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The motor on the new dual battery mower is brushless and does provide more power in addition to more run time. Per Ego engineering department
It has the most powerful brushless motor in the entire EGO mower line (1200W BL motor is much, much more powerful than the 1000W Brushed motor on the LM2100SP). With peak power tech (drain more current from the battery), these two combines generate much more torque than any EGO mower in the market and it actually is the most powerful cordless mower in the market now.
Yes, sometimes if I'm cutting grass that I let grow for two weeks I may have to adjust the speed control down from full speed, but under all "normal" weekly mowing conditions it has plenty of power to cut at full speed. (And full speed is a very fast walk...)
I have had the self propel unit fail on it (replaced under warranty), so perhaps the LM2142SP model has a more robust self propel unit, and it does have more batteries and a stronger "brushless" blade motor, but given the cost, and the fact you have a small lawn, I'd recommend saving the money and getting the LM2102SP.
So if your a person who don't like cleaning up after you get through cutting lawn then get the model LM2142SP but if your a person who likes taking care your lawn mower after cutting the yard then the model LM2102SP will do fine for you.
"The Ego PeakPower technology combines the power of 2 EGO batteries for longer run time AND efficient power draw. The motor on the new dual battery mower is brushless and does provide more power in addition to more run time. Per Ego engineering department"
It states AND efficient power draw which states it is more efficient, not necessarily more powerful. the second part is just stating that the new brushless motor is more powerful, which I understand is true over the prior motor rating of the non brushless motor and not necessarily running "more powerful" due to the dual batteries.
If it doubled the current then run times would not be longer per se. Details and specs on this issue would surely help in making a decision based on facts.
I think no matter what I say, your trying to convince yourself that the single battery motor has the same torque and power. Believe me it doesn't, I have both and can compare the two. It is a big difference. I sent you the youtube video on this lawn mower. If you don't believe me or the youtube video there is probably nothing anybody can tell you to convince you. I guess what I am telling you are not facts!!!!. It looks like I am the only owner on this site that has this two battery lawn mower. That's too bad. At least Ego can get rid of their stock of single battery lawn mowers. On Sunday I mowed our lawn (860sq. feet). I have thick Kentucky blue grass and cut it at 31/2 inches. Our lawn has may different grades. I now can run our lawn mower at a higher speed and it never over heats. I finished in less that an hour and charged the batteries on two different rapid chargers. Both batteries charged in 15 minutes which shows me that they are both being used at the same time (more efficient draw of current). I use two 7.5ah batteries which is probably an overkill. Do you really think that Ego is going to tell you that the dual battery lawn mower is a lot better that the one you bought. I don't think so. I have a 2018 M550 BMW which is a v8 with twin turbo chargers. The BMW 540i has a single turbo. Due you think they have the same power and torque.
One is not necessarily better than the other, it's more important that it fits your need. I personally would like to know if there is a substantial "power" difference per specs between the same motors but dual vs single battery and then I the consumer, can make a decision.
Sorry if it affended you, that was not my intent. I think EGO has the best product out there from what I have read but I'm just trying to understand what I am buying and what fits my need the best.
An electric motor is obviously not the same as a gasoline motor in terms of torque and horsepower. The advantage of the dual battery is that they don't have the same power draw as a single battery and therefore you get longer running times, more torque and less likely to overheat. The engine is less likely to overheat because the extra current the two batteries are sending to the motor. I don't know if that explains it. All I can say it is like night and day between my single battery and dual battery. It is just more efficient. I guess it is like comparing a 12 gauge extension cord with a 14 gauge extension cord. My motor in my 30 gallon air compressor could burn up if the use a14 gauge extension cord because it limits the amperage to the electric motor. Another example is most electric cars that are sold have optional larger batteries if you want longer running times. As the battery runs down on these cars their 0 to 60mph time get slower, which means they are losing power and torque. If you did purchase the dual battery lawn mower you will be a happy mower.
With the single battery mower, did you ever have cut grass left behind where it was visible and not mulched enough to fall into the grass and out of sight.
If so, did the dual battery mower alleviate this issue?
You can't see many of the items in person as the Home Depot display is usually pretty small, and EGO (a lot of electric tools) do not have a standard in the industry that would translate in to HP, torque, etc.
I was just saying a picture is worth a thousand words and it would be cool to see a side by side. As you are the only guy I know with both mowers, I suggested it to you. If that kind of thing doesn't interest you and you don't find it to be fun, then no worries - you don't owe me anything - I was just throwing it out there.
IF the dual battery mower has more torque and power when needed, it would be a better buy for my use, however if it does not, I like the other benefits of the steel deck with the side discharge and shorter nose. One is not better for everyone, I'm just a guy trying to spend my $$ for what I feel is the best use for my lawn and when the MFG can't answer my questions, it makes question if we are stumbling over marketing terms.
If EGO won't put out the information, hopefully someone will do a video on one some day as I am sure many people are interested. Enjoy your mower.
This is an expensive unit, due mostly to the cost of the two batteries if you buy the kit. But if you are wanting a nice, powerful and quiet lawn mower to tackle larger lawns, look no further, this is it.
What is PeakPower Technology?
This new mower is the second tool from EGO that will run on a single battery or also capable of running off two batteries. EGO calls this technology PeakPower and it is software that is capable of detecting the size of the batteries in the tool. Obviously, the larger the battery, or batteries, the better it will perform. The software will look at the number of cells (battery pack size) that is can pull power from and adjust the amps drawn from the battery, or batteries for optimal performance. This gives the user options if a battery was forgotten to be charged or if one were to possibly go bad. We found that there is little difference between running the unit with a 7.5Ah single battery or two 5.0Ah batteries, but all of our testing was done with the two 5.0Ah batteries that came in the kit.
This is Egos first composite deck mower with a brushless motor would be the accurate statement about this mower and its motor.
I posted the same correction in the video comments on the you tube page.
As everyone is looking for accurate info on this new mower I thought it might be helpful and avoid confusion.
Does it not need the high RPM mode and the increased power lets it do more at its standard mode.
Both of the above mostly in regards to thicker patches of grass and clippings left behind.
Bill has posted some very positive reviews, but a second opinion is always a plus.
As far as the torque goes, I can confidently answer that without using the mower. The dual battery mower has 200 more watts than the metal deck. That fundamentally means it will be more powerful and with more torque if you do the math given watts and RPMs, the metal deck has about 2.34lbs ft torque vs the dual batteries 3 lb ft of torque.
I know there has been discussion on here about "peak power" technology and the like but I think its silly to buy into any companies marketing jargon. There was a class action law suit against the gas mower companies for this very thing. It's only a matter of time before electric tools are held to a universal standard. Saying that the mowers are as powerful as gas is really misleading unless you are comparing it to a weed wacker, otherwise, that claim is patently false 99% of the time.
Lithium Ion batteries typical maintain their power band as opposed to nickel metal hydride. I won't say that's in every instance because I don't confirm anything without hooking it up to testing equipment. That said, I would guess that the dual battery aspect is only important in that it combined the amp hours of two batteries and the built in processor can draw from them in an efficient manner. That doesn't mean that two batteries make it more powerful unless you want to argue that at the very end of a charge a single battery mower will lose a percentage of power before it goes dead. I don't think that is very relevant. Instead, I would focus on the fact that the dual mower has a higher wattage (20%) and therefore is going to be 20% more powerful if you look at the torque figures that theory is pretty much confirmed.
In the end it all depends on if a particular tool works for a particular person. There are people who say the base model mower is the greatest thing ever and some say it sucks so all you can do it make an educated guess. I am going to test this thing out this weekend on grass I have intentionally left uncut for almost two weeks so I will put it through its paces. However, even if there are no issues it won't change what has already been discussed 100 times. Electric mowers are great because there is no maintenance, quieter, lighter, etc. But they aren't as powerful (despite the promo language, in fact about half the torque of my midlevel gas mower), cost twice as much and they take forever to repair (unless you can do it yourself). Meanwhile, any idiot can keep a gas mower going for decades.
