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So if the boss of Sony committed ritual suicide then this would be forgiven?
It would probably be cheaper for them in the long run.
Its the standard UK Nanny State rearing its ugly head again. I'd hoped we were past this.
Essentially the state believes that all parents are feckless layabouts who can't be relied upon to bring their children up properly. For this most part this may actually be true but their methods of dealing with the problem only serve to alienate those who would do the job properly in the first place.
Or people like me who have signed up but rarely bother to login because they read Techdirt on several different computers during the course of the day.
Tesco are an odd bunch, they are actually quite disruptive compared to other UK supermarkets and I think overall they've made that market better. They like to try new things and have the cash to back it up.
Anti-Mike - where will the extra 10 or 20k a year come from for these schools to invest? Presumably this will come from other schools, who will in turn sell other lesson plans to other schools. This will most likely simply move money from school to school without any real benefit... other then whoever sits in the middle and takes a cut as it goes past.
This is frustrating. Everyone has embarrassing stories in their past and that is a good thing as it shows they are real people. The attempts by politicians to whitewash their past is terribly false and disconnects them completely from the people they are supposed to represent.
We need minor skeletons in the closet of people to force society to be a bit more relaxed and tolerant about the little things.
It worries me that I am so rarely surprised by the stupid ideas coming out of some governments.
France in particular has a long history of cutting off its nose to spite its face. They were terribly snobbish about the French language and created the Academy Francais to protect it and its place in French culture. They insisted on set rules, grammar etc. This made the language somewhat limited as it could not adapt and failure to adapt meant it was left behind.
English by contrast stole words from everywhere which helped in its spread around the world. Which is why English has been the lingua franca for quite a while now ;-)
At the end of the day France isn't that big a market and the precedent set if they get away with this would be enormously damaging. I hope the big Tech companies band together and block the whole silly country and see how long before the screams of rage erupt from the French people.
Of course France would probably go running to the EU and force them to fine anyone who did this.
This doesn't surprise me at all. Bono is the most self-righteous, sanctimonious prat in the music business. I used to really like U2's music (and bought it ;) ) but the rubbish he spouts means that I now get angry whenever I hear it. Its a shame because he has some decent songs.
I wonder if there is a correlation between the decline in U2's music sales and the distance Bono's head is inserted up his own posterior.
As an aside I read an amusing piece on him. He was in Glasgow and part way through the gig he stopped and started slowly clapping his hands together. He then proceeded to tell the crowd "Everytime I clap my hands, a child in Africa dies." To which one of the locals shouted "Well stopping clapping them then... you evil bastard."
To the issue at hand, he's clearly a misinformed puppet spouting the company line. The problem is that due to his status many people actually listen to him and will think what he says is true.
actually thats a pretty good idea. Every other kind of property gets taxed. You could even turn it round on them and say "You want your copyrights to be policed. Well we need to pay for that so pay up."
Mandy was forced to resign twice in disgrace when he was an MP but each time he came back. However as a Lord we cannot vote him out. The only way to take him out of power is to ensure that the Labour party are not the Government.
Fortunately we have an election in about six months and hopefully they'll get kicked out.
I'm not wildly ecstatic about the Conservatives closeness to business but I have read articles by leading members which shows a lot of more sense on Copyright issues and on the Internet in particular. Whether they stick to it when elected is another matter.
Just has a quick look through the media I've bought this year, several hundred pounds worth.
All of the music is for singers or bands that I discovered online, on occasion through dubious means. Several of them are not available in the High Street shops in the UK (I checked before downloading the albums as I wanted the cover art). Could probably have got an import copy but that would cost much more then I was willing to pay.
I've bought a few TV boxsets, several of these were of shows I originally watched online because they were not available to me on my current TV package.
Films, saw the films in the cinema and then bought the DVDs when they came out. Though for several of these I would not have known they even existed without various websites alerting me to them, some certainly with unlicensed trailers.
Of course it is also true that I've bought no media generated by British creators at all this year. I think it is rubbish so refuse to spend my money on it. One could argue that I only think its rubbish because I've found media I prefer elsewhere and without the Internet I would not have developed such a taste for it. That'll be their next comment - "Globalisation has made people realise what we produce is crap. We should put a tax on imported media to protect our homegrown industry."
I was grinning when I first read about this report. I was just amazed to read something sensible and to the point from a group of MPs.
Now watch as the government completely ignored them.
"It seems like we're going to go through an uncomfortable transition period as these Elections Commissions begin to understand how the web works"
Sadly I expect it will be more a case of waiting till they die. In my, admittedly limited, experience of the elderly they either embrace technology or are luddites. If they are the latter then there isn't a hope they will adapt.
Wouldn't have worked. The prison system is so luddite in the UK that they have all that kind of thing in hardcopy and in triplicate. Though considering they let the inmates loose on the computer system it no longer seems so stupid.
From the six months I worked in a prison back in 2002 this doesn't surprise me