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The Food
To skip the following paragraphs of jibberish, click Menu,
or just wade through it & you'll get to the menu eventually.
The key to all great cooking is fire.
Knowing what to set on fire and for how long is the mystery.
Fortunately for you (and us), our chefs have figured it all out.
It's slow food. Real food. Carefully prepared by real human hands, served by happy people, also with real human hands, in a warm and inviting space.
Simple. We use the freshest ingredients available to prepare dishes that are a little different from the food you get at other places along the road.
Plenty of pasta, fish, chicken, beef & lots of greens. Spring mix, romaine, carrots, cukes, broccoli, red onions, yellow squash, roma tomatoes, mushrooms. No iceberg. Vegan? No prob. We can do that & any salad without cheese or meat. All our soups are made in house from scratch.
Scratch is a valuable ingredient in slow food. Most of our fish comes whole & on ice. We cut it ourselves. We try to get as much local produce as we can & we buy many of our herbs locally.
The cream for each dessert is whipped by hand & the mint & pansies come from our garden (or random neighborhood gardens, if we run out). Our food may take a little longer to prepare, but it's real food. Savor the taste. It's good food. Simple.
ALL MENU PRICES are highly unstable and vary from moment to moment depending on wind speed, whim & the price of chocolate, as well as certain, little-known grain futures. The values listed below are for reference only. In the event that you actually make it to The Big K and find us, your menu may be encrypted for our amusement.
The MenuGF - Gluten Free V - Vegetarian VG - Vegan
The Voo Doo Rooster :: 13~
Grilled, all natural chicken breast rubbed with southwestern spices, topped with grilled panela cheese, bacon, Hatch green chiles, house-pickled peppers & achiote adobo sauce piled on a thick-cut ciabatta roll.
The WAVE :: 14~
You won the lottery! All natural chicken breast slow cooked with southwestern spices & chiles, grilled, shredded. The flour tortilla backpack (it's a wrap!) is filled with pepper jack cheese, char-grilled zucchini, avocado, fresh spinach & roasted red pepper aioli. Now take the hike & plenty of pics to prove it!
Devil's Ridge Sandwich :: 15~
Mouth watering, mustard-marinated flank steak, topped with agave slaw & chipotle mustard on a thick-cut ciabatta roll. Order one today or you're on the FAST track to see SATAN!
Jalapeno Lime Chicken :: 13 GF~
A juicy chicken breast marinated in lime juice and jalapenos, then grilled and topped with pepperjack cheese & tomatillo salsa. Garnished with fresh avocado & pico de gallo. Served with fresh spinach, green chile rice & chipotle black bean salad.
Kanab-A-Dabba-Doo Burger :: 15~
Half a pound of fresh ground sirloin seasoned with our own blend of spices, flame broiled & resting on a slice of thick-cut ham. Topped with gruyere cheese, avocado & dijonaise. After one bite, you'll wish you were a Flintstone!
Red Canyon Polenta Cakes :: 13 GF VG~
Yellow cornmeal, masa flour, mild ancho chiles & achiote spice, hand formed into cakes & grilled. Presented on a bed of baby greens & hominy-quinoa salad. House-made tomatillo sauce, pico de gallo.
Happy Planet Burger :: 13 VG~
Delicious & juicy, GMO-free, third pound vegan burger seasoned with our mesquite dry rub, sitting on baby greens. Topped with house-pickled peppers & piquante bbq sauce on a toasted gourmet bun. You wont believe its not beef! NO gluten, NO animal products. CONTAINS SOY
BFF Wrap :: 12 V~
Best Friends Forever, eat happy! Crispy falafel bites, baked & grilled, packed into a flour tortilla loaded with a garden full of roasted sweet peppers, fresh cucumbers, lettuce, house-made tahini hummus & zesty, Greek-style lemon-mint yogurt. Add chicken 4.50
Deep Dish Veggie Enchilada :: 15 GF & V~
This dish ROCKS! Roasted peppers, Hatch green chiles, char-grilled zucchini, purple onions, layered & baked with corn tortillas, pepper jack cheese & our southwestern spice blend. Topped with fresh tomatillo sauce, pico de gallo & cilantro-lime crema. A veritable Grand Staircase of flavor! Add chicken 4.50 Add shrimp 6
Mac 'n Cheese :: 11 V~
This oven-baked, four-cheese classic topped with a Parmesan and bread crumb crust will take you back to your childhood. The only difference is, now you have money (because you drove here in a car), so have another order and pay up. Or don't pay up and YOU"RE GROUNDED! V
Adobe Chicken :: 14~
The Rocking V's version of that Lone Star classic: chicken fried chicken. Marinated, hand battered & perfectly seared. Served over garlic-sour cream mashed potatoes with chef's Wild Lands gravy. Topped with a crown of hominy & roasted corn salsa.
Eating your Greens allows you to eat more SWEETS, really. We're Doctors, trust us.
SXSW :: 15 GF V (no chicken)~
Black beans, corn, roasted peppers, toasted pumpkin seeds & pepper jack cheese on greens, topped with lime-jalapeño marinated grilled chicken & drizzled with cilantro lime crema. Substitute smoked trout 4.50
Desert Oasis :: 15 GF V (no chicken)~
Tomatoes, diced red onions, gorgonzola cheese, pine nuts and avocado over baby greens, topped with marinated grilled chicken, then tossed with honey-Dijon vinaigrette. Substitute smoked trout $4.50 GF
Hidden Canyon Salad :: 14 GF VG~
Fresh apples, toasted pecans, dried cranberries, tomatoes, red onions and celery over mixed greens. Served with a light lemon vinaigrette. Add chicken $4.50 Add smoked trout $5.95 Add tofu $2
Caesar :: 10 V~
Romaine, Parmesan and house-made croutons tossed with Caesar dressing. Add smoked trout 5.95 Add chicken $4.50 Add shrimp $6
Garden Salad :: 3.75 VG~
Fresh mixed greens and seasonal veggies with your choice of dressing. Served with house-made focaccia bread and our special balsamic vinaigrette dip.
Greek :: 14~
Fire roasted artichokes, sun-dried tomatoes, feta cheese, garbanzo beans & kalamata olives on a bed of greens, drizzled with Greek herb-vinaigrette. Add chicken 4.50 Add smoked trout 5.95
House-Made Soup :: 5.50~
The perfect solution to the chilly season question: "What am I in the mood for?" Sit by the fireplace and enjoy the quiet time while sopping with our warm, house-made focaccia.
Soup & Salad :: 9~
See? You can have it all.
You have to get into the menu somewhere.
Smoked Trout :: 13 GF (no pita)~
Hickory-smoked rainbow trout from Idaho's Silver Creek Farms. Fresh baby greens, house-pickled peppers, olive poblano salsa, cilantro-lime crema, pico de gallo & fire-toasted pita points.
Killer App :: 9 GF VG~
Garbanzo beans, garlic, black olives, green onion, tomato & basil, lightly sautéed & finished with white wine & a quick splash of lemon. High protein & fiber, big flavor, low fat.
Hummus and Pita :: 9 V~
Fresh tahini hummus & zesty Greek-style, lemon-mint yogurt. Fire-toasted pita on the plate.
Antipasto Rustica :: 12 GF (no pita) V~
Fire roasted artichokes, olive-poblano salsa, piquante peppers, baby greens, tomatoes, roasted peppers, trickled with light vinaigrette. Served with fire-toasted pita points & smoked gouda.
Fresh Mozzarella & Tomatoes :: 11 GF (no pita) V~
Fresh tomatoes, mozzarella & sweet basil, drizzled with extra virgin olive oil & house-made, red wine-balsamic reduction. Served with fire-toasted pita points.
Shrimp & Coconut Ceviche :: 13 GF~
A superb blend of jumbo shrimp, fresh peppers diced & infused with citrus agave & lightly sweetened coconut broth. Served with fire-toasted sourdough crostini.
Mix & Match to suit your cravings
Silver Creek Crusted Trout :: 25 GF(no rice & grains)~
Idaho rainbow trout, butterflied and grilled. Hand crusted with yellow cornmeal, pumpkin seeds, & southwestern spices, topped with tomatillo salsa & house-made pico de gallo. Fresh veggies with our blend of wild rice & grains. Chef Dan did not catch this fish, but says you will love it. If you don't love it, Chef Dan says you should see a doctor for immediate taste-replacement surgery. This procedure may not be covered by all insurance providers. GF(no rice & grains)
Mahi Mahi :: 26~
Also known as dolphin fish. NOT Flipper! Flipper was a mammal, not a fish. But we digress. Wild caught Mahi Mahi Wild caught Mahi Mahi steak, grilled. Seasoned with chef's lime-spice blend & crowned with spicy orange oyster sauce. Coconut jasmine rice with fresh veggies, finished with a delightfully refreshing, Island fruit salsa.