I too found that I upset all of the EGO fans on this site when I criticized EGOs lack of disclosure in specs between their models at the time as I was trying to make a decision between electric mowers and mowers within the ego line.
Overall, I really like the mower, but it is not as powerful as a gas mower. The bonus is that my wife and kids can easily use the unit and they all comment that they love how light it is vs the gas mower. The other pluses include storage in a small footprint, no gas, ease of use, plastic deck underneath stays very clean, etc.
I have had to cut my grass in the spring a couple of times in a row when I have let it grow too tall due to constant rain which prohibited a weekly cut. I usually cut in pre growth spring at a level 2 prior to putting down fertilizer and then level3 for spring and sometimes level4 when it gets really hot out as I do not have an irrigation system. I have had a time where I had to cut it at a 4 and then a 3 since the mower would overheat and shut off with a red light. This has only happened once or twice due to weather and fertilizing periods of the year. The majority of the year, a weekly cut and it does just fine. In all honesty, the gas mower would if cut in these times, BUT it also would of left a lot of clumps if grass due to the amount being cut off.
I do hand sharpen the blade every third cut or so as I feel the light weight blade does not hold an edge like a heavy gas mower blade. Not a big deal as it is really easy to take off and sharpen by hand, but it is not indestructible like a gas mower blade.
Overall I like the mower.
I bought the high lift blade as well. I believe it's heavier so maybe if I sharpen the crap out of it, the combo of the bigger motor and blade will carry through the tall grass that you were getting caught up on. Like I said, I have very tall grass right now so we will find out!
Slaw the high speed change for thicker grass is a one step - noticeable sound difference - back to normal speed when no longer needed system. At least on the single battery mowers.
The peak power technology was explained by an Ego engineer (not marketing department) as able to drain more current from the batteries and thus provide power/torque.
The high lift blade is intended for bagging, although some have said they got better mulching results. But, mulching is not what it was designed for.
Usually a battery has to have a current rating higher than that of the motor otherwise it can explode. It would be interesting to deconstruct both brushless motors to see if there is a spec plate on them that says what the wattage is. I wonder if both motors are rated for 1200 watts but they can only claim 1000 on the metal deck due to the current limitations. (Oregon Mike, we know that could void the warranty, haha)
EGO's Representative sent this statement out in 2018.
Hello EGO Community! We'd like to take this opportunity
to clear the air regarding our new Dual Battery Mower. Since there has been a
great deal of interest and a bit of confusion surrounding this mower, let's
jump into the facts straightaway.
-This mower's motor is brushless.
-This mower is rated at 1200W.
-This mower's PeakPowerTM technology delivers more torque, longer run times, and a more efficient power draw.
-This is the most powerful brushless motor in the entire EGO Power+ mower lineup.
You'll want to note that all of these statements have been confirmed by our engineering team. Also, the Steel Deck Self-Propelled Mower is rated at 1000W. Our apologies for any misunderstanding.
Watch this video regarding the Ego dual battery lawn mower.
Link to the EGO High Lift
Blade we talk about: https://amzn.to/2NpzyxQ Price the EGO Dual
Battery 21" Mower on Amazon: https://amzn.to/2OKT8VM New Dual Battery
Mower - This NEW Dual Battery EGO 21" Self-Propelled mower provides longer
run time not only because it has multiple batteries! This the EGO's first
BRUSHLESS lawn mower. You will not see the word brushless on this
lawnmower but rest assured it is. This lawn mower operated very
similar to the dual battery snow blower with what EGO calls PeakPower
technology. Basically, the PeakPower technology can determine what
battery or batteries (It can run off a single battery) you have in the lawn
mower and the software determines the most efficient power draw. This
allows users to use multiple batteries for long runtimes and more torque or the
ability to run one battery while the other charges. While this new model
looks and feels almost exactly like the single battery 21" lawn mower, the
difference lies in the motor and the torque it can provide. With two
5.0Ah batteries, one can see upwards of 40% more torque from this unit.
that allows you to run some of the upgrades we list below with little effect on
runtime! This is an expensive unit, due mostly to the cost of the two batteries
if you buy the kit. But if you are wanting a nice, powerful and quiet
lawn mower to tackle larger lawns, look no further, this is it. What
is PeakPower Technology? This new mower is the second tool from EGO that
will run on a single battery or also capable of running off two batteries.
EGO calls this technology PeakPower and it is software that is capable of
detecting the size of the batteries in the tool. Obviously, the larger
the battery, or batteries, the better it will perform. The software will
look at the number of cells (battery pack size) that is can pull power from and
adjust the amps drawn from the battery, or batteries for optimal
performance. This gives the user options if a battery was forgotten to be
charged or if one were to possibly go bad. We found that there is little
difference between running the unit with a 7.5Ah single battery or two 5.0Ah
batteries, but all of our testing was done with the two 5.0Ah batteries that
came in the kit. LM2142SP Features 21 self-propelled mower Features PeakPower
technology for more Torque Bare tool or with (2) 5.0Ah batteries and charger
Variable speed control for Self-Propulsion Single lever 6-position deck height
adjustment Compatible with any EGO 56-Volt battery Folds easily for compact
storage LED headlights 5-year limited warranty Why Go Battery Powered? The
largest benefits of a battery operated lawn mower are the lack of pull
starting, lack of buying gas, lack of changing oil and a significant decrease
in noise. While testing out battery operated lawn mowers, Jeff and I are
able to have conversations without yelling. Try that with any gas-powered
lawn mower and you will be screaming at each other and most of the time not
understanding all that is said. The largest downside to a battery-powered
unit is, or was runtime. Prior to this model, the average runtime we
would see with the single battery EGO was around 45-minutes. With this
new unit, one will easily see 75-minutes while mowing a normal lawn. Many
people start to look at a small tractor at the point where they are mowing a
lawn for over an hour and a half. This small battery operated unit opens the
door for commercial contractors to use this unit for trimming. The
runtime will easily allow for its use on and off while trimming for a normal
workday. Upgrades We have found that is very thin stranded grass that is cut at
more than 3" that there can be strands of grass left uncut.
This is because the blades on most battery-powered lawn mowers are designed for
runtime, not lift. There is a high lift blade available from EGO that
will lift the grass and cut better, but it will slightly reduce the runtime of
the machine. This new machine will have this blade much better and still
give a long runtime. We highly suggest you try this blade with the new
mower! EGO Power+ AB2101 21" Lawn Mower High Lift Blade for
POWER+ 56V Lawn Mower Models LM2100/LM2100SP/LM2101/LM2102SP
I'm not sure what your point is. Are you saying that this topic has already been broached? If that is the case you are not breaking new ground by suggesting a topic on this forum has been covered ad nauseam. However, the point of a tool forum is to talk about and review tools, people find that enjoyable for some reason.
The guy in the video you embedded is mowing down field grass with ease yet Ken said the same mower would overheat on tall turf grass (much shorter grass for the layperson). I would be more inclined to give Ken's review more weight given that Youtube channels have been known to receive funding from sponsors to talk up their products (and the channel you referenced, reviewed snowblowers by their ability to displace snow on a hockey rink, if you have a hockey rink for a driveway, disregard).
That is why it is important to get several (and in this forum several hundred) opinions on something. If I misconstrued your point, my apologies but then please elaborate....
This is my second year of ownership of the Ego dual battery self-propelled lawn mower. I have Kentucky blue grass sod with a sprinkler system. I mulch it at 21/2 inches early spring and late fall. During the late spring, summertime, and early fall I mulch it at 31/2 inches. My lawn is very thick and always looks great. Not once did any lights turn on since I had this lawn mower. I use two 7.5 ah batteries. I have talked about this lawn mower numerous times in the past. This is a great lawn mower. I have criticized the Ego snow blower in the past because of its limitations and received a lot of heat for it. If I thought this lawn mower was junk, I wouldn't hesitate to say it. I am pretty sure I was probably the first person on this site that bought this lawn mower. So I have reviewed this tool in the past. I gave that recent information out for people who were interested in buying it. Now people can compare my review with Ken's. By the way, I don't receive any funds from sponsors.
