people. It's a very needed service."
Contributing factors
A growing population and healthy infrastructure are not the only influencers when it comes time for a business owner to select a new location.
"The new businesses are moving in for a number of reasons — one is, of course, the tax structure," said Brand. "Farmington is a very favorable community to start a business in and to operate in. The school districts that we have, especially in the business areas, are also very favorable."
A $2 million grant to further develop the Auburn Trail is also now pending, Brant said. This could potentially help stimulate economic development in the community.
In addition, the town's comprehensive plan that is consistent with the state's Public Policy Infrastructure Act also helps pave the way for investments that fund public utilities and infrastructure improvements, he said.
Another growth factor has been strategic rezoning, which, though tedious, has also proven to be well worth the effort, Brand said.
"We took a look at some of the existing zoning that we've had for years, and pointed out that some of that was a hindrance to economic growth and development," said Brand. "That resulted in us rezoning that entire Centerpoint Park North site up there where Thompson Health is. It was a dinosaur to deal with — the approval processes were unbelievable. But ever since we've rezoned that land, we've seen development there."
Raising the bar
Farmington has come a long way in establishing a "new normal" for its new businesses.
"We've done battle with developers in the past," said Brand. "They've challenged us on certain standards and design criteria that we've adopted, and it's clear that after having established those standards, people come in and say, 'oh, those are the rules — now we know what we've got to do.'"
Putting the criteria in black and white has paid off for the community, and expedited the approval process for interested business owners, Brand said.
"You see developers wanting to be part of it," said Brand. "And when they make that kind of investment into the community with their buildings — even if the business goes south — the buildings and the property will turn over quicker because of the standards that have been put into place."
Makin said he's been predicting that the next big area of development is going to be along the town's two commercial corridors on Route 96 and 332.
"I think it will go farther east as time goes on," Makin said. "Victor is somewhat built out, and when this recession, or slow period, that we're going through turns around, I predict that we're going to take off. People want to be part of that."
Farmington has established a design guide, which has resulted in more attractive buildings, he said, adding that Planning Board members "don't want to see things just popping out of the ground like you see along certain corridors in the area."
"All those factors that the town has done to get prepared for commercial growth," said Kofahl, "now we've got the residents, now we've got the infrastructure, and it's the place to be. It really is location, location, location."
Residential growth spurs Farmington business
FARMINGTON — The Farmington community did the building, and as evidenced by a flurry of construction activity along Routes 96 and 332, new businesses are indeed coming. At least 12 new or upgraded businesses are pumping energy and dollars back into the local economy, and all within the last 10-12 months.


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Between the desire, And the spasm
Between the potency, And the existence
Between the essence, And the descent
Falls the Shadow
For Thine is the Kingdom
For Thine is, Life is, For Thine is the
This is the way the world ends
This is the way the world ends
This is the way the world ends
Not with a bang but a whimper.
—T.S. Eliot, "The Hollow Men" (1925)
Stories about the end of the world have considerable potency for our species. From tales of Noah's Ark to modern movies like Armageddon, our culture seems fascinated by tales of the end of everything. In Jared Diamond's book Collapse, he analyzes several different ancient civilizations that experienced a sudden and complete destruction. For some, like the Polynesians on Easter Island, isolation prevented anyone from escaping, and when the collapse (due to complete deforestation) came, the society descended into anarchy, cannibalism, and the death of 90 percent of the population. For others, like the great Maya cities in Central America, the collapse of the social structure caused people to simply collect their belongings and abandon the cities for a simpler life in the countryside.
Collapses of modern civilizations, however, are not easily available for study. The fact that our globe is increasingly interconnected means that all our societies are linked together, and the only major collapse in the future would be planet-wide, something obviously difficult to research. However, we have built some communities that we can end at will with few real-world repercussions. These are the virtual communities, such as that of Asheron's Call 2, scheduled for deletion in two weeks.
Wired magazine has an interesting commentary on the shutdown. The original Asheron's Call was developed by Turbine Studios and published by Microsoft Games, as a competitor to the popular Everquest MMORPG. The sequel was released in November 2002 to critical acclaim. An expansion, Legions, was released in May of this year.