Southwestern Fish Tacos :: 22 GF~
And you thought fish only lived in the oceans. Well, for your information: we have opened a school in southern Utah and we're having to turn away applicants. Only the best, the brightest and most colorful are accepted. Plus the very tastiest, so there's that. Fish of the day, grilled & wrapped in corn tortillas. Melted pepper jack cheese, cabbage, house-pickled peppers, pico de gallo and drizzled with cilantro-lime crema. Agave slaw & chipotle black bean salad complete the party. GF
Rocking V Shrimp :: 24~
Yes, we know this is not a vegetarian dish & strictly speaking it should be on the previous menu but we couldn't fit it on the other page so let's call it a Vegaquarium dish and get on with our lives. Large, succulent, sautéed Selva black tiger shrimp. Pine nuts, sugar snap peas, garlic, white wine & a velvety smooth, parmesan cream. Served over linguini. If we served them under linguini, we'd have to answer too many questions.
Homer's Dream Pork Chop :: 34 GF~
Many have mocked Mr. Simpson's interest in the pastry sciences but nobody is laughing at the yellow-headed one's love of porcine delights. This is what the siege of Troy (or perhaps Springfield?) was all about. The thick-cut, char-grilled, 10 oz. Berkshire-Duroc cross is from Ballard Farms in Benson, Utah & it is a masterpiece of deliciousness is hand rubbed with our select blend of herbs & spices, producing unique flavor & tenderness that melts in your pie-hole(Doh! That's later, the pie). That's what it says in the Iliad if you read it carefully. Chipotle mustard joins fresh asparagus & garlic-sour cream Yukon gold mashers to complete your Odyssey. Homer, Gomer, whatever your name....... Oooooooooo, pork chopppppps.....Goood.
Filet Mignon :: 36 GF(no onions, no au jus)~
All natural hand cut, USDA prime, 8 oz. char-grilled beef tenderloin. Chef's dry rub fusion of garlic, wild mushroom & black truffle. Topped with Squatter's Full Suspension Pale Ale au jus & crispy fried onions. Prepared to your preference. Served with garlic-sour cream Yukon gold mashers & fresh asparagus.
Rangeland Ribeye :: 38~
16 oz. flame-broiled, USDA prime, all natural, hand cut ribeye. This perfectly marbled cut is massaged with our incredible southwestern spice mixture & fired to a buttery finish of your liking. Fresh asparagus & garlic-sour cream Yukon gold mashers accompany this classic steak. Ribeye lovers from around the globe, claim this steak to be their favorite!
Bison Tenderloin :: 48~
SPECIALTY of the HOUSE: Hand cut, all natural, char-grilled 8 oz. bison tenderloin. Raised on open range from select family farms across the Midwest. Leaner than beef, higher in protein & iron, our bison is free of antibiotics, hormones & steroids. Each mouth-watering cut is perfectly seasoned with chef's blend of garlic, wild mushroom, & black truffle. Grilled to your specifications, then glazed with a red wine-balsamic reduction. Served over baby greens with garlic-sour cream Yukon gold mashers & fresh asparagus, to compliment this superb selection & signature dish from the American West. THIS is THE REAL DEAL! Order it medium rare and then bask in the glory of culinary perfection!
Vegetabulous & Veganacious + The Little Chicks
Chicken & Mushroom Alfredo :: 20~
Chef's silky, house-made alfredo sauce of garlic, fresh cream, parmesan, romano & asiago cheeses, combined with sautéed portobello & button mushrooms. Served over linguini with a sliced, all natural, grilled chicken breast.
Almond Crusted Chicken Marsala :: 23~
Grilled, all natural chicken breast, almond & herb crusted. Topped with chef's house-made portobello & button mushroom marsala cream sauce. Fresh vegetables & our special blend of wild rice & grains.
Chicken Escalante :: 20~
House-made, Old World Italian marinara over linguini, topped with a char-grilled, all natural chicken breast, hand-rubbed with Chef's spice blend, then garnished with baby heirloom tomatoes & fresh asparagus.
Chana Masala :: 17 GF(no pita) VG~
Indian curry of garbanzo beans, onions, carrots, celery, tomatoes, & zucchini. Slow cooked with ginger, coriander, cumin, turmeric, a hint of cloves & lemon. Served over coconut jasmine rice. Pita points & pea sprout garnish. Add: tofu 2.50 chicken 4.50 shrimps 6 YES it IS shrimps, because shrimp would only be 1 and there are more than 1. So there!
Red Canyon Polenta Cakes :: 17 GF & VG~
Yellow cornmeal, masa flour, mild ancho chiles & achiote spice, hand formed, into cakes & grilled. Presented on a bed of baby greens & hominy-quinoa salad. House-made tomatillo sauce, pico de gallo & fresh veggies.
Coconut Curry :: 18 GF(no tofu) VG~
Fresh, mixed vegetables sautéed with our yellow coconut curry, over coconut jasmine rice. Miso-marinated tofu tops the dish. Substitute chicken 3.50 Substitute shrimp 6
Deep Dish Enchilada :: 20 GF V~
Back by popular demand and mild rioting, one of our most requested and deepest dishes. The return of this entree to our menu required 12 brokered treaties involving 17 countries and territories, as well as several rounds of blackjack and the ultimate annexation of the little-known principality of Is-Dan-A-Stan?. What could be better than roasted peppers, Hatch green chiles, char-grilled zucchini, purple onions, layered & baked with corn tortillas, pepper jack cheese & our southwestern spice blend? Topped with fresh tomatillo sauce, pico de gallo & cilantro-lime crema. This dish ROCKS! A veritable Grand Staircase of flavor! Oooo baby, this is GREAT! BLM scientists & researchers have still not been able to accurately measure the true depth of this dish. Despite budget cuts, field studies continue, thanks to the tireless efforts of numerous dogged men & women of science. NPR's "Science Friday" should do a story on this thang. Add: chicken $4.50 or shrimp $6 20 GF & V
Vittorio's Couscous Cakes :: 18 V~
Our chef, Chef Dan or someone wearing a big white hat back there in the kitchen, combines sweet basil, toasted pine nuts, couscous & a house blend of four cheeses, formed into cakes and served on a sleep number bed of fresh greens & roasted garlic mascarpone cream, garnished with baby heirloom tomatoes & toasted pine nuts. Whew! An outside contractor is then brought in at government expense to top the creation with toasted pine nuts. The outside contractor has offices in Houston and throughout the Middle East.
Sweets make you smarter AND allow you to hike happily for 12 hours with no food, water or outerware.
Key Lime Pie :: 8~
Tart and sweet, velvety cool, with a graham crust. Topped with freshly whipped cream. Perfect. Winner of consecutive Key Lime Pie Dessert Smack-Downs for the last 18 years, these non-televised events were held here at The Rocking V, all 5 judges were from Key West. They were compelled to declare us Victors in the after-dinner-sweets category. Some of the judges have since been exiled from their island homes for not supporting the home team. One judge now lives in Colorado & he doesn't care. Guess why?
Caramel Pecan Cheesecake :: 9~
A seductively rich, satisfyingly decadent, silky smooth, dreamy blend of caramel, cream cheese & mascarpone in a graham crust. Topped with toasted pecans & rich, sweet Monin caramel sauce. It's BACK and it's better than ever!
Creme Brulee :: 8~
Oooooooooooooo! YUM! The perfect recipe: fresh cream, fresh vanilla beans, eggs and sugar, swirled together, then baked and cooled. Before serving, we sprinkle the surface with sugar and torch it, for that golden crust. Délicieux! Some welding of small art projects may take place in the preparation of this treat.
Bread Pudding :: 8~
It was requested by a frequent diner a few years back. It became so popular we added it to the permanent dessert menu. Saigon cinnamon, whole nuts, raisins and lots of cream make our bread pudding fabulous. Your choice of caramel or house-made whiskey sauce. Whipped cream on the side. We are NOT responsible for chemical reactions resulting from the mixture of whiskey and caramel sauces. You pays your money, you takes your chances.
Chocoholic Mousse :: 6 VG~
If you were going to die by chocolate (and you probably would, had we left the antlers on, but we took the antlers off, despite the considerable time involved in the antler-removal process, because we're all about digestive pleasure), this would be the way to do it. Bittersweet chocolate, sweetened with an angels' touch (they live in the basement) of maple syrup. AND…it's dairy-free. We've made the portion smaller so you don't buy the farm before you've paid the bill. That's just good business.
Hot Fudge Molten Lava Cake :: 10 GF~
Warm, gooey chocolate cake served with a prickly pear cactus glaze. We have removed the thorns for your after-dinner dining pleasure (and because our lawyer said so.) Think of it as a flowing volcano of astounding, alluring & enchanting chocolate delectability. Add a scoop of vanilla bean ice cream 2.50 DO IT! (because it is a violation of state law not to, AND, because WE said so!)