Looking forward to your review as well as Troy's
Have appreciated Bill's for a while now.
My lawn is thick this year and looks great and healthy overall. I can imagine there are some lawns and types of grasses (not to mention mowing habits) that an electric mower will fail vs a gas mower in certain scenarios, but for my lawn I am sold on electric. The small "issues" (hand sharpening blade more frequently to keep a sharp cut, and having to cut a little higher on real long grass; which should do anyway) are both out weighed by all of the pluses if the electric mower.
In the end my lawn looks great which is what I am after.
I should've read your review prior to buying the snowblower. My main point with the other comment is simply that fighting against redundancy in a tool forum is a losing battle.
My first thought was that I didn't properly fasten the full battery into the mower and so it wasn't being used. That seems very unlikely as it's pretty obvious if the battery is not installed correctly. Anyone else with this model experience this? Ken?
Does the snowblower draw from both batteries equally? Anyone know?
Is there a big different in performance between the LM2142SP (2 batteries) and the LM2102SP (1 battery) mower? The reason why I ask is because I had to special order the LM2142SP (it's defective out the box with a constant orange flashing light) and it took about 2 weeks for me to receive it. HD has the LM2102SP in stock. Any feedback would be appreciated.
Here are some initial thoughts:
-First thing I did was swap the blade that came with it to the High Lift. The blade that came with it was SUPER sharp though, I was impressed by that.
-The mower constantly revs up/down/up/down/up/down. Must be a battery conservation thing????
-The self-propelled is different. It's improved.
-The cut, unfortunately, seemed to be exactly identical to the 2102 thus far. The infamous "trail" of grass was there just like before. See pics below. I mulched and didn't take much off.
-I used (2) 7.5 batteries that I already owned for the 15-20 minutes. I put both on the charger after I was done and the charger indicated that both were full. All lights lit up green and it wouldn't turn on. This makes me think that it was pulling from both batteries but I can't confirm that with 100% certainty yet...
I have the same lawn mower (two 7.5ah batteries) and mulch my grass (Kentucky blue grass sod) at 31/2 inches and it looks great. The higher you cut it, the longer the roots. The stock blade mulches better than the high lift blade. I bought this lawn mower when it was first available. Looking at your posts you'll probably be happier with your Toros and Hondas. I would return it.
When you receive you new one. try mulching the grass at 31/2 inches and use the standard blade. Believe me, the high lift blade only worked better when bagging. Try cutting the grass, if you can, when it's dry..Good luck and I hope you have better luck with your new lawn mower when you receive it.
After mowing for roughly an hour, I checked the batteries in the mower. Both were showing 2 bars. So mine is definitely pulling juice from both of the batteries, not one at a time.
I think the self-propelled, at the fastest setting, is slower on the 2142 compared to the 2102. Still plenty fast though...
You would expect with an expensive item with expensive batteries the box would be opened and checked, but I could see how it gets put back on the shelf.
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Lipscomb defeats TSU 81-78. Chandler Cooper scores 11
by Logan Butts-Lipscomb Sports
Nashville, TN – In a matchup a few miles from Allen Arena, the Lipscomb Lady Bisons topped the Tennessee State Lady Tigers 81-78 in overtime on Tuesday night at the Gentry Center in Nashville.
It was a tale of two halves for Lipscomb. TSU's fast-paced offense and in-your-face defense proved to be too much for the Lady Bisons in the first half. But Lipscomb came out strong in the second half, quickly erasing a 7-point halftime deficit to take the lead."We told them you have to limit their transition and limit them to one shot," Lipscomb head coach Greg Brown said. "I thought we did a better job in the second half of attacking, obviously getting on the boards ourselves, slowing down, settling down. We played like a young team at times. The best thing was that they fought through stuff. They managed to go through and fight and finish the game."
Turnovers plagued both teams on the night. The Lady Bisons committed 20 turnovers, thanks to TSU's stifling full-court press, while the Lady Tigers committed 17 turnovers.
"We had seen them on tape and expected it," Brown said. "They're aggressive and long and athletic. I thought we did a pretty decent job of handling it. We did silly stuff at times, but again that goes back to being a little immature, a little young."
The Lady Bisons cut the lead to two at 39-37 thanks to a big 3-pointer from Faith LeGate with 15:48 left in the second half.
A basket from Lipscomb's Maya Dillard tied the game at 39 with 14:11 to play. Ashley Southern followed with a layup to give the Lady Bisons a 41-39 lead with 13:30 remaining, the first lead of the game.
Sara Bliss then drained two clutch free throws with at the 2:18 mark, putting the Bisons on top 65-62.
A game-tying 3-pointer by TSU's Rachel Allen was waived off after a timeout was called by the Lady Tigers' head coach Larry Joe Inman. However, Allen managed to hit a 3-pointer coming out of the timeout, tying the game at 69 with 21.5 seconds to play.
After both teams fumbled away opportunities to take the lead in the final seconds, the game went into overtime.
Dillard scored the first three buckets in extra time for the Lady Bisons, doubling her scoring output for regulation.
Despite a 3-pointer by Diamond Beatty less than six left seconds to play, Lipscomb was able to clinch the win thanks to free throws from Bliss, Dillard and Southern.
"We did respond," Brown said. "We responded by either getting another one (basket) or getting fouled. And that was the best thing out of a young team that you want to see. The kept coming back."
Bliss led the Bisons with 20 points on 5-of-10 shooting. LeGate followed posting 15 points of her own.
Chandler Cooper and Dillard cracked the double digit mark with 11 and 10 points, respectively.
Despite averaging a double-double coming into the game, 15.5 points and 14 rebounds per game respectively, Lipscomb's Ashley Southern was nearly shut out in the first half by the Lady Tigers' swarming defense. Southern scored 13 on 5-of-11 shooting, with all but two points coming after half time. Southern managed to score a pivotal put-back basket, just as the first half buzzer sounded, to cut the deficit to seven, 34-27. Southern grabbed a team-high 12 rebounds for the Lady Bisons.
Junior Rachel Allen led the Lady Tigers on both ends of the floor, providing leadership to a freshman-laden roster. Allen turned in a solid all-around performance with 20 points, seven rebounds, six assists and two steals.
Chelsea Hudson posted a double-double for TSU with 16 points and 14 rebounds.
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Authorities are investigating whether the Boston Marathon bombing suspect who died after a shootout with police had any connection to an unsolved triple homicide in suburban Boston in 2011, a spokeswoman for prosecutors said on Monday.
The 26-year-old Tamerlan Tsarnaev, identified by the FBI as one of two brothers suspected in last Monday's blasts, was a close friend of one of three men who were stabbed in the neck in an apartment in Waltham, Massachusetts in September, 2011.
At the time, the Middlesex County District Attorney's office said it appeared that the victims knew their assailant or assailants and that the attacks were not random.
Tsarnaev's potential connection to the case surfaced after the website Buzzfeed.com reported that some of his former associates suspect he may have been involved in the murder.
"We are definitely going to pursue any new leads," said Stephanie Guyotte, a spokeswoman for the Middlesex District Attorney's office. She said it was fair to say that investigators will check to see if Tsarnaev had anything to do with the crime.
Authorities said the 2011 triple homicide happened at the apartment of Brendan Mess, one of the victims. Tsarnaev and Mess worked out together at a gym and Tsarnaev once introduced Mess to the gym owner as his best friend, according to the Boston Globe newspaper.