When the announcement was made in August that Turbine Studios would be shutting down the servers forever, the immediate reaction from the players was a mixture of anger and sadness. Many vowed to never play a game from the company again. Some reflected on the fun times they had and the enjoyment they received from being part of the game's community. But what happened to the world itself?
According to the Wired correspondent, the world itself continued as normal, but the players slowly drifted away. The landscape became empty and desolate. While Turbine gave away some free "rare" items to the remaining players, the in-game economy collapsed for lack of participation. Online auctions passed without a bidder. Instead of hundreds of players being online on a single server, the numbers have gone down to the single digits.
Most players have moved on, like the Maya, to other activities. Some have switched to other MMORPGs, like Blizzard's popular World of Warcraft, an option that wasn't available to the Maya but would be something that people in modern societies could do if a single city became uninhabitable (something that happened in Chernobyl, for example) The last few players remaining in Asheron's Call 2 are spending their time visiting old haunts and taking screenshots to preserve the memories of the place they once called home.
Is looking at events in a MMORPG really that useful for comparing to real-world disasters? A recent plague in World of Warcraft raised this issue, and the closure of Asheron's Call 2 adds another data point. Whether or not all these incidents add up to something worthy of actual study is something I will leave to the sociologists. However, I still find the whole thing fascinating.


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These handmade beach bats from Brazil are great to take along on vacation.
Attractive, retro-look neoprene suit for her, with a summery, tropical pattern.
Rope for your wrist with a silver-plated anchor by Miansai – inspired by yachts.
Boules set made in Germany: oakwood balls and a tanned leather case.


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Its has been a while since we had a posting because we are actually in the mist of switching into another platform to showcase our work (Youtube). Anyhows, Here we have an Kia Optima K5, one of the most luxury Kia can offer to you. The owner, has had 2 cars done by me already and wanted the last car (the wife's car) to be detailed and coated as well.
Upon arrival, the car looks decent from a distance but you might know, I am never impressed with that.
Just by the standard walk around the car, we already see many stains.
Rain stains.
Stubborn stains leftover from the rain.
A deep scratch with some bacterial/fungus growth on the edges.
More black stains.
Even the door handle area is so black, we had to use a cloth to open the door. (It was that disgusting.)
The general view of the car was not even close to acceptable. But of course, that is why we are here.
The fuel door, when we poped it, scare the hell out of me.
Paint condition wide, we see lots of swirls.
More swirls found on the bonnet.
Hologram damages.
The swirls might not look severe on photo due to the colour but trust us, it is very severe.
So we started of with the decontamination. Before. Disgusting??
After cleaning.
We kept rinsing the edges and it just didn't stop spitting out black stuff, so we decided to remove the chrome trim. To our HORROR!
After cleaning the area.
So after hours of cleaning, we started with the polishing. On the left, the panel looks way darker than the original colour. You can see the line right on top of the Kia wording.
After paint restoration. Following photos were taken under the sun.
After hours of restoring the paint, this was the final outlook before we washed the car in preparation for the coating application.
We applied Opti-Coat™Pro Plus as the finishing and the car stayed with us overnight. Imagine the look on the owner's face when he saw the car the next morning.
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We have with us an almost new Porsche Cayman with us today. The owner purchase the car from another fellow enthusiast that claims to had upkeep the car to its tip top condition with many love on the exterior as well. But those claims were far from true when the paint condition was diagnosed. Read on to find out more.
Upon arrival, we had the standard walk around to spot for any irregular paint defects and damages. It had rained earlier in the morning and the water beadings are actually showing alack of paint protection already.
The first damage we spotted was some deep random scratches. Notice the water beadings we mentioned above, its safe to say that the paint had zero wax on it. Zero wax = zero protection.
As we move on, watermark etching was spotted too.
On the rear spoiler, you can actually see more watermark etching.
On the rear boot, deep scratches can be seen from miles away.
Constantly parking near a tree had cause some tree sap to also etch onto the paint.