Ice Cream :: 4.50/ 7 / 2.95~
One Scoop, Two Scoops, Three Scoops or 52.5 Scoops, it is delicious! Add-a-Scoop to any dessert for $2.95 GF
Seasonal Fresh Fruit Bowl :: 7.50~
Pineapple, mango, apple & mixed seasonal berries. GF & VG
Adult Beverages
Coors ~ Coors Light 4 ~ Corona Extra ~ Polygamy Porter ~ Chasing Tail Golden Ale ~ Full Suspension Pale Ale ~ Evolution Amber Ale ~ Hoo Doo Kolsch Style Ale ~ Cutthroat Pale Ale ~ Bristlecone Brown Ale ~ Golden Spike Hefeweizen 4.75 ~ Dubhe 9.2% Imperial Black IPA ~ Hop Rising 9% Double IPA ~ The Devastator 8% Double Bock Ale ~ Ghost Rider White IPA ~ 6.00 ~ Spiral Jetty IPA ~ Pfeifferhorn Lager ~ Glutenator ~ 10 ~ Clausthaler NA 4.25
Reds :: ~
House Red ~ BOTA BOX Shiraz / CA 5.5 glass GABBIANO ~ Chianti Classico ~ Italy 32 CASTLE CREEK ~ Cabernet Sauvignon ~ Moab, UT 8.25 / 33 FOLIE à DEUX ~ Ménage à Trois Red ~ Napa Valley, CA 8.25 / 33 CONCANNON ~ Petit Sirah ~ Central Coast, CA 8.5 / 34 ROBERT MONDAVI ~ Private Select Merlot ~ Central Coast, CA 8.75 / 35 CLINE ~ Ancient Vines Zinfandel ~ Contra Costa County, CA 38 CLINE ~ Ancient Vines Mourvèdre ~ Contra Costa County, CA 42 CHATEAU STE. MICHELLE ~ Cabernet Sauvignon ~ Columbia Valley, WA 44 PASCUAL TOSO ~ Malbec Reserve ~ Argentina 44 CLOS DU BOIS ~ Pinot Noir ~ Sonoma County, CA 46 TWO DOG "STYLE" ~ Red ~ CA 8.75 / 35 ORIN SWIFT ~ The Prisoner ~ St. Helena, CA 76
Whites :: ~
House White ~ HARDY'S Chardonnay / Australia 5.5 glass ROBERT MONDAVI ~ Woodbridge Zinfandel ~ Napa Valley, CA 5.5 / 25 STE CHAPELLE ~ Winemaker's Riesling ~ Snake River Valley, ID 7.75 / 31 KENWOOD ~ Sauvignon Blanc ~ Sonoma County, CA 8.5 / 34 ECCO DOMANI ~ Pinot Grigio ~ Italy 9 / 36 KENDALL JACKSON ~ Chardonnay VR ~ Sonoma County, CA 10.5 / 42 LUNA ~ Pinot Grigio ~ Napa County, CA 44 VINCENT DELAPORTE ~ Sancerre ~ France 55 FROG'S LEAP ~ Chardonnay ~ Napa Valley, CA 60 CAKEBREAD CELLARS ~ Sauvignon Blanc ~ Napa Valley, CA 65 MUMM NAPA ~ Brut Prestige Sparkling Wine ~ Napa Valley, CA 75
Margaritas & Mojitos :: 7/9/10 / 11/12/13/14/15......~
On the rocks w/ salt or blended. Strawberry also available if you're feeling sassy. Sauza Gold is the house & Heradura Silver or Patron Silver are on the Top Shelf. Mojitos are perfect for summer cool-downs with or without Agave.
Pina Coladas & Daiquiris :: 7 / More $~
Strawberry Do not attempt to order a "corndog" daiquiri or a "salmon" colada. You MAY (even June or July) order our famous Rocking V inventions: Kanab KABOOM, XXX Hot Chocolate or a BIG Love
Whiskey :: 5/6/7~
CC, Jack Daniels, Crown Royal
Bourbon :: 760.68~
Maker's Mark & Wild Turkey 101
Gin :: 7/6~
Bombay Sapphire & Tanqueray
Vodka :: 8/8/7~
Five Wives (Utah-made, REALLY!), Grey Goose & Stoli
Rum :: 1492 / 1865 ~
Captain Morgan's & Bacardi Silver
Scotch :: 8/6~
Glenlivet 12yr & Johnny Walker Red
Liqueurs :: 7/8.50/8.50/7/7.50~
Bailey's, Grand Marnier, Remy VSOP, Kahlua & Amaretto Disaronno
Apple or Cranberry Juice :: 4.75~
Arrowhead Spring Water :: 2.95~
Cappuccino :: 4.50~
extra shots .50 each choc, hazelnut, raspberry, vanilla .50 each
Espresso :: 3.25~
extra shots .50 each
Fizzy Liquids :: 3.75~
Pepsi, Diet Pepsi, Mountain Dew, Dr. Pepper, Twist Mist & Mug Root Beer PLUS UNfizzy liquids such as lemonade, Tropical iced tea (with mango & raspberry), Hot tea & gourmet coffee
Fresh Squeezed Orange Juice :: 6.00~
We use a hand press to get ALL the juice!
Gourmet Coffee :: 3.75~
We grind the beans for every pot
Latte :: 4.50~
extra shots .50 each choc, hazelnut, raspberry, vanilla .50 each
Milk :: 4.75~
Hot Chocolate :: 4.50~
Perrier :: 4.50~
Have them eat BEFORE you tell them to go play in traffic because Mommy has headache.
Grilled Ham & Cheese :: 6~
Grilled Cheese :: 5~
Corn Dog :: 5~
Noodles & Butter / Alfredo / Marinara :: 5 / 8 / 6.50~


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Hugh O'brien grew up on 'Marree' Greenethorpe, a sheep and wheat farm just outside Young in the Southern Inlands. After leaving school he spent some time travelling through Europe before joining the Navy as a Clearance Diver. Hugh then set about applying for Special Forces with the Army's counter-terrorism unit TAG (east) – a secretive team of divers and commandos, with the sole purpose of defending the domestic population from harm post 9-11. Acceptance to this unit was the defining moment of Hugh's life. In 2011, Hugh left the Special Forces to pursue a career in private security. Hugh's personal account of his experiences in the elite TAG (east) unit was published by Random House Australia in 2014.
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Mark O'Connor is one of Australia's best known and most widely read poets, with twelve books published. His poetry celebrates the uniqueness of the Australian environment, for which he has received many prizes, awards and fellowships.
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Annie O'Dowd was inspired by holidays on South Stradbroke Island to invent the world of the Seadog. All four books in the 'Seadogs' series; Left Show and the Foundling, Marigold and the Dark, Sea Gem and the Land of Ice and Tumblegrass and the Bushfire; are now available from Pan Macmillan. www.seadogs.com.au
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Mark O'Rowe is a playwright and film writer whose second play, Howie the Rookie, won the George Devine Award when it premiered at the Bush Theatre in 1999. In 2007 he wrote Terminus, a series of interlocking monologues, which received rave reviews when it opened at Dublin's Abbey Theatre and won a Fringe First when it transferred to the Edinburgh Festival in 2008.
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A.R.KANE (Buy CDs by this artist)
Lolita EP (UK 4AD) 1987
Sixty Nine (Rough Trade) 1988
Up Home! EP (UK Rough Trade) 1988
"¡" (UK Rough Trade) 1989
rem"i"xes (UK Rough Trade) 1990
Americana (Luaka Bop/Sire) 1992
New Clear Child (3rd Stone/Luaka Bop/Warner Bros.) 1994
Life's Rising (Caroline) 1995
A.R.Kane, the London duo of Alex (Ayuli) and Rudy (Tambala), helped usher in two significant musical movements in England. The 12-inch dance single "Pump Up the Volume," a 1987 collaboration with members of Colourbox in the ad hoc group M/A/R/R/S, introduced the scratching and sampling aesthetic of American hip-hop and house music to the British mainstream, where it remains an integral part of rave culture and its outgrowths. Then, with the lulling noisescapes of the Up Home! EP and Sixty Nine, the duo (which dubbed its music "dreampop") exerted a profound sonic influence on the legion of trippy shoegazer guitar bands that would emerge a few years later in the UK.
Up Home! and Sixty Nine make a virtue of vagueness, with voices like murmuring ghosts, vapor-trail guitars and echo-laden rhythms that suggest a dub reggae remix more than any kind of rock production. The former disc's "Up," a shimmering, six-minute plunge into weightlessness, is a virtual sonic blueprint for Lush and Slowdive.
A.R.Kane certainly lived up to its name, which is not just a cute pun but an accurate summation of everything about the enigmatic duo. The only musical influence they cop to is Miles Davis, but you can be sure they're not referring to any of his famous quintets: A.R.Kane harks back to the deep atmospherics and funk noise of Davis' mid- to-late-'70s work. Co-produced with Ray Shulman, Sixty Nine is, as one might surmise, mostly concerned with sensuality, but an enervated sensuality — the grooves here are submerged, the singing like some strange male siren calling from a cave. The sense of desperate menace hidden amid calm recalls another singular work, Robert Wyatt's Rock Bottom.