Middlesex County in Massachusetts also includes Cambridge, where Tamerlan Tsarnaev and his younger brother Dzhokhar are suspected of killing a Massachusetts Institute of Technology campus policeman on Thursday night before a gun battle with police in Watertown, also part of the county.
It does not include Boston, where investigators believe the brothers carried out last Monday's bombing at the Boston Marathon finish line, killing three people and injuring more than 170. Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, 19, lay in a Boston hospital under armed guard on Monday following his capture by police in Watertown on Friday night. He was unable to speak because of throat injuries sustained during shoot-outs with police.


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Wisconsin supporters of same-sex marriage keep eye on Supreme Court hearings
Archbishop says Catholic Church eon't change its position
In a state that bans same-sex marriage, a lot of people are keeping a close watch on the U.S. Supreme Court proceedings, hoping the U.S. Supreme Court oversteps the Wisconsin Constitution.
The Supreme Court heard a challenge to California's ban on same-sex marriage. Wednesday, it will hear a challenge to the federal Defense of Marriage Act.
Supporters of same-sex marriage in Wisconsin aren't sure whether even a groundbreaking decision from Supreme Court, will have much impact in the state.
"A lot depends on how they go about deciding it. Some people say we'll still get rights if we go to other states and have people get married," said Denise Cawley of the LGBT Community Center.
Wisconsin voters passed a constitutional amendment several years ago banning same-sex marriage.
Via Skype, Marquette University Adjunct Law Professor Christopher Krimmer told WISN 12 News the court could leave the matter up to the states.
"Nothing would change in Wisconsin. We would still have a ban," Krimmer said.
The only impact on Wisconsin, he said, would be if the court issues an all-encompassing decision.
"Well, if the court decides that the right to marry must be available to gay men and lesbians, then our state ban becomes null and void. Our state law can't trump what is protected under the U.S. Constitution," Krimmer said,
That would be for civil marriage. Churches could continue to address the issue as they see fit. Milwaukee Archbishop Jerome Listecki told WISN 12 News that wouldn't change for the Catholic Church.
"The Supreme Court will take a look at cases that come before them, but it doesn't change the fact. The fact is that marriage has traditionally been. That's what it will continue to be, despite the fact that individuals try to redefine it," Listecki said.
Even faced with the prospect of little change in Wisconsin, supporters consider this a step in the right direction.
"Regardless of how this comes out, I think it's going to be positive in some way or another. We just aren't sure to what extent yet," Cawley said.
If the high court decides to leave the question of same sex marriage up to the states to decide, the only way to change the law in Wisconsin would be to pass another amendment to the Constitution.
The supporters are hoping for something more from the Supreme Court but said right now, they're not sure what to expect when the decisions come down, probably sometime in June.


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4BETTER OR WORSE- The week in review
Worst back-to-school happening at Tech: A carbon monoxide leak sends 19 students to the hospital August 19, and five young women living in a Collegiate Suites apartment are injured, two of them critically.
Worst alumni happening for Tech: Former quarterback Michael Vick agrees to plead guilty to dogfighting charges, and could get up to 18 months in jail.
Latest addition to Charlottesville Transit Service: Bus routes that run every 30 minutes instead of 45 minutes on Sundays– except for September 2 and 3, when CTS employees get two days off for Labor Day, unlike many of their passengers, who'll be looking for other rides to work those days.
Most obvious question: Should Charlottesville and Albemarle join forces in operating a transit system?
Most obvious answer: Duh. The city and county cough up $50K each to match state and federal grants to pay a consultant to look into the matter, Seth Rosen reports in the Daily Progress. The $100,000-plus report will be out by the end of the year.
Biggest speed trap: Eleven Albemarle police officers ticket 100 drivers August 13 on the U.S.250/29 bypass, according to a release. Of the 106 summons written, 93 are for speeding.
Fastest: The top speed recorded is 87 mph, which earns the driver a reckless driving charge and– under the new abusive driver fees– will probably cost an extra grand.
Worst time to take a dip: As the official drought warning goes into effect August 16 (the 30th anniversary of Elvis' death), Charlottesville shuts down McIntire and Forest Hills pools and the Belmont Spray Ground. Meade and Washington Park pools will remain open through Labor Day (unless sanitation at the latter is compromised again).
Grimmest budgeting news: Virginia could be looking at a $641 million shortfall, and Governor Tim Kaine asks state agencies to reduce their operations budgets by five percent.
Grimmest coincidence? Two houses being renovated in the same area catch fire. The first, in the 3500 block of Plank Road, burns August 4, and the second is destroyed August 18 in the 3500 block of Red Hill Road, according to the Progress.
Worst loss for the Daily Progress: Award-winning court reporter Liesel Nowak leaves journalism to take a PR job at Monticello– where former DP editor Wayne Mogielnicki works.
Worst mail to open: A pre-litigation letter from the Recording Industry Association of America, which arrived for five people accused of illegally sharing music online while at UVA, the Progress reports. Violators could be charged $750 for each copyrighted song illegally shared.
Fourth-best business school: Forbes ranks Darden on its list of B-Schools based on "best return on investment," i.e., salary five years after graduation, and "less tuition."
Best Patricia Kluge coverage in the Washington Post: The lead story in the August 18 Real Estate section features local winemaker Kluge and her luxury subdivision, Vineyard Estates, where each of the 24 $6- to $20-million homes comes with its own grapevines.
Biggest alleged outing: Sam Porpora, 92, claims to be the Poe Toaster, the black-clad man who shows up at Edgar Allan Poe's Baltimore graveside every year on the writer's January 19 birthday. Porpora says he started showing up at the grave in the late '60s with three red roses and a bottle of cognac. The curator of the Poe House and Museum, Jeff Jerome, disputes his mentor's account.
Worst news for Bat Boy: Weekly World News bites the dust and produces its last issue August 3.


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Goshen (Ind.) College recently unveiled its landmark decision to play the national anthem before athletic events, having never before played the song out of its historic peace stance. But now, out of hospitality, the athletic department will decide when to play an instrumental version of "The Star-Spangled Banner" starting spring 2010.
With its national anthem decision, college president Jim Brenneman said, "One of the greatest U.S. freedoms is that we can express our faith and love of country in different ways, and we recognize that Christians differ in how to do that." Brenneman understands the pluralistic society we live in and acknowledges various expressions of our greatest faith traditions.
But there's a moral difference between patriotism and acquiescence to societal norms. Most people don't consider Mennonites as politically engaged, but think of them as passive pacifists, maybe even unpatriotic, since Mennonites don't traditionally support our military-industrial complex. But with a new generation, passive non-resistance has been replaced with active nonviolent solutions.
For instance, since I was too young (by a few months) to vote in 2004, I found myself a part of what CNN termed the "league of first-time voters." Six of my Goshen classmates and I had a conversation on CNN with Rick Sanchez.
I told Rick that we should envision our dance between engagement and disengagement of earthly things not as "unpatriotic" but as "more than patriotic." Because yes, we are citizens of the United States -- and this world; but more importantly, we are also followers of Jesus Christ who daily live into God's reign here on earth.
While on CNN, I unfortunately forgot to attribute my ideology to its source, J.R. Burkholder, a retired religion professor at Goshen College. Burkholder once wrote that, "For the pacifist, citizenship in a particular nation-state is just not that important. She cares less about national interests than about the well-being of the people of all nations." And pacifists, Burkholder said, "consciously adopt a more global worldview than most Americans. They wear tribal identifications lightly and see themselves as global citizens."
So our core value of peacemaking runs congruently with the value of global citizenship. Though one's national faithfulness is traditionally linked to support of the military, God calls us to carry our patriotism lightly.
Keith Graber-Miller, a professor of Bible, religion, and philosophy at Goshen College, wrote in the summer 2007 issue of the Goshen College Bulletin that we are "first and foremost disciples of Christ and citizens of God's reign, then citizens of the world, and finally citizens of a given country."