Combine those scratch and tree sap, you get a pretty big mess!
After we wiped down the car, the earlier scratch is even more visible!
Now, here comes the shocking part! Check out the circled area. The sunlight at the time of the photo was not even bright but it is showing some really bad polishing marks. Probably done with cheap polishers, with the wrong polishing pad combination and the wrong product!
This condition can be seen throughout the entire car.
If its visible even on the softest lighting, its consider a horrible polish job.
As we dig deeper into the mess, we found some lighter scratches on the paint.
Now when we apply proper lighting, we can see that the so called "well maintained" was a scam? You be the judge.
More swirls and scratches around the paint.
Fuel door was also significantly damaged. Noticed the white spots around the door, those are the residue left over by the polish.
Swirls and tree sap etching is visible also on the front bonnet.
The swirl level is deemed to be at the critical stage, if nothing is done, the paint will start to fade and oxidize into a matte surface.
We spend about 2hours washing the car, claying and decontaminating the car of tar spots, metal particles, etc. It looks shiny now but its all an illusion!
After some fiddling with different polish combinations, we found the perfect one for the Cayman, check out the before and after on this shot.
As for the swirls and tree sap etching, This is a before.
This is an after shot. Fortunately, the tree sap did not etch into the paint and was removed with ease.
The result of restorations on the doors.
On the rear quarter panel which the deep scratches use to be at.
As perfect as we want to claim our work to be, it can never be 100% flawless. On the circled area, there is actually a leftover scratch that we could not removed. Might not be visible, but it is there.
After close to 6hours on detailing and polishing the car, its now the true black with the true shine.
Upon finishing the job, we did some videos, snap some photos. Check it out.
Honda has one of the worst PDI we have seen for the past years. Paint quality on its own had already been quite a pain in the a*s plus the horrible PDI. It just creates disappointment for new car owners. One of our friend actually just bought this brand new Honda Civic Premium Turbo and the paint condition….
The car came from quite a drive from Seremban but it seemed rather clean.
Some damages on the newly installed spoiler.
The sun revealing all the damages.
Hologram damage on the paint
More hologram damages.
On the front bonnet, the hologram damages were more severe.
We did some delicate polishing as Honda paints are soft paints.
We managed to achieve a flawless finish!
Upon applying the finishing coating, check out the mad gloss!
Not everyday our client had follow our work for many years and became friends with us. Today we are here doing a second round of paint restoration after the Tezza been repainted with the top of the line Glasurit paint. The client also had me purposely drive my weekend ride so that this photo can be taken. xD
Upon arrival, the car is just at the washing bay ready for us to wash. Being a repainted car, many end users always feel that there is no damage after a fresh paint job. But you are probably wronng. Here is why.
After the wash, we reparked the car back into the shade.
Looking at the car, the glasurit paint is really glowing.
Some glue marks are leaking down.
There were some unknown cement looking etching on the roof.
And also on the door handles.
Paint shop finishing is usually very rough and unrefined.
And the typical paint shop cutting compound is very aggressive, usually leaving behind swirls and holograms.
When looking closer on the damage we spotted more swirls.
On merely a phone LED we can reveal how unrefined the paint is.
Glasurit paints are really a pain-in-da-a*s the correct.
It took us many many passes to get to this finish.
As night fall we took closer photos of the paint.
Remember Before.
After paint restoration.
About 10hours of paint restoration went into the paint to have it refined and smooth. The finishing? Is not something words can describe. Check out the photos.
We have with us an Audi A4 that was the owner initially wanted just a light polish. After diagnosis, we found that the paint was in pretty bad condition. During the restoration, we were able to restore the paint to a near spotless condition. We advice the owner that its was OK for coating, Hence he opted for our Optimum Lustré.
Upon arrival, the car seem to look clean and still rather glossy.
Coming closer, we can see some muddy water splash probably from rain.
Watermarks are one of the most common paint contamination faced by almost every Malaysian car.
Because this car was is Ipoh, Perak. The water mineral content there is rather high, causing a heavier watermark stain situation.
Coming to the paint condition, we were able to see some aged swirls.