A.R.Kane branched into pop on the double-album "i", employing a variety of dance rhythms, female vocalists and more overt melodic hooks, but the music retains its otherworldliness. "Snow Joke" quotes Philly soul, "In a Circle" has the austere beauty of chamber music, "Crack Up" rides a giddy ska beat with amusing off- kilter piano and "Love From Outer Space" is a brooding slice of dance soul. As the disc progresses, the mood hardens, climaxing with the biting guitar opus "Super Vixens," which updates the murderous sentiments of "Hey Joe" and "Down by the River": "...killing her was the best thing I ever did." Mixing 16 proper songs with ten sound snippets, "i" runs a wider gamut of genres than the debut. As the record progresses, the music turns harsher, then downright hostile, although the vocals remain implacable and drained of personality.
Five "i" songs, including "Miles Apart," appear in new versions ("Crack Up" gets two makeovers) on rem"i"xes, an EP which further demonstrates the band's enjoyable willfulness: remixes are generally intended to pep up the originals for better dance-floor consumption, but most of the songs are more restive here than they were on "i". (Robin Guthrie of the Cocteau Twins did half of the knob-twiddling; the band did the rest.) Unfortunately, a few numbers sound more weak-kneed than stripped-down, and their removal from the album's context doesn't help.
Americana is a solid 15-song compilation that draws from the two albums and early 12-inch releases. With its piano-and-saxophone sentimentality and "holding on for love" lyric, the one new track, "Water," serves as a bridge to the more conventional pop of New Clear Child. Although the duo's 1994 album retains some of the eccentric allure of the early work, the vocals are now clearly up front in the mix, and the noisy intrusions have been muted, thus depriving A.R.Kane of whatever originality it had left.
Sufi is Tambala's trip-hop venture with his sister, Margaret Alice Tambala. Her light, jazzy coo of a voice is the most appealing aspect of Life's Rising, a collection of weakly written pop songs ("Lostaday," "Lover," "Into the Blue") turned into sonically uninspired ambient soul doodles.[Glenn Kenny/Greg Kot]
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The May housing price report from S&P/Case-Shiller covers home price changes for March 2012 and the first quarter of 2012. According to the data from this month's report, U.S. home prices had not yet found a bottom, but were getting close. Some of the financial market headlines have focused on one data point showing no change from February to March. However, although the rate of decline is slowing, at least through March U.S. home prices continued to decline.
Here are the Case-Shiller Index Changes for the month, year-over-year and quarterly:
- 10-City Composite: March over February: -0.1%
- 10-City Composite: March 2012 over March 2011: -2.8%
- 20-City Composite: March over February: 0.0% - no change
- 20-City Composite March 2012 over March 2011: -2.6%
- U.S. National Index: Q1 2012 over Q4 2011:
The report notes that the 20-City index value is now back to late 2002 levels and the 10-City value is at early 2003 levels.
The positive point to the Case-Shiller data is the report uses same house values for the comparison over time. One negative is the one month lag, and this time it seems that month may be important. The April 2012 housing sales figures were very strong. The National Association of Realtors reported the median home sales price increased by 10.1% in April 2012 compared to April 2011. To compare March to March values on the home sales front, the median price was up 3.1% compared to March 2011.
It will be interesting to see what the April numbers from Case-Shiller show when they are reported at the end of June. If April does show a price upturn and the gains can be built upon for several months, it may turn out that March 2012 was the long-awaited bottom for U.S. home prices. However, no one should jump onto that idea as a fact until it has been confirmed by several months of upward price trends.
Disclosure: I have no positions in any stocks mentioned, and no plans to initiate any positions within the next 72 hours.


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White House plans Obamacare showdown next week
- Author: Zachary Reyes Apr 21, 2017,
Apr 21, 2017, 2:36
"They also note that there is not even legislative text yet to mark a deal, which makes the prospect of holding a vote next week even more unlikely". According to the Washington Post, it's unclear there's any compromise that could please both moderates and conservatives enough to secure the necessary 216 votes in the House.
Naturally, Trump took the opportunity to congratulate the Patriots on their historic comeback win mention the fact that he won the election, as you may have heard, and reflect on some nice things Patriots coach Bill Belichick once said about him. "I'd like to say next week, but I believe we will get it and whether it's next week or shortly thereafter", Trump said during a Thursday joint press conference with Italian Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni. The changes to the bill now being discussed - a weakening of insurer regulations that will have the most impact on people with pre-existing conditions - may make the AHCA worse in the eyes of many more moderate Republicans. Conservatives argue funding for high-risk pools could fill the gap, but opponents say high-risk pools were underfunded and did not work before ObamaCare.
The GOP health-care bill as it stands would instead allow states to spell out essential health benefits.
The original bill ran aground last month after Freedom Caucus members pushed at the last minute to scale back or eliminate these protections, which they argue is the only way to lower premiums. With Democrats solidly opposed, Republicans can lose no more than 21 House votes to prevail, and Ryan short-circuited a planned vote last month because more than that would have defected. Centrists were fleeing that bill as it moved toward a vote. "Given that, there is not a scheduled vote yet", a GOP aide told The Daily Caller News Foundation. Speaking of the White House, the source added: "I think they have that in mind". They cited the higher priority of passing a spending bill within days to avert a government shutdown, uncertainty over details of the developing health agreement and a need to sell it to lawmakers. "Not necessarily. I unfortunately am in the camp that it's going to get worse before it gets better for 2018", Gurda said. "So, yeah, I think we'll get both". The concessions also might not be enough for some conservatives, who have expressed issue with Republicans establishing an advance refundable tax credit to help pay for insurance.
Talks among White House officials and GOP lawmakers have continued during the break, but there have been no tangible signs that they've found a way to reverse what has been a damaging defeat for President Donald Trump and congressional leaders.
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Ryan said Wednesday in London that Republicans are putting the "finishing touches" on the new health care proposal.
"That pressure to try may be more important than the consequences of falling short again", he said.
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said this week that tax reform may not get done before an August deadline. "If we do nothing, in the year 2020, because of planned reduction in Medicaid reimbursements, the state of IL is going to have to come up with potentially hundreds of millions of dollars".
Trump says he was wiretapped, so he sets off a frenzy as Republicans seek to substantiate that claim, even though they will never be able to. "We'll see what happens".


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Giant Hamster Ball Racetrack with Games2U Tricities
Games2U Tricities takes you where no games have gone before with unique, interactive mobile entertainment. Lucky for us we'll have their life-size Hamster Balls for adults and kids to race up and down an inflatable track in our Active Kid Zone! With exciting activities for every age, Games2U Tricities brings out the kid in just about everyone.
Rock Climbing Wall with Climb Base5
Climb Base5 is a family-friendly climbing gym based in Coquitlam, and central to Metro Vancouverites! From new climbers to advanced, their gym has options for everyone, including memberships, drop-in passes and kids birthday parties! Climb Base5 will give families at the Expo the chance to climb a 24-foot high portable rock wall in our Active Kid Zone!
Pedalheads Bike Course
Pedalheads offers safe, fun and challenging learn to ride bike camp for kids 2-12. Since 1995 they have taught over 200,000 kids how to ride. Using their own Pedalheads teaching methods, they use small classes and exceptional instructors to get your kids off of training wheels and riding! Your kids will love giving Pedalheads a test-drive in the Expo's Active Kid Zone on March 26th!
Heroheads Superhero Camp Obstacle Course
Heroheads is a multi-sport camp with a superhero twist! Kids kick-start their passion for sports through exciting games, activities and obstacle courses. The final challenge, the Rescue Race, showcases their super skills and ends with them being awarded their own cape and mask! Kids at the Expo will participate in a specially made obstacle course where they can put those super skills to action!
Sportball Games & Play
Sportball offers non-competitive sports instruction for kids aged 16 months – 12 years old across the Lower Mainland. Kids are introduced to 8 popular sports: soccer, hockey, basketball, baseball, volleyball, tennis, golf & football. Bring your kids to the Expo's Active Kid Zone to give Sportball programs a try!
Vancouver Tumblebus
A TUMBLEBUS® is a gym on wheels filled with fun equipment such as a zipline, monkey bars, balance beam, trampoline, rings, rockwall, slide, swing and much more; thereby bringing the best possible physical education class to children at daycares, elementary schools, private schools, special events, birthday parties and everywhere else! Cheerfully decorated, the TUMBLEBUS® provides a unique and fun way for children to receive the physical fitness that is so important to their development. Little ones will love giving the TUMBLEBUS a test-drive at the Expo!