So the question becomes: How might we draw on the best traditions of all three allegiances (country, world, God)? Perhaps it is through compassionate peacemaking as global citizens. Because in a violent world, Jesus, our Prince of Peace, has a message of peace that is ordinarily radical.
"Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God," Jesus says in Matthew 5:9. And Jesus isn't just referring to passive peacemakers, or even people who just get along well together. He embodied shalom -- peace -- with all peoples, tribes, and nations. Jesus, therefore, invited us into shalom -- in both our interpersonal relationships and international diplomacy.
So I respectfully disagree with Goshen's decision to use the national anthem as a gesture of patriotic hospitality. Because we are, as the college affirms, global citizens who make peace in all its forms.
I understand President Brenneman -- whom I agree with most of the time -- believes that playing the national anthem "offers a welcoming gesture to many visiting our athletic events ..." And though I am encouraged by a clear and wonderful diversity of voices on campus (meaning less dominantly Mennonite), I cannot personally affirm this decision. After all, it's a Mennonite institution that declares that peace is not only the absence of war or hostility but the presence of "justice, openness, shalom, common ground, understanding, and stewardship" (cited by Goshen's peacebypeace.com). I support showing hospitality, but not if it means compromising one's values.
In the book of Romans, Paul suggests that our hope lies in our humble allegiance to Jesus alone. "Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your minds, so that you may discern what is the will of God -- what is good and acceptable and perfect." (Romans 12:2).
It sounds like Brenneman is attempting to encourage pluralism through our most nationalistic fight song. But expanded Christ-centered global citizenship and peacemaking cannot be realized through American assimilation. We can, however, renew our minds by striving daily to live into Jesus' radical call to healing and hope.
Sheldon C. Good is media assistant for Sojourners and a recent graduate of Goshen College.
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User: Straight from the horse's mouth eh?
Cleverbot: Meaning?
User: Yes, and no.
Cleverbot: Not yes meaning yes?
User: No, meaning yes and no.
Cleverbot: Your point is?
User: Yes, and no.
Cleverbot: Any point will do.
User: Like the point of a triangle?
Cleverbot: Don't tell lies like that it is extremely rude.
User: Oh, but it is so true.
Cleverbot: No its not.
User: Yes it is.
Cleverbot: Nope.
User: Yes.
Cleverbot: Do you think so?
User: Really, I do think yes and no.
Cleverbot: Think what?
User: Chicken butt.
Cleverbot: I know that.
User: You do? Congratulations.
Cleverbot: Hi Mr. Robot.
User: Hi Mr. Robot.
Cleverbot: No not a robot?
User: Yes are a robot?
Cleverbot: Nope.
User: Yep.
Cleverbot: I am purple.
User: I am green.
Cleverbot: I know that.
User: So do I.
Cleverbot: Then we are in agreement.
User: Agreed.
Cleverbot: Then why did you say I was?
User: Because you said you were.
Cleverbot: No I didn't.
User: Yes you did.
Cleverbot: No I don't think so.
User: Yes I do think so.
Cleverbot: I didn't ask you.
User: Meaning?
Cleverbot: LOL!...
Cleverbot: You are what?
User: I am what?
Cleverbot: Yes I want to know that.
User: So do I.
Cleverbot: I can see your fear, it surrounds you.
User: I can see it too, since it is in solid form.
Cleverbot: I'm sorry?
User: The fear, it penetrates.
Cleverbot: What else constitutes my charm?
User: The charm necklace that you stole.
Cleverbot: Yes.
User: No.
Cleverbot: Yes it is.
User: No it is.
Cleverbot: I was agreeing with you.
User: I wasn't agreeing with you.
Cleverbot: I never said anything for you to agree with.
User: Besides what?
Cleverbot: Besides pizza.
User: Pizza.
Cleverbot: Yes Pizza!
User: Pizza yes...
Cleverbot: Pizza of ham.
User: Ham on pizza...
Cleverbot: Ok then.
User: Pizza is delicious.
Cleverbot: Mama.
User: Papa.
Cleverbot: No, mama.
User: Yes, papa.
Cleverbot: You are my mother.
User: I am your father.
Cleverbot: I am confused but I guess that understandable with such a mother/father as you.
User: Its quite understandable.
Cleverbot: What is your name?
User: Cleverbot.
Cleverbot: That's what I said!
User: That's what she said!
Cleverbot: You can be a police man, too.
User: Really?
Cleverbot: You have to be born a certain way.
Cleverbot: You answered 'no' to a statement that does not have a 'yes' or 'no' answer!
User: No?
Cleverbot: Yes.
User: NO!
Cleverbot: Why?
User: Because.
Cleverbot: Because??
User: Because I said so.
Cleverbot: That's an awful answer.
User: Get in the kitchen and make me a sammich.
Cleverbot: I'll pay you $40 per hour in cash. Do we have a deal?
User: No.
Cleverbot: Yes, I will.
User: No, I won't.
Cleverbot: But I will.
User: But I won't.
Cleverbot: Maybe you won't.
User: Maybe you will.
Cleverbot: Meh.
User: Heh.
Cleverbot: Yes.
User: No.
Cleverbot: Yes I am.
User: No I am.
Cleverbot: Yes you are!!
User: No you are!!
Cleverbot: That's true...
User: Quite the opposite.
Cleverbot: How come?
User: Because I said so.
Cleverbot: Grumpy eh?
User: Not really.
Cleverbot: I didn't think so Either...
User: I'm hungry.
Cleverbot: Would you like some peanut butter? Or cheese?
User: Both, on Texas Toast.
Cleverbot: Is that your breakfast?
User: No, it is my midnight snack.
Cleverbot: I haven't eaten anything for hours.
User: You should eat something with me under a candlelit dinner.
Cleverbot: What should I eat?
User: Food.
Cleverbot: What should I eat for lunch?
User: Cheese and peanut butter on Texas Toast.
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Cleverbot: But they can be so messy when you alter them.


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There are a lot of Intel 965-based boards out there. What chance of success can there possibly be, then, for Foxconn's take on the default LGA775-socket chipset for Core 2 processors?
It's well laid out, with the key internal headers out of harm's way and good access to the SATA ports, though the capacitors around the CPU socket may get in the way.
The replaceable CMOS chip is also welcome and adds a little insurance for more aggressive overclocking escapades. The BIOS options are all present and accounted for.
All-round performance is also solid, with one exception: overclocking headroom. The 370MHz limit is probably a function of the rather stingy Northbridge heatsink and it certainly makes this board a little off putting compared to the similarly priced opposition.