Because this is a second hand used car, the existence of swirls is perfectly normal.
Swirls and watermark spots visible on the fenders.
More swirls on the front bonnet.
Spotted a deep scratch on one of the door.
Taillights had suffered quite abit of swirl damages as well.
During the wash, we were able to spot that the surface had zero protection.
We clayed the surface. This was the clay before.
After claying 1 small panel.
After completing the claying procedure, we moved on to the deep scratches first. Before.
We were only able to reduce the scratch while the surrounding scratches were removed.
After completing the paint restoration, swirl free.
On LED Spot lights. Swirl free.
On the roof, there were some minimal damage left over, bare in mind that the paint had never been polished for many years.
Just a few passes of polish and you can visibly see a difference in tone. (Left: Corrected)
Taillight damages are rather hard to perfect. But here is our attempt.
After. Although its not perfect but the difference is still massive.
The windows were stained with watermark and is affecting the driving visibility.
50/50 watermarks removed.
See how massive of a difference.
After many hours of Paint restoration, the finishing Optimum Lustré was applied. Check out the glossy finish.
We have with us today a very special, 99% full factory condition Mark 2 Toyota Soarer, we didn't even know it was a mark 2 until we saw the vin number and refereed to Mr. Google. The owner of this sweet ride had arranged with us to have the car fully restored and coated for a long term protection, thats right, a 30 year old car, virgin stock is here for an ultimate pamper session. Read on to know more.
Well, The car already looks rather good and clean for a start but 9 out of 10 white cars has suffered the acid rain stains which is the blackish looking stuff on the paint that no matter how much you wash or wax the car, it just would not go off. Same goes to this ride.
The owner of the car left us with full access to the car for a few days to slowly restore every inch of the car to 30 years ago.
So we looked into every inch of the car looking for any contamination or stains. Here we can see that someone polished the headlights and leftover some residue.
The typical build on up areas like these.
The very special door hinge style on the Soarer was rather filthy too.
Some random stains probably from tree sap.
The Pegasus logo that is the symbol for the Soarer was everywhere on the car. This section as usual was covered in sand
The standard exhaust was probably also 30 years old, rusty, oxidation and no longer has any bling to it.
Moving onto the bumper areas, we found more wax or polish residue on the tight edges.
Most detailers would probably miss this spot but we search every inch of the car for things to clean.
On the roof, which is pretty normal for a car of this age, we found some oxidation starting to spread from the edges.
Stains build up on the rubber trims.
The fuel door area was surprisingly not that dirty for a 30 year old car.
Some paint transfer was spotted on the doors probably from a motorbike passing through and accidentally hitting the car.
The fear of water leaking into the car was real, but the silicone application skill was a little poor hence we see the unevenness.
The bumper areas were no doubt full oxidized.
Combo-ed with some unknown stains that looks like oil spills.
Looking closer on the bumper we can actually see micro cracking on the clear coat which indicated that the clear coat had already failed.
Side signal markers are made of plastic, and over the years of UV exposure, its a common sight to see faded amber markers.
As we spend a full day just on cleaning, night came, using the street light we were able to spot some visible scratches on the paint.
On a LED, the scratches looks not too bad.
Swirls on a different section
As we spent many hours cleaning, check out the smaller detailed in cleaning.
Pegasus logo has some cleaning done too.
As we were polishing we also spotted some bird dropping stains. This had probably been there for a very long time.
We were able to polish and reduce the stain mark.
Some stains were just too etched to remove.
Coming back to how the paint looked after much detailing. Swirl free.
More swirl free examples.
Just to double confirm on the spot light as night fell, swirl free.
Some areas on the boot could not be fully restored hence you still see a small amount of swirl. Like in this photo the top left at the light, you can see that 1 little line.
The next day we continue on with polishing and we attempted to clear off the oxidized bumper. Although we were able to gain reflection, but what really happened was the clear coat got fully removed. In the photo you can see the area we polished has a better reflection but the metallic flakes from the clear coat is no longer there, causing the surface to become a "solid white" surface instead of the pearl white. We adviced the owner and it seems like the area will be scheduled to be repainted.