TumbleTown Play Area
TumbleTown Movement & Education Centre offers specialized movement education programs for children ages 6 months to 8 years. They have developed a unique and exciting curriculum with custom "kid sized " equipment in their amazing new facility on West Broadway in Vancouver! Children participate in classes that incorporate movement circuits, games and music. We're so excited to have TumbleTown on board for kids to enjoy at Healthy Family Expo 2017!


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A jury late Wednesday convicted a condo president of hiring two men to douse a neighboring building manager with sulfuric acid over a petty land dispute in Lauderdale-by-the-Sea.
Walter Dendy, 67, faces life in prison when he is sentenced for second-degree murder, probably in about a month.
A separate jury earlier Wednesday reached a verdict in the trial of Neal Bross, the man accused of throwing the acid on Leonard "Rudi" Houda, 63, in a supermarket parking lot in July 2000. But the judge sealed the verdict and sent that jury home because the Dendy jury had not yet finished its deliberations.
Bross, 53, will learn his fate when that verdict is announced in court at 11 a.m. today.
Houda's widow, Edith, cried and hugged her son, Leonard, when she heard the Dendy verdict.
"He hated my husband," she said of Dendy outside court after hugging prosecutor David Frankel. "He killed my husband in a very brutal way."
Edith Houda sat by her husband's bed for 10 days after he was attacked, unable to help him after doctors put him in a drug-induced coma to try to relieve his pain. He eventually died of the horrific acid burns he suffered.
Frankel told jurors that Rudi Houda's body literally melted away. The acid was so strong that it dissolved his glasses.
Dendy's jury deliberated for about eight hours before reaching its verdict. Bross' jury took two days to reach its decision.
Both men were originally charged with first-degree murder, but a grand jury later indicted them for second-degree murder. The grand jury apparently believed that the two men did not intend to kill Houda but rather to injure him.
A third man, Emilio Charafardin, has already pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and testified against the two others in exchange for a recommendation from prosecutors that he serve 25 years rather than life in prison.


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She may have created the "Anti-Princess Reading List," but Amy Keroes isn't completely anti-princess. She does, however, want little girls to read about characters with ambitions other than marrying royalty.
"My daughter has a Snow White doll; we have princess movies. I don't ban princesses from my house," said Keroes, the founder of Mommy Track'd, a Web site for working moms. "But I feel strongly that kids also need to be exposed to strong female characters that don't just care about wearing pink and having pretty hair."
Keroes, who lives in California, started the Anti-Princess reading list while collecting books with positive - and believable - characters for her son and daughter. Canvassing the San Francisco area talking to book buyers, store owners and librarians, she was shocked at how difficult it was to find books that fit the bill. Some suffered from "going too far in the other direction," Keroes said.
"Some authors try too hard, and the result just doesn't resonate with kids. What I was looking for was books about regular, strong, smart girls who go about life the way real little girls do."
While it was difficult to find books with strong female protagonists, Keroes said it was even harder to find a book that talked about what little girls wanted to be when they grew up. She also discovered that working moms rarely made an appearance in children's books.
"It was startling to me that in so many children's books, Dad leaves for work and mom stays home with an apron on. Those families still exist, but more than 70 percent of women with children under 18 have jobs, and it's important to show that."
The books she found, however - more than 30 in all - have spunky, true-to-life heroines, including some familiar titles, from the "Magic Tree House" and "Olivia" series to kid-approved favorites such as "Junie B. Jones" and "Judy Moody" to Beverly Cleary's classic "Ramona the Brave." The word "princess" even makes a few appearances, courtesy of Carmela LaVigna Coyle's "Do Princesses....?" series, beginning with the 2003 hit "Do Princesses Wear Hiking Boots?"
Then there's "Bridget and the Gray Wolves" by Pija Lindenbaum (also one of a series) in which a young girl separated from her day care group in the woods summons unparalleled levels of bravery and bossiness to dispatch the wolves who menace her. Fans of Kevin Henkes' work will enjoy the title mouse's adventures in "Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse," and Queen Latifah lends some celebrity cache with her "Queen of the Scene."
Another advantage to the books, Keroes says, is their appeal to adults: At storytime, parents reading aloud to kids can enjoy something other than a warmed-over movie plot.
"It's a lot more interesting for me to read books with a story arc and some attitude," Keroes said.
For the complete "Anti-Princess Reading List," visit the Reading Room of www.mommytrackd.com.
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She may have created the "Anti-Princess Reading List," but Amy Keroes isn't completely anti-princess. She does, however, want little girls to read about characters with ambitions other than marrying royalty.


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One never senses judgment from Dano, Kazan, Gyllenhaal, or Mulligan—they recognize that there's beauty even in the mistakes we make in life. It's what makes…
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"Viva Riva!" is the first feature I've seen from the Congo, and the last one I would have expected: A slick, exciting, well-made crime thriller, dripping with atmosphere. The plot would be at home in many countries, but the African locations are a gripping bonus here. You might learn more about Congo from this film than in a documentary, and you'd probably have more fun.
The hero is a good-bad guy named Riva (Patsha Bay Mukana), a charming, fast-thinking con man who has stolen a truckload of gasoline from some crooks in Angola and plans to resell it for a small fortune in Kinshasa. This detail is itself revealing. Some thrillers involve fortunes in gold or diamonds; the poverty and shortages in Congo make a truckload of fuel drums worth a fortune.
Riva is not a cautious thief. He's a partying ladies' man, whose objective in getting money is to spend it. He plans to hold the petrol off the market as gas prices grow higher, and in the meantime, plunges head-first into a shadow world of bars, brothels, conspirators and gangsters. It is his fate to fall head over heels with Nora (Manie Malone), the mistress of a local crime lord, who only perhaps can be trusted. Oh, she likes him well enough. She also likes staying alive.
Soon Riva is being pursued by the gangster's men and also by some very angry Angolans who want their gasoline back. The film's writer-director, Djo Tunda Wa Munga, ingeniously entwines this generic plot with a riot of local atmosphere: street life, homes, dance clubs, whorehouses, warehouses, cops and robbers, connivers and stoolies, torture and mayhem. It is a true achievement, I suppose, to make a Congolese feature that is the rival or superior of any hard-boiled Western film.
I suppose this is a film noir. By centering itself on the mean streets, a noir often records more about a time and place than a studio-centered mainstream drama. Consider that our images of postwar Vienna and London may largely be inspired by "The Third Man" and "Night and the City." This film moves effortlessly through its locations. It knows its way around. It makes no particular point of poverty, corruption and the seller's markets created by shortages. It doesn't even bother to point out the irony that the Democratic Republic of the Congo needs fuel that exists in abundance in nearby Nigeria.
The actors all feel like seasoned professionals, assured and persuasive. This is in no sense a bargain-basement production; it's as if a Congolese cinema springs full-blown before our eyes; this is apparently Djo Tunda Wa Munga's first film, but he knows what he's doing.
Apart from its other qualities, "Viva Riva!" has an unconscious authenticity. When big Hollywood stars are surrounded by CGI effects, we're always thinking, "action movie." When new faces are filmed in real places, there is a persuasiveness that's impossible to contrive. The movie offers the rare pleasure of a film that creates its own world, unfamiliar to us but feeling real. It's like a shot in the arm for the action genre.
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JHS exhibit portrays a town that could have been much different
The Jamestown Historical Society is exhibiting a group of pictures, which depict a variety of proposals that would have changed the face of the island. Last week's report on the exhibit, which is set up at Lawn Avenue School, focused mostly on military and industrial proposals. This week, the Press looks at ideas floated by the town and private developers.
The JHS exhibit is entitled "What Might Have Been: For Better or Worse?" One of the most striking pictures in the exhibit is a map of lower Narragansett Bay, with a thick line zigzagging across the bay. The portion of the line traversing Conanicut Island represents a canal that would have cut the island in half.
According to a Jamestown Press article co-authored by JHS director Sue Maden, a canal route was originally surveyed by Joseph Totten (who designed Fort Adams) in the late 1820s. A canal would have allowed ferryboats, which were sailpowered at the time of the survey, to travel a much shorter route between Saunderstown and Newport.
But the first proposed ditch wasn't dug because its projected cost of $50,000 was considered far too high. A second, more formal proposal emerged in 1854, when a transportation company was established to build both a rail spur (connecting Saunderstown with the Stonington rail line) and a Jamestown canal. But it's believed that funding problems again thwarted the project.
Steam-powered ferryboats started plying the East Passage in 1873, but Jamestown was still viewed as an "obstacle" by New Yorkers traveling to, or heading home from, Newport. So, in 1887, a railroad company again proposed to build a canal in Jamestown. In 1894, with the proposal languishing, the state's General Assembly passed a resolution asking Washington to finance the dig. But the feds said no, and the canal proposal died.
But not without one last gasp. On June 21, 1938, or just before the state assembly OK'd the construction of the Jamestown Bridge, the Newport Herald published a letter from a Newport resident who warned that the bridge would impede commercial shipping and argued that a canal should still be built. But Jamestowners were, by then, vocally opposing a canal – and that was the last anyone heard about the idea.