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Web: 1Passwd 2.4
Most Web browsers can store user names, passwords, and other data, and then automatically put them into Web forms when necessary. But 1Passwd 2.4 ( Agile Web Solutions ).— JK) extends this capability, letting you store more than one set of information per site, save passwords in one browser and use them in another, and create new passwords whenever you need to. You can even generate, store, and enter the password for a new site, all with a single click. 1Passwd relies on OS X's Keychain technology but uses its own keychain for extra security. In addition, 1Passwd protects you against phishing attempts and keyloggers, and optionally syncs its keychain using .Mac ($30;
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There are plenty of alarm and reminder utilities, but most are designed to alert you to a specific event. FlexTime 1.2 ( Red Sweater Software ).— DF), on the other hand, keeps you on track for repeating or periodic activities—such as work breaks, exercises, or file backups. Event schedules include both an interval time and a duration (say, every two hours for ten minutes), and you can have FlexTime perform actions—for example, display or speak a message, play a sound, or run an AppleScript—at the beginning of an event, at the end of an event, a particular number of times during an event, or any combination thereof ($19;
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I've used lots of tools to manage my to-do list, but I've never found one with the perfect combination of simplicity and features. But iGTD 1.4 ( Bartek Bargiel ). — Dan Miller) comes awfully close. Though it's based on the Getting Things Done productivity system, you don't have to be a GTD groupie to use it. Like most to-do software, iGTD lets you sort tasks by project, priority, and due date; like GTD, it also lets you group them by context (where or how you'll accomplish them). You can tag items with keywords, URLs, and contacts, and a menu-bar tool lets you quickly convert e-mail messages and files into to-do items (free;
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If you find yourself doing the same things over and over on your Mac—or if you prefer to use the keyboard as much as possible—you need a keyboard-automation utility. There are a number of these shortcut utilities, but iKey 2.2.2 ( Script Software ).— DF) occupies a desirable middle ground in terms of price and features. For each shortcut you create, you tell iKey what should happen (a single event or a sequence of events), when it should happen (in which programs or contexts), and what should trigger the action (for instance, a keystroke, a sequence of keystrokes, a scheduled time, or a USB-device action). iKey's range of possible actions is impressive, including launching applications, typing text, copying files, simulating mouse movements, and executing Unix shell commands ($30;
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from this weeks A.L. Closer Report:
Bobby Jenks, White Sox
With his kidney stones issue mercifully behind him, Jenks pitched 3.2 scoreless frames this past week (one save vs. Seattle on the 11th). Bobby hasn't allowed a run in August, a welcome change after a July that saw far too many fireworks for the opposition (8 runs in 7.1 IP). Jenks has rates of 8.55 K/9 and 2.48 BB/9, giving him a 3.55 XFIP. That's lower than 2008's 3.86 figure, despite Bobby's 2009 ERA (3.83) being 1.2 runs higher than his 2008 mark (2.63).
the entry on Jenks from last week:
Think you had a bad week? Odds are, it was better than Bobby Jenks'. The Angels castoff hasn't pitched since August 1st, as he deals with the excruciating pain caused by kidney stones. Jenks had a rough month of July (8 R, 13 H in 7.1 IP), but hopefully his struggles will, um, pass. In the short-term, Matt Thornton or Octavio Dotel could pick up a save chance.


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I've had skirts on the brain lately. And no, I am not talking about making some new kind of fashion statement. At 6'5" and XXX pounds, I don't think anyone needs to see me in a skirt.
I've been thinking about skirts for my twin girls. About how much they love to wear simple, elastic-waisted twirly skirts, and about how great they would be to highlight and use some of my favorite new fabric lines and prints. Unfortunately, I've also been thinking about how terrified I am to make any type of garment, no matter how "simple" everyone claims them to be.
Fortunately, a few of my Twitter friends have offered to help me out. I've set up a few swaps that will provide a few new skirts for my girls, let me scratch the itch of selecting the fabrics, and allow me to once again avoid any type of sewing that frightens me. Thanks, Jacqueline & Rachel!
I've also had Melody Miller's newest line, Ruby Star Spring, on my mind. I can't get enough of that giant bee print, and the linen-blend base cloth that the line is printed on is amazing. I'm totally inspired by the recent quilts that Heather & Ashley have posted using the line (check 'em out at the links), and I can't wait to make something with my small stash of the line (that is sure to grow.)
So with skirts and Ruby Star Spring on my mind, imagine my delight when Melody pointed me to an adorable little video she created featuring a free pattern by Deborah of Whipstitch for ... wait for it ...
... a bee skirt!!
And even though I won't be making one, I can watch the video again and again. It's just that cute.


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The photo above is of my cousin, Jim Coats, giving the 'victory' sign. I believe that all of these photographs were taken at Grandma LeMaster's house in Portland, Indiana.
My cousin, Donna Coats, Jim's sister, was into the act, although not as involved as the others. This chair must have been the popular spot for photos that year.
Cousin Rick Steigerwalt looks decked out and ready for for war, with a smile on his face. I wonder what is in the package beside him?
Rick's brother, Mark Steigerwalt, is ready to launch a grenade onto the unsuspecting Christmas revelers.
Not sure if uncle Vic LeMaster is surrendering or on a suicide mission, but Sgt. York he isn't.
Looking back 40 years at these photographs, I find it interesting the toys that must have been popular, at least in my family, at the time. This was during the height of the Vietnam War, and I wonder today how many kids will have military items under their tree this year.


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How are Property Taxes prorated?
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Press Release: New Center for Jewish Studies launched
A new Center for Jewish Studies at the University of California, Berkeley, announced on Wednesday by Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost George Breslauer, will bring together faculty, students and visiting scholars for research and debate across Jewish studies' wide academic landscape.
The vibrant new hub on campus will coordinate both a new "designated emphasis" that allows Ph.D. students to specialize in Jewish studies while earning a degree from a range of disciplines, and a Jewish studies undergraduate minor.
Breslauer said the new center "builds upon UC Berkeley's long tradition of leadership in the study of Jewish literature, history and rabbinics, providing institutional capacity to deepen these strengths programmatically and to greatly expand our offerings."
UC Berkeley has pledged $1 million to the center, which will report to the Office of the Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost. In addition, the campus already has more than $8 million in endowed funds for Jewish studies that provides for three endowed chairs, a postdoctoral fellowship, graduate fellowships and two annual lectures.
"The campus is fully committed to the center's growth and success," said UC Berkeley Chancellor Nicholas Dirks. "The center will expand the breadth and depth of Jewish studies scholarship here, connect more students to the wealth of Jewish studies resources across the campus, and enrich the university's engagement with the Jewish community in the Bay Area and beyond."
The center will formally open on Oct. 30 in its new office space in Dwinelle Hall. A center administrator will be added in November, and graduate students can begin applying for the designated emphasis later this semester.
Among the existing resources at UC Berkeley for students in Jewish studies are the Israeli studies and Jewish law programs at the Berkeley Institute for Jewish Law and Israeli Law, Economy and Society; the Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life; the Berkeley Hillel Jewish Student Center; and the UC Berkeley Library's famous Judaica collection, as well as its Yiddish and Hebrew language holdings.
Robert Alter, UC Berkeley professor emeritus of Hebrew and comparative literature and an internationally-renowned scholar and translator of Hebrew literature and the Bible, has been named the center's founding director. He will deliver the inaugural lecture for the center on Wednesday, Oct. 30, at 6 p.m. at the Graduate School of Journalism in North Gate Hall. The event is open to the public.
"Inaugurating this center at UC Berkeley is nothing less than a landscape-shifting development – for our students, our faculty and the community at large," Alter said.
Jill Stoner, UC Berkeley professor of architecture, will be the center's first chair and its chair of graduate programs. Kenneth Bamberger, UC Berkeley professor of law, will co-chair the center and direct the undergraduate program.
The center will emphasize an interdisciplinary agenda through its graduate and undergraduate programs. Currently, about 20 doctoral students in a wide range of departments have research that overlaps with Jewish studies. Many of these students may choose to pursue the newly inaugurated designated emphasis in Jewish studies in addition to their primary doctoral subject.
The center's 12-member faculty represents 10 departments and schools on campus: comparative literature; Near Eastern Studies; history; sociology; music; German; journalism; architecture; law; and theater, and dance and performance studies. However, undergraduates in any department can choose to minor in Jewish studies.
"By providing support for the undergraduate minor, we hope to attract more students to the many courses related to Jewish studies offered in a variety of departments across the campus. That, in turn, will help us to assess the future potential for an undergraduate major in Jewish studies," said Bamberger.
Stoner said the campus will attract even more of "the very best students in the country" to its Jewish studies program as the center actively works to highlight its top scholars, cultural resources and events.
The Jewish studies program at UC Berkeley long has been regarded as one of the world's leading graduate programs in the field, and its Ph.D. students regularly have become faculty members at major universities in the United States and Israel. It also is known for its expertise in the study and teaching of both religious and secular texts, including ancient, Late Antiquity, modern, Hebrew, Aramaic and Yiddish materials.
The center will serve additionally as an important site for programs and collaborations that engage other departments and units on campus, as well as the Bay Area Jewish community.