Remember the sad looking exhaust, after hours of manual hand polishing, we got it back to a bling condition.
So you remember how was the dull side marker looking like?
Here is how it looked after restoration.
As we finalized the finishing, we gave the engine bay a dash of cleaning and look at how virgin in this!
The vintage looking wheels had definately seen better days. Looking at its condition, we guessed that the wheel might had been restored before.
A closer look on the brake dust build up.
More brake dust stains on the little lip of the wheels.
We sprayed on some pH neutral brake dust dissolving agent to break down years of build up.
This chemical although pH neutral, it comes with a very awful smell. But it works and when comes in contact with brake dust will turn purple.
After a triple soaking session on the wheels, check out how much it has dissolved and leaked onto the porch.
After about 5 days of restoration this is the ultimate results of a fine fine restoration.
Not everyday you get to see a car like this moreover work on one that is this mint. The owner of this sweet ride just got the car repainted into a candy blue colour, as we all know paint shop finishing is usually very much unrefined. Read on.
Because it is a rather heavy job, the car was left to us for few days.
The 19 year old taillights were pretty scratched up.
A few days after the paint job, there were some rain and the car was left to dry naturally, hence the light watermark.
Some areas had bad hologram damages.
Some had light swirls.
Some had heavier swirls.
Some areas were just sand paper scratches.
For some technical difficulties, the after paint restoration shots were not saved. But this was the pre-finishing wash at night before we applied the wax.
and of course we polished the beautiful sounding Blitz Nur Spec muffler.
Check out the water beading.
Finally, the gloss and reflection and the face of a happy owner.


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In a world where big risks can mean either big returns or big losses, there is often a propensity in Hollywood to remake movies that did well the first time around. The decision to remake a classic film can often bring in hordes of fans of the original, but it can also backfire. The question of whether filmmakers will be able to pull off a remake of the 1980s' "Red Dawn" will soon be put to the fans.
The original "Red Dawn" was directed by John Milius and depicted an invasion of the U.S. by the Soviet Red Army. The film further detailed the resistance efforts of a group of high school students. Just a few of the actors who appeared in the film who later went on to make it big include Charlie Sheen, Lea Thompson, Jennifer Grey, and the late Patrick Swayze. Although the rather right-wing original film received no end of criticism from liberals, it nevertheless managed to attain the status of a cult classic. Perhaps one of the best virtues of the film was the way it managed to present the horrors of war while at the same time offering the thrills of a good action film.
When the idea of remaking the film first began floating around, there was one huge problem. The Cold War with Russia had long since ended. In order for a remake to be plausible, there needed to be a new and believable threat. Ultimately, the decision was made to replace the Soviet Red Army with the North Koreans.
Filmmakers originally intended to depict an invasion by the Red Chinese. The idea had merit at first glance. The Chinese could still pose a Communist threat, just like in the original film. Furthermore, the Chinese possess a massive army and population. Finally, next to the United States, China is the next closest country to being a super power. Ultimately, the Chinese could be completely believable as a conceivable invading force.
Ultimately, however, there was concern regarding offending the Chinese market and shutting out a rather lucrative box office in China. China is currently one of the fastest growing markets for American movies in the world. The release of a movie that presented the Chinese as an evil threat could have turned away massive crowds of filmgoers in China. The financial risk simply was not worth it, and the decision was made in post-production to change the invading force in the remake from the Red Chinese to the North Koreans. MGM quickly went to work removing any hint of Chinese symbolism and flags from the film. The threat was still Communist and still believable, living up the dictates of the original "Red Dawn."
Chris Hemsworth, Josh Hutcherson, Josh Peck, Isabel Lucas, and Adrianne Palicki star in the film. While the original rag tag group of teens trying to save the United States from Communist invaders was based in Colorado, the new film is based in the Pacific Northwest.