Although it wouldn't have altered Jamestown as much as a canal, a proposal for a tidal marsh that the canal would have crossed – Great Creek – sparked some strident opposition. The idea, which was proposed in 1959, was a 160-boat marina; the opposition was led by the Jamestown Garden Club, which threatened a lawsuit.
As the exhibit poster explains, the town's deed to Great Creek required the marsh to be used for passive recreation or wildlife preservation, and the garden club was determined to fight any commercial use of those waters.
The developer backed down without much of a fight, and that was the last time anyone proposed a Great Creek marina. But the brevity of the dispute makes it noteworthy in the annals of Jamestown disputes. In fact, by 1959, the town had tried, and failed, to replace its crumbling municipal building for 35 years – and the effort still had nearly 46 years to go.
By the early 1920s, it was clear that the Southwest Avenue municipal building had become inadequate for its many uses. So the town hired an architect to design a structure that incorporated the Fire and Police departments in addition to town offices. In 1927, the proposed firehouse wing was built on Narragansett Avenue, where it still houses the town's Fire Department. But the town hall piece was left unresolved.
"They never really decided where [the multiuse structure] would go," JHS Secretary Rosemary Enright said, adding, "If they put it on Narragansett Avenue, it would have meant buying more properties."
Maden said that once it was clear that the multiuse proposal had stalled, "the Fire Department took the lead and built the firehouse they have to this day."
But the inadequacy of the Southwest Avenue building only worsened over time, which led the Town Council of 1949 to pass a pair of resolutions in support of referenda to address the problem. One of the questions would have proposed an expansion of the existing structure; the other question would have proposed a conversion of the recreation center into a municipal building. However, for reasons unknown, neither question was posed during the Financial Town Meeting of 1950.
The town revisited the problem in 1962, with a professional study recommending several solutions – including, of course, a brand new building. But, once again, the discussions reached an impasse.
Consequently, the town launched some nominal renovation work at Southwest Avenue. In a 1977 interview with the Newport Daily News, Harold Shippee – the council's vice president in 1967 – reflected that, "Ten years ago, there was no hope of building the type of building needed to house the town offices."
In 1977, however, there was another opportunity to break the impasse: a referendum on the construction of a new municipal building. The question asking voters if the town should proceed with construction passed by nine votes, but the vote on a second question – this one asking if the town should issue a bond to pay for the building – ended in a tie.
In January 1978, the town held a second special town meeting to ask the bond question again: This time, the financing was turned down by a 2-1 margin, leaving the town hall problem unresolved for another 27 years. So, with each year of the controversy, the decision against building the structure proposed in the early 1920s proved evermore fateful.
However, not all of Jamestown's failed proposals were controversial. In fact, one of the well-supported ideas would have become a signature structure if it had been built: the Conanicut Club.
Construction work on the country club and its golf course, which could have become the "Pebble Beach" of the East, actually started in 1927. The resort would have encompassed nearly 400 acres on the north end, featuring an enormous, Spanish-style clubhouse with towers and arches. A Press article co-authored by Maden reprises a quote from the project engineer, who said, "Every effort would be made to make this not only a golf course, but a work of art."
But it definitely wasn't going to be publicly accessible "art." In fact, a Conanicut Club prospectus said members of the club could transfer their memberships to others – but only if the prospective members were "acceptable" to the governing board.
So what became of this grandiose endeavor? Maden's article says, "We have no facts about what stopped the project, but can look at the year [it was halted], 1929, and speculate. It would not seem unreasonable to guess that the stock market crash… put an end to the ambitious plans."
The JHS exhibit will remain in place for the rest of 2011.


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The Oath
The Constitution of the State of Alaska
Article 12 § 5. Oath of Office
All public officers, before entering upon the duties of their offices, shall take and subscribe to the following oath or affirmation:
"I do solemnly swear (or affirm)
that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States
and the Constitution of the State of Alaska,
and that I will faithfully discharge my duties
as [State Representative] to the best of my ability."
- Alaska State Constitution, Art. 12 § 5
As an Army Officer, I took the following oath upon being promoted to Captain:
I, David Eastman, do solemnly swear that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States
against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same;
that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion;
and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter. So help me God.
Having worn the Army uniform for twelve years, it is an oath that I have honored, and came to know well through repeated use. At West Point we were taught, and taught others, that any officer who was willing to honor that oath to the point of losing his life in combat should certainly willing to be fired for honoring that same oath. If you are willing to die for your country, you need to be willing to be fired for it as well.
As the first official act of an elected official, the swearing in ceremony reminds us of where our allegiance is to lie while in office, and the pride which we are to have in fulfilling that oath each day after that. As a legislator, our allegiance is not to the interests that predominate in Juneau, nor is it even to constituents who ask us to do that which reason and law do not permit. Our allegiance is to the US Constitution and the Alaska State Constitution.
As your elected representative in the Alaska House of Representatives, it is an oath that I strive to fulfill every day.
-David Eastman


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In a bit of financial legerdemain, the city of Woodland has appropriated $2,500 to the Fire Department's budget for two Automatic External Defibrillators, which will then be paid back through a $2,500 grant received from Walmart.
The defibrillators — which can be used by even a novice — will be installed at City Hall and the Library, according to Fire Chief Rebecca Ramirez.
Approval to spend the money and accept the grant came during a Tuesday night meeting of the City Council, which acted under its consent calendar, meaning there was no dissent.
Under city codes, money that hasn't been designated for a specific purpose money can't be spent without council authorization. The same codes also require the council to OK the acceptance of donations or grants.
Ramirez reported the Fire Department applied for the Community Grants through the Walmart Foundation in November 2017. The grants range from $250 to $2,500 and are awarded to nonprofit groups, public or private schools, church and faith-based organizations as well as government entities that are "requesting funds exclusively for public purposes."
"Funding areas include hunger relief and healthy eating, health and human services, quality of life, education, community and economic development, diversity and inclusion, public safety, and environmental sustainability," according to Ramirez.
The Fire Department received a grant for $2,500 for the two defibrillators.
Fire personnel will provide hands-on training when the equipment becomes available.
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possibly one of the best bands out there. Discuss
possibly one of the best bands out there. Discuss
Good band.
love the Queens. saw em 3 times, each time they create a tornado on stage. Anything Homme touches is gold IMO
saw em Halloween night during a crazy rain storm in LA. The greek was all decked out like a huanted house, but it was pouring so hard it was difficult to enjoy the show. and leaving the greek that night was straight up crazy, even more than it usually is. The Cramps (RIP) opened the show and were fantastic.
saw them open for NIN at the hollywood bowl and it was one of the best shows I've been to.
Saw them at the Ventura theater as well. had a bunch of drinks, walked 5 minutes from my house and to the show. great fun, great pit, totally don't remember really anything else
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Then I will hold you down and spit her percolations all over you until you're as greasy as the day she regrets pushing your big fat ass out her big fat cunt.
It's funny, as many times as I've seen them, (and I'm not exactly obsessed with them like I am other bands), I think they're the one band I'd kill to see on the polo fields now more than any other... outside of BSS of course... it's a shame it's been so many years. They belong in the fucking desert.
Todds sister is an alien....ohhhh welllll
white power?!
I posted the snippets released on the website in another thread earlier today:
Sounds like a nightmare in the best way possible. This is my number 1 band, has been for a loooooong time, always will be. Just inked one of their logos on me, that's how dedicated I am to the cause. I don't do band tattoos, except for this band because of how special they are to me. The one exception.
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Sick, this is awesome JustSteve
Audio 6 and 7 are going to be apart of some great songs
I couldn't do band tattoos. I have no clue where I'm gonna be with respect to music years down the line.
Really happy that Nick is back!
8/7/16 - Sufjan Stevens @ Hollywood Bowl // 8/8/16 - Radiohead @ Shrine // 8/8/16 - Boris @ Regent
9/14/16 - Wilco @ Theatre at Ace Hotel // 9/18/16 - Kraftwerk @ Hollywood Bowl
Well, he's not really back, just on a couple tracks from what i've heard.
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8/7/16 - Sufjan Stevens @ Hollywood Bowl // 8/8/16 - Radiohead @ Shrine // 8/8/16 - Boris @ Regent
9/14/16 - Wilco @ Theatre at Ace Hotel // 9/18/16 - Kraftwerk @ Hollywood Bowl
Yeah, it sounds like he and Josh have reconciled. Pretty awesome that he called up his old friend to be on the new album, extending the olive branch and all. Josh had to do what he did to protect the music, the band, back when he kicked Nick out and it seems like Nick really was out of control. Luckily with age people tend to mellow and move on, put that stuff on the back burner.
Ever read Nicks take on the whole hostage situation he was in a couple years ago? Pretty funny.
It's on, I will be hitting so many shows on that tour:
I can't wait of this album. Really hoping they play OSL.