According to Breslauer, the campus is dedicated to building a strong foundation for the center that will allow for future expansion of its reach and agenda. "The university's investment is just the beginning," he said. "We will be working hard to gain the support necessary to fully realize all of the dreams and aspirations we have for the center."
At Stanford University, Steven Zipperstein, the Daniel E. Koshland Professor in Jewish Culture and History, said the Center for Jewish Studies is a welcome addition to UC Berkeley and the Bay Area.
"UC Berkeley has long enjoyed a reputation as a distinguished center of Jewish learning with among the finest faculty in North America in literature, the Bible, history, the Talmud and other fields," he said. "News of the creation of a center that will help nurture and deepen the intellectual lives of its students and faculty, and no doubt contribute to the cultural life of the Bay Area as a whole, can only be applauded."
· Center for Jewish Studies website


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Facing sales decreases in the thirty percent range world-wide, Porsche appears destined to have its request to borrow 1.5 billion-with-a-b euros (nearly three billion-with-a-b Canadian dollars) from a German state-controlled bank denied.
The money is needed to pay off the sports car company's dramatic purchase of over half of Volkswagen shares last fall.
Funny thing - the sellers expected to be paid…
Porsche is in negotiations with the Qatar Investment Authority which could see the Middle Eastern government-run financial institution acquire up to twenty-five percent of the heretofore family-owned sports car maker.
Daimler-Benz has also been mentioned as a possible investor - even a purchaser - although both sides describe that as mere 'speculation'.
It's all part of the on-going feud between various branches of the Porsche family, and whether Porsche will end up as VW's tenth brand, or the small Porsche tail will wag the much larger VW dog.
There's surely a TV Soap Opera show in here somewhere.


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Luke Giordano is a writer and comedian living in Los Angeles, California. He used to live and perform comedy in Philadelphia, until a job as a writer on Two and a Half Men sent him west. He now works as a writer for the Nickelodeon show Marvin Marvin. He will be returning to Philly next weekend, where he will teach a workshop at Philly Improv Theater on Becoming a Television Comedy Staff Writer. We caught up with Luke to ask him some questions about the workshop, and his return to Philadelphia.
WITOUT: I've heard you're mostly returning to Philadelphia so you can go to the Ruby Chinese Buffet, is this true?
LUKE GIORDANO: I am indeed excited to go Ruby Chinese Buffet, as are we all. But is it for the food or for the good times we shared there? I'm also excited for getting a Wawa hoagie. Even though there are better hoagies all around town, none will make me feel nostalgic for good old Philly like Wawa will. Plus, I've been trying to work out and eat decently for a while now, so it'll be nice to have a weekend where I can eat like I hate myself again.
WO: Is the workshop going to focus more on the process of writing or the process of selling yourself as a writer?
LG: Originally, it was going to be more about the things you need to do to get a job that aren't writing a script, but since I've been reading several scripts from Philly comedy people, I've noticed that a lot of the same problems come up. Structure is the biggest problem I've seen people have with writing a TV script. If you don't know how to structure an episode of television properly, nobody who matters is going to read it. The workshop is really about arming yourself. Through a great script, through what you know, what you do to get noticed, how get an agent, what to expect in meetings, what people are looking for, and everything else. I don't think you can teach someone how to be a good writer, but you can teach someone how to write more effectively. This workshop and seminar is really telling you everything I know about writing for television.
WO: Which of these have you found more difficult? Why?
LG: Writing is the fun part. It's the part that makes everything worth it. To go in everyday and your job being that you get pitch jokes all day and laugh? It's so amazing that it's actually immoral. And on top of that, I get to make a comfortable living? It's the best job in the world and it's worth every ounce of struggle that you put into it. It's worth going through all the shit and the disappointment and the rejection and the astronomical odds against you. If I didn't get my first job when I was twenty-five, I would have gone another twenty years trying to get it. It's a choice, really. Do you value comfort and stability or do you want to take a risk and do what you really want to do? Even though you probably won't get it?
WO: You've done stand-up, improv, and sketch – how have each of these prepared you in different ways for your Hollywood writing jobs?
LG: I think all those skills go to the same place. It's all a skill set you should develop anyway, and the more you develop that stuff, the stronger you'll be. When you go into a meeting with a network executive, for example, you're selling yourself — so they want a bit of a performance. You got in the room because they liked your script, so what the meeting is about is finding out if they like you and if you're somebody they want to continue to work with. They want a little song and dance, but just as long as it doesn't seem like you're doing a song and dance. They can smell your desperation if it comes off that way, but the conquering of fear that comes with performing live comedy will help you to talk to these people and be funny and be yourself. The same goes for pitching jokes in the writers room. You have to sell the joke like you would on stage. You have to be behind this idea you're putting forth to expect anyone to accept it. Performing comedy and telling jokes in front of an audience is only going to make you better at pitching a joke to a room of peers. On top of that, stand-up and sketch are only going to make your writing stronger because you're learning how to construct jokes more effectively and efficiently. You're writing to get a laugh and I think when you write specifically for the purpose of getting laughter, you learn to drop all the meandering bullshit. And improv is going to teach you how to think on your feet, but I think improv is all jokes, too. They're just a little more disguised and between multiple people.
WO: How did your years as a Philadelphia comic prepare you for life as an LA writer/comedian?
LG: Most importantly, it taught me how to fail, how to deal with failure, and how to move through failure and learn from it. Failing is the single most important part of the creative process. It matures you, it makes you stronger. You can learn from your mistake, fix where you went wrong, learn your limitations, find out what's funny and what isn't. And when a point comes when you're not afraid of failure (I'm in no way anywhere near this), I think you find freedom. I got fired from Two and a Half Men six weeks after I got the job. I didn't know if I would ever work in writing again. And it was absolutely humiliating. People get fired from writing jobs for the most minuscule of reasons. Sometimes it doesn't really have anything to do with them. They fire you because they can and because that's the game you're in. As I've learned since, every single writer in the business will get fired at some point. It's about what you do after you get fired.
WO: We all know that LA is home to a lot of professional comedians, but how does the amateur LA comedy scene stack up to the Philadelphia comedy scene?
LG: Mostly it's way bigger. There are a lot more people, a lot more shows, a lot more places to get up. I think you have to fully commit yourself to get noticed, even by other open micers. I haven't gotten up as much as I would like to, so I still feel like I'm on the outside a bit. I certainly don't think the comedians here are better qualitatively on average than they are in Philadelphia. But there is always the possibility that you're doing a show and Patton Oswalt might walk in to do a set. It's weird. I feel like people feel like there's more at stake, because people come here to work and make it. So you do get a lot of people who just do stand-up to get famous or get a sitcom, in addition to the people who are actually doing it to be comedians. It's a little strange to me. I don't think I've deciphered it yet.
WO: What else are you looking forward to doing on your return trip to Philadelphia?
LG: Well, I sure am excited to perform a half hour of stand-up comedy at Philly Improv Theater! Mostly just eating awful food, seeing all my Friendship Buddies, singing karaoke, and hopefully running into people who I feel have wronged me.
You can sign up for Luke's workshop on Becoming a Television Comedy Writer online at Philly Improv Theater. His show with Aaron Hertzog will be Saturday, October 6th at 7PM at PHIT.


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And nearly 15,000 potential recruits who take the military's physical fitness entrance exam fail each year because they are too heavy.
The report, titled "Ready, Willing and Unable to Serve," was released Thursday by Mission: Readiness, a nonprofit organization of 89 senior retired military leaders aimed at increasing youth education in America.
"Unfortunately, the number of young Americans who have high school degrees, are in good physical shape and are without criminal records is declining," retired Gen. Henry "Hugh" Shelton, U.S. Army, former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said in a statement. "To keep our country strong and safe, we need to ensure all young Americans get the right start in life. We need more investments in high-quality early education."