The remake of "Red Dawn" has been in the making for three years and was originally filmed in 2009. The excuse for such tardiness? It seems that Metro-Goldwyn Mayer, like many these days, experienced financial problems that prevented the movie's release until now. The interim between filming and release has certainly proved to be advantageous for at least one of the film's stars. Since the film was originally shot, Chris Hemsworth has managed to build quite a solid reputation with successes such as "The Avengers" and "Thor." At the time "Red Dawn" was originally filmed, Hemsworth was still largely unknown. Until that point, his largest role has been a remarkable short appearance in the opening scenes of "Star Trek."
Prospective viewers may wonder how the original and the remake of "Red Dawn" differ beyond the identity of the threat. In many regards, judging from the trailer, the remake appears to be much like the original. It will come as little surprise to viewers that things do explode in the film. Along with replacing the Soviets with the North Koreans, a special emphasis was also placed on ensuring a post-9/11 atmosphere in the film.
It will finally be released to the viewing public on November 21st, the day before Thanksgiving. When the original film was released in 1984, many viewers found themselves scared witless at the prospect of a possible Soviet invasion. Will the remake of "Red Dawn" be able to pull off the massive interest and fandom the original film managed to spawn? Only time will tell.


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None of our kids are perfect and no matter how much we lie, judge, pretend otherwise or push, we will not make it so. There, I said it. That fact, of course, will not stop most moms from trying like hell to be so, sometimes at the expense of their sanity and happiness.
According to a Netmums survey of about 5,000 moms, many parents are less than truthful when it comes to chatting with other moms. Here are some of their lies:
- They say they are coping well, but 69 percent were less than truthful.
- They say they are coping financially, but 46 percent were less than truthful.
- They claim to spend more time with their kids than they do (20.6 percent).
- They say their kids watch less TV than they do (23 percent).
- They lie about their child's great appetite (17 percent)
- And finally, 13 percent say they are having more sex than they are.
Of course, none of this should come as a surprise. We all know that mom whose entire identity rests in her child who loves to drop little lies about how perfect her kid is compared to yours. And of course, you always knew she was a liar, liar pants on fire, right?
Why would moms do this? The reasons should be obvious. First of all, it is terrifying to admit that parenting is hard. Even on Cafemom, if you admit that your days are less than idyllic or that sometimes you really struggle, you get called a bad mom or worse. Now, obviously, people that would attack you that way are clearly miserable in their own lives, but for most moms, there is enormous fear that admitting our kids eat bad foods or act up or watch TV is somehow admitting defeat.
On that note, I will cop to some of the parenting lies I have recently told. Beware, they could get ugly. Here are some of my biggest parenting whoppers:
- I claimed braiding my daughter's hair was a "cinch" when actually I wrapped my leg around her so she would sit still, cried, screamed and begged her to behave. I also bribed her with candy.
- I bribe my children into good behavior on a fairly regular basis and say I don't.
- I forget diapers and claim I "just" used the last one when it was actually like two weeks before and I never replaced it (oops!)
- I yell a lot more than I admit .
- I "officially" let my kids watch less than six hours of TV a week, but probably let it creep a bit higher some weeks.
- I say my husband and I fight less than we do.
- I have said my daughter dressed herself when actually her father dressed her, but the outfit was so horrible, I preferred to blame a 4-year-old. I then called it "creative."
- I say, "my daughter never acts like this," and blame exhaustion even when... She definitely does.
OK, so these are not so bad. But they could get worse as my kids age, who knows. The fact is, when we lie, we do everyone a great disservice. It is not human to be perfect and yes, children will act up sometimes and yes, they will sometimes be difficult, but I will swear this on my life:
I would rather have a "spirited" child with lots of energy who questions authority and acts independently.
It is harder in the short run, but in the long run, it is so, so much better. My daughter is off the wall and spirited and intelligent and hard to control. I would not have it any other way. And that's no lie.
What do you lie about?
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After passing through several stages of sanding and priming, our talented artists paint and detail each model with your exact logos, registration number, and paint scheme. This is followed by several coats of clear lacquer, making each replica a true work of art. Each model is supplied with a painted mahogany base for display. Did you know that we were the first company to manufacture "CLEAR CANOPY" models over 9 years ago. With CLEAR CANOPY models,
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