I'm guessing they'll tour the US starting mid-August. Osheaga will probably be the first date for North America.
April 24 - Queens of the Stone Age
April 26-28 - Levitation
I thought Nick was back in the band? He only recorded with them? Excited to hear a track with Alex Turner...
Any word on Dave touring with them again? I really hope so.
Not a chance.
well, dave said he isn't so there's that...
April 24 - Queens of the Stone Age
April 26-28 - Levitation
Yeah I just read a Rolling Stone article. That's unfortunate. Perhaps Jon Theodore will be the touring drummer? Wouldn't be so bad...
Josh lives in the fucking desert. Why aren't they on the lineup this year?
Watched their set online from Lolla Brazil and they just destroyed, such an amazing performance. 1 new song, as well. Amazing job by ex-Mars Volta drummer Jon Theodore, as well. Seems like he'll be a good fit.
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Christian Dior Spring/Summer 2011 Collection is all about feminine dresses, with cute designs, white hats, and very short shorts. The colors are very vibrant, but the iconic colors of this collection are blue and white. Check out below some of the outfits. If you like this collection and want to see more, you can watch the first part of the collection in the video listed below.
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I love the great game of golf and have enjoyed playing for 50 Years! I have had the pleasure of teaching golf to young and old, beginning or advanced golfers, and group or individuals. Teaching golf is my passion and I have helped many to start playing, and have straightened out players who have need help with their game!
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Golf Coach for the Indian Creek High School golf team
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Have taught many group and individual lessons. Ran a Junior Golf Clinic the past 8 years. Help run local golf tournaments and assist with golf rulings
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I am new to the game of golf, but have had a couple golf lessons prior to working with Keith, which gives me a credible reference point for his teaching style.
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16 and Pregnant Star Jordan Ward Shows Off Breast Implants
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Jordan Ward, from MTV's "16 and Pregnant" revealed that she is the latest teen mom turned reality star to opt for breast augmentation after having a kid at a young age.
At 17-years old, Jordan Ward appeared in the 3rd season on MTV's reality show "16 and Pregnant." Unlike other castmembers of the show, she didn't become part of "Teen Mom" because she ended up getting married and pregnant again. However she did follow in fellow reality star's footsteps by undergoing breast augmentation.
Late last year, Jordan revealed her breast implants via Instagram, with the caption "( . ) ( . ) time to take them out of hiding lol"—just in case fans couldn't spot the new change in Jordan's look.
The photos aren't the typical overtly sexy bikini shots that many former stars of the reality show pick to show off their new enhancements. Instead, the photos are carefully cropped and show off just the right amount of jumbo-sized cleavage. Then again, Jordan did take a different path than other form stars, opting for marriage and a stable relationship rather than trying porn, drugs and even jail, in some cases.
Apparently Jordan's hints and photos were still too subtle for some, as some fans said that the teenaged mother was probably just wearing a push up bra to boost her small chest. However, Jordan responded by further clarifying the photo with "I did get them done." Jordan says that she went from a small A cup to a DD, which seems much too large for her small frame and may cause her trouble in the long run, which has some bloggers hoping that it was just a typo and Jordan didn't really go that big.
Indeed, a before photo of Jordan shows that she is very thin and muscular and clearly spends a lot of time working on her body. The after photo showcases a very large chest, which means that Jordan may actually have to cut back on her physical activity, as many women with large breasts or large implants find it difficult and painful to perform exercises.
Jordan is the latest star of 16 and Pregnant to go under the knife for breast augmentation and reveal her results. Maci Bookout and Farrah Abraham from Season 1 got breast implants after their episodes aired on MTV. Since then, Farrah has actually had her implants replaced with a larger set of saline implants as well as had a chin implant placed and removed as well as nose job, making her the leader of the most plastic surgery procedures. Jenelle Evans also had breast augmentation, although she has been in and out of prison for drug use, so she hasn't showed them off much. More recently, Nikkole Paulun has said that she got breast augmentation using the endobam procedure.
Although Jordan has two kids, she says that she and her husband are open to having a lot more in the future because they are still very young.none


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It has been announced - see news item here - that BMG (formerly Bertelsmann Music Group) have acquired Verse Music Group of New York.
It is stated that included in the deal are the rights to "Golden" records who issued the sequence of children's records recorded by Bing around 1957.
These included "Jack B. Nimble (A Mother Goose Fantasy)", "A Christmas Story" , "Never Be Afraid" - a musical version of "The Emperor's New Clothes", and "Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves".
The report specifically mentions Bing but I wonder, as I had the impression that Bing usually ensured that long term, rights would revert back to him, only leasing them for an initial period to the issuing labels.
In some jurisdictions the rights have expired and Sepia and Shout! Factory have issued some of the material in recent years.
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Jeff advises clients on the acquisition, development, financing, operation and disposition of commercial real estate, with emphasis on mixed-use projects and self-storage facilities.
Jeff also assists clients with debt and equity financings and corporate structuring.
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Capcom has begun constructing its second new research and development building in Osaka, Japan in preparation for the company's new emphasis on development and digital distribution.
Along with their two new buildings, Capcom announced today that part of the $78 million plan includes a focus on designing more games internally, so it plans to hire 100 developers every year, "mostly new graduates," and hopes to have a workforces of 2,500 developers by March 2022.
Capcom said that the two new buildings will have a "variety of the latest facilities" including a motion capture room and a studio for producing sound effects to give its developers a "competitive advantage" in the "rapidly growing mobile content and PC online games markets."
The two new research and development buildings, Building S and Building N, are planned for completion in January 2015 and February 2016 respectively. Last month Capcom announced a new partnership with Twitch and revealed the final character for Ultra Street Fighter 4.
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This post does not fall under the "Just Like..." posts because I felt that there were only a few elements that gave a hint of being inspired by a brand. In his S/S 2011 collection, Jonathan Saunders used abstract floral wallpaper prints and a mix of bright and pastel shades as his color palette. And when I spotted this pleated white dress with stripes detail and the floral printed pencil skirt at Dorothy Perkins in the Avenues, I immediately related the designs to Jonathan Saunders's collection. The dress was priced at KD 25 and the skirt was around KD 18 but these were the before sale prices so now I'm sure they're much cheaper in price.
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Bomgar is well known for its on-premise support solution, allowing you to view and control your users' PCs from around the world. Their claim to fame is that you put the Bomgar hardware (or a virtual machine) on your premises, whereas their competition is mostly cloud based.
On Feb. 1 Bomgar announced version 10.6 of their software. The main improvement this time is to enable what Bomgar calls Atlas Technology, which a Bomgar rep explained was basically a way to set up a private cloud of Bomgar appliances. This way you get redudancy--you can keep using the Bomgar features in case of a failure of one piece of equipment. Atlas also does load balancing, including geographic load balancing, so that users can be routed to the nearest, fastest support technicials.
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Behind the buff brick walls of 187 Sutherland Avenue in Winnipeg hides a story of mystery and intrigue. An unassuming two story building in the North Point Douglas neighbourhood, the façade gives no hint as to what tragedy transpired there in 1928. Cheerful arches with decorative keystones grace the entrance and windows on the front façade, with a brick cornice detail running along the roofline, giving no suggestion of heartache. In a neighbourhood where immigrants came to start a new life, a little girl's life was cut short leaving unanswered questions that haunted those involved for years to come.
In 1812, the Selkirk Settlers arrived at the junction of the Red and Assiniboine Rivers. With Fort Gibraltar already established by the North West Company at this location, Governor Miles Macdonell choose to lead the settlers further north along the Red River, to an area on the west side which had been cleared by fire in recent years. The land was divided into long narrow river lots for settlers in the north, the colony's buildings on the narrow point of land to the south and "King's Highway" (which would become modern day Main Street) meandering through it all. It was in this area that the settlers would soon build Fort Douglas, named after Thomas Douglas, Fifth Earl of Selkirk, the reigning Lord Selkirk in 1812. It was the site of conflict for many years, as the North West Company and the Hudson's Bay Company (aligned with the Selkirk Settlers) struggled for power. Destruction, reconstruction, struggle and strife all finally ended in 1821, when the two warring companies merged, with the fort still standing. It took a force of nature, a flood in 1826, to wash away Fort Douglas forever.
|Fort Douglas on the banks of the Red River in 1817.
Source: Douglas Archives
In 1881, the Canadian Pacific Railway arrived, with its tracks running right down the center of Point Douglas, cutting the neighborhood into two. North Point Douglas remained a residential area, while South Point Douglas was more commercial. The presences of the noisy trains and the unpleasant industry growing up around it drove many of the residence away, replaced with working class immigrants of non-British origin. North Point Douglas soon became an immigrant community, where people could shop, worship and speak as they did in the homeland. Yet through this change, the original buildings of the area stood unfazed, a reminded of a time of prosperity and promise. Many of the areas larger homes were divided into boarding houses while single family homes where tucked between the stately old homes.
|Point Douglas in 1912, the narrow point of land surrounded by the Red River on three sides.