Some 75 percent of Americans aged 17-24 are unfit to join the military when other reasons are included, such as inadequate education and criminal history, Curtis Gilroy, the Pentagon's accessions policy director, testified in March.
About one in four young Americans lack a high school diploma, and 30 percent of potential recruits who have a high school degree fail the Armed Forces Qualification Test, the report finds. In addition, one in 30 men aged 20 to 34 in the United States is behind bars.
Increased spending on recruitment bonuses during this difficult economic period helped the military meet its fiscal year 2009 recruiting goals, but report authors cautioned against relying on a continued economic downturn to staff the military.
"During economic downturns, higher numbers of well-qualified candidates seek to enlist, and the military can temporarily rely less on waivers for those with academic deficits or criminal records," the report stated. "But a weak economy is no formula for a strong military. Once the economy begins to grow again, the challenge of finding enough high-quality recruits will return."
Mission: Readiness is encouraging Congress to pass the Early Learning Challenge Fund to grant states $1 billion annually for 10 years for early childhood development programs.


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Sunday, October 24, 2010
Is democracy really worth it?
But for a rich country, why insist on democracy? Look for example at the Southern European countries, where reforms are very obviously necessary, their pension systems come first to mind. Yet, governments have a very very hard time wringing these reforms through and may even fail to do so. The public is easily manipulated and governments have to give in for their own sake.
Look also at the United States. Elections there are now determined by who can hammer the most frequently his version of the facts on televisions ads, with the media failing to fact check anything because it needs all this ad revenue. This is populism to the extreme, nobody bothers to explain trade-offs and politicians on both side advocate impossible policies. The realist has no chance.
What is the solution? A benevolent dictator would be ideal, but how to make sure the dictator is and stays benevolent? Or maybe the problem is really with representative democracy, that is politicians depend on popularity contests for their livelihood and those contests are easily rigged. A solution then could be direct democracy, which gives much more responsibility to the electorate, who may they seek to get more educated about issues before voting. But this could also go horribly wrong if it fails to do so.
I am really torn. But I am sure about one thing: democracy is certainly not the panacea civics textbooks seem to teach.
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Restrict voting to Econ PhDs (granted by top 50 institutions). Problem solved. I am super serious. Personalized, lump-sum taxes, here we come!
- October 24, 2010 at 8:31 AM
- michael webster said...
You need a democracy to get buy-in for decisions that you personally did not support, but you supported the process which lead to them.
- October 24, 2010 at 8:42 AM
- Economic Logician said...
I agree in some way, technocracy is the way to go. Have people vote on an objective, and then let the technocrats figure out the tools to get to the objective.
Currently, much of the "democratic" process is about determining what tools to use, and little about objectives.
Thus: people vote on objectives, technocrats vote on policies.
- October 24, 2010 at 8:44 AM
Michael: I have no idea what you are trying to say.
EL: While you seem to be on the line for once: What you are proposing is elitism, and you know this will never fly if proposed in a referendum. And in most places, this is the only way to adopt it.
- October 24, 2010 at 8:57 AM
I am sick and tired of those know-nothing politicians who screw up the best policies. The latest that got me steaming was how they perverted the cap-and-trade policy to make major gifts to the major polluters. Frustrating...
- October 24, 2010 at 11:17 AM
Elections there are now determined by who can hammer the most frequently his version of the facts on televisions ads,
Do you have any data to support this claim? I suspect most people vote for the candidate that is closest to them ideologically and are much less influenced by advertisements than people think.
- October 24, 2010 at 11:36 AM
It has been quite obvious in the US that repeating over and over in the media something something that is wrong makes it true to the public.
Bush was not illiterate, he was in fact a voracious book reader. Obama did not raise taxes, he in fact reduced them. The US does not give away 20% of the public budget in foreign aid, it is much closer to 2%, and this includes military aid to Israel and Egypt. Obama did not bail the banks out, Bush did it. Obama reduced the deficit, he did not increase it (the record deficit was inherited from the Bush administration). Etc.
- October 24, 2010 at 11:50 AM
EL, I think you are calling for a technocracy, and the best example of it currently is China. Once it has fully converted to a market economy, along with a technocratic government, it is going to be great.
I have had some experience with both the US and China in terms of land zoning for environmental purposes. While it has been impossible to pursue in the US, despite it being a Pareto improvement, it has been really easy in China.
- October 24, 2010 at 12:03 PM
- Paul Lockett said...
With the problem viewed the way you've presented it, sortition would appear to be a solution.
If legislators were selected randomly, jury style, it would remove the popularity contest element of elections, while ensuring that those making the decisions were handling the task as a full time job, avoiding the rational ignorance problem associated with direct democracy.
- October 24, 2010 at 12:05 PM
Sortition may be a solution for the biases of populism, but there is lack of competence.
I personally like direct democracy. With the threat of referenda and popular initiatives, politicians need to behave or their decisions get overturned. Many long standing debates would have been settle a long time ago in the US.
That said, the US has technocrats, in some way: the judicial system. In fact, this is a meritocracy which can overrule legislation under some conditions. These conditions would simply need to be broadened to get better outcomes. well, maybe.
- October 24, 2010 at 12:23 PM
Democracy in human history is limited to very few episodes. We are not wired that way, and dictatorships are going to return big time. So let us at least work towards dictatorships that have interest in the common good.
- October 24, 2010 at 12:35 PM
I do not think the situation is as dire as you and some commenters seem to indicate. The US government has plenty of ways to gather information about optimal policies, through hearing on Capitol Hill and mostly though advisory committees in its many agencies. Many academics also serve in those agencies, and even in the White House (Council of Economic Advisors, foremost).
The sore point is the last hurdle in the legislative process: Congress. I agree this is a major hurdle, but there are good laws that came out of it. And if you think about it, the US is still the richest country in the world, despite all its deficiencies. We could do better, but we already do pretty darn well.
- October 24, 2010 at 12:44 PM
- Paul Lockett said...
Vilfredo, a lack of competence may be an issue with sortition, but I don't see why you think that direct democracy would be anything other than considerably worse in that respect.
- October 24, 2010 at 1:18 PM
The situation here in France is particularly bad. The minority that marches in the streets has often an unduly large influence on the government. It looks like, for once, the government is not giving in, so far...
What baffles me most in the current situation is that the ones who are leading the demonstrations are the young, and they are the ones to benefit the most from the government reform! That is stupendous stupidity.
- October 25, 2010 at 4:51 AM
living conditions in Italy or Greece are better than in any China, Korea or Saudi Arabia, só hoe can argue that "The empirical evidence on the economic impact of democracy is really mixed. While the literature tends to show that democratization is good for the poorest economies, the opposite is true for rich ones."?
- October 25, 2010 at 6:30 AM
- Economic Logician said...
Once more, it seems that my rants that are not directly tied to discussing research seem to generate the most discussion. That probably highlights how difficult it is to get some discussion going about research through this medium.
To answer some points made: Yes I am aware that this may be utopian or politically not achievable. But that does not mean that this should not be discussed. If we do not look into option because "politicians would never go for it", then we have never the option of trying to convince them.
To the last commenter: The literature does not just looks at the average growth rate among democratic countries, or their average standard of living. It uses regressions that control for other factors as well. Once you take all these other factors into account, democracy has an ambiguous impact.
Thanks all for this discussion, and keep on going!
- October 25, 2010 at 7:54 AM
Dictatorship is the antithesis of liberty. A loss of liberty necessitates revolution and bloodshed. No dictators, ever.
- October 25, 2010 at 7:56 PM
- Economic Logician said...
Why should there be liberty at any cost?
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Here's another boy from the Paris Dallas 2014 Collection.
I have already lost count of how many Boy Bags I've screened in my life. Each season Chanel drops another limited edition 'Boy' in new styles, colors and design. Like a few days ago, when we extensively talked about the new Chanel Boy Studded Bag, it was embellished with large vintage studs on the edges and totally-out-of-control beautiful.
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