Source: CBC News Manitoba and Achieves of Manitoba
It was into this North Point Douglas, filled with old homes and new immigrants that Julian Johnson was born. By 1928 Julian was five and a half year old little girl that lived a happy life at 138 Austin St. Born and raised in Winnipeg, Julia was a pretty girl of about 40 pounds, with blue eyes, dark brown hair and a pale complexion. She lived with her mother, her father Anton, who was a construction worker, her sister Bernice, 11, her brother John, 16, and brother Joseph, 13. The family was of Polish decent and by no means wealthy.
On April 25th of 1928 Julia was playing outside while waiting for her sister and the next door neighbor, Elizabeth Kral, to come home from school so they could play together. Julia was a shy, quiet little girl. She was taught not to talk to strangers and to always stay close to home. Her mother was washing clothes in the kitchen around 1:30pm when Julia went outside to play. Julia was wearing a red and black dress that her mother made for her and little black shoes that just had a new sole put on one. With fawn stockings, a sweater and brown toque, she was ready to go outside and play. It was a mild day, with the temperature around 0ºC and no rain in sight.
Julia's mother would call out to her daughter periodically, with Julia coming in to tell her mother what she was doing. She would tell her mother she was just playing with her favorite tennis ball, or that she was watching the "gas man" as he made his rounds. Around 3:30pm, Julian's mother got a strange feeling. She called out for Julia, but here was no answer. She went out the front door and called again, but still no answer. Mrs. Kral, the neighbour, came out and told her she had just seen Julia a few minutes ago playing with her ball, bouncing it against her house. They immediately searched the area, calling out, but could not find Julia. The Kral's son Alfred came home from school just before 4pm, and when asked, he said he had not seen her along the way.
It was not like Julia to disappear and so after the search continued fruitlessly for a short time, the police were called. Constable Thomas McKim got the call on his callbox #4 as he made his rounds in the area, so he responded to the Johnson home and joined in the search. Nothing turned up to give them any clue as to where Julia was. When Julian's father, Anton, arrived home he started searching the entire area with the help of her brothers and some school kids that knew Julia. They searched the neighborhood and along the riverbank looking for clues or footprints, but found nothing. Panic set in and the family was stricken with anxiety.
The case was turned over to the detective division as suspected foul play. Inspector R. Macdonald, in Division E, was put in charge of the case. Chief Detective George Smith, Sargent Fred Batho, Sargent Charles Maciver, and Detective Alex Kolomic were assigned to the case and the search for clues started in haste.
Nathan Taplinsky owned the blacksmith shop at 190 Sutherland, just a half block away from the Johnson's home. He had seen Julia around 2:00pm with some other children playing in the yard that he used for storing his wagon and material. It was a dangerous area for kids to play in and he chased them out. Mrs. Newmark indicated that she and her son talked to Julia on Austin Street in front of her house at around 3:15-3:30pm. The neighbor, Mrs. Kral, said Julia was bouncing her ball against her house somewhere around 3:45pm.
A search started that took up the whole Point Douglas area and continued all the way to St. Johns Avenue past Redwood. Every home, building, back yard, river bank was checked by the police with the help of the local citizens, as well as a Boy Scouts troupe that offered to help. Tons of metal in piles were searched in back yards, alleys and businesses. Anywhere where a small girl could hide was searched and then searched again but nothing.
|Julia Johnson's family offered a reward of $50,
which was a large sun of money for a poor family n 1928.
Sadly, it was speculated that Julia had been abducted and as the search continued the family was starting to losing hope and Mrs. Johnson became bedridden with grief. The search went on for months but with no new leads, and the detectives were at a standstill. The case was not closed, but put aside, with the detectives continuing to monitor it for any breaks.
The family could not live in the home anymore because of the memories and moved to 1105 St. Mary's Road. Detective George Smith became Chief Constable in 1934, and he never dropped the case, but like the others, he watched over it looking for a possible break. Every two weeks, Mrs. Johnson and her husband Anton would go to the police station and ask Chief Smith if there was any new leads as he always gave them time. He had become close to the Johnsons and wanted to relieve their pain by solving the case, which is why it was never closed even though it went cold.
In 1937, 187 Sutherland Avenue was sold to Muzeen & Blythe, a machine shop company. They were preparing the building for their business, clearing out a lot of scrap and equipment in the building from its soda bottling days. One item was the old boiler that sat in the basement. Wilfred Adams had the task of dismantling the boiler so it could be removed. To his horror, when he took off the back cover, there was a gruesome discovery - small skeleton was inside. The police were called and when word reached the station George Smith and Alex Kolomic rushed to the scene.
There in the boiler were the remains of a small girl bent over so her head had almost touched her feet. A brown toque and a ball with a tear in it were found by the body. The Johnson's son John came down and identified the body by the ball, toque, and what was left of the dress Julia was wearing the day she disappeared. It was devastating news for the family, as they always had hope that she was alive somewhere.
The case was then reopened and the search for new clues began. It had been nine years since Julia's disappearance. People had passed and memories had grown foggy, but the detectives continued on. During the course of their investigation, they discovered Mr. Hamilton, who owned 187 Sutherland Avenue, closed the business down on April 7, 1928. The building was boarded up and the doors locked. He went to the blacksmith shop of Nathan Taplinsky and left a key there for the meter man, which was hung on a post by the door. Nathan and his assistant denied having the key, but a former worker testified that there was a key on the post, although he not knowing what it was for. A meterman also said he got the key from Nathan to read the meter and he hung it back up at the blacksmith shop afterwards.
Florian Kovacs, a neighbour, said he saw Julia talking with a bearded man, walking and holding hands. No one saw or knew of this man and Julia, known for her shyness, would never talk to strangers. The premises of 187 Sutherland Avenue, including the boiler, had been searched more than once, but because the body had been pushed right to the back into a cavity, it was never found. A metal tube was found by the boiler, which could have been used to push Julia's body back and cause her hip to dislocate, as noted by the corner.
A coroners hearing was held after police were given time to reopen the case and look for new clues. When they presented what they had found, the jury at the inquest hearing was not satisfied. There were too many discrepancies in the witnesses' testimonies in 1928 and in 1937.
Who would do such a thing? Why was the ball found with the body? If foul play was suspected and she was lured into the building, why were no screams heard? Surly she would have screamed if she did not know the person. She did just that two weeks before she disappeared! She ran home and told her mother the "boogey man" was after her. It took her mother almost two hours to calm her down. The building at 187 Sutherland Avenue is only 60 feet from the back of her home so her mother would have heard her screams for sure.
|187 Sutherland Avenue still stands in North Point Douglas today,
steadfast in its silence, the only witness to what really happened to Julia Johnson.
Unfortunately, too many unanswered questions never got answered. Little Julia was buried March 30, 1937 and laid to rest in St. Mary's Cemetery. The case was closed as unsolved in June of 1937 and remains a mystery to this day. Only the walls know what really transpired at 187 Sutherland Avenue that heartbreaking day in 1928.
Guest post by Greg Agnew, Heritage Winnipeg Board Member
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Yamauchi Plans to Pimp Some Standard Rides in Gran Turismo 5
While Gran Turismo 5's gameplay is about as good as you'll ever see, that doesn't mean the game isn't without its faults. Fans have been disappointed by the fact that although the game includes the over 1000 advertised cars, roughly 800 of those are lower-quality "standard" models. Thanks to the internet, Polyphony Digital is aware of these concerns and has a plan in-store.
According to the crew over at Andriasang, the upcoming issue of Famitsu magazine includes a special interview with none other than Gran Turismo creator Kazunori Yamauchi. Even more special is that along with some great upcoming content will be some model conversions from standard to premium. Per Andriasang's post:
Gran Turismo 5 has a mix of gloriously detailed "premium" cars and less detailed "standard cars." In an interview with Famitsu this week, Polyphony prez Kazunori Yamauchi reveals that there are plans in place to upgrade the standard cars to premium status.
There are a ton of cars that I'd like to see go platinum, including the beastly Bugatti Veyron as well as a few of the game's dozens of race car models like the McLaren F1 GTR '97. I'm interested to see whether or not these new models will be in the form of a free update or purchasable DLC, hopefully being the former.
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My new sister in law admitted to me she takes paxil for anxiety and I know my brother and her are planning to start a family asap. She says she takes it when needed but I know these anti anxiety pills take at least two weeks to work, and must continue to use for efficiency. I do not know if she is telling me the truth and worry my future nephews may be born with some kind of problems.
Is paxil dangerous if you are trying to conceive?
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Paxil is pregnancy category d which means it should only be taken if absolutely necessary. I'm concerned if shres only taking it as needed, it won't work that way. It has to be taken every day.
People need to take meds even when they are pregnant and not stop them for reasons only doctors know. If something happens to her child bc she stopped taking her meds cps will be involved. They take this very serious and she could lost custody of her child.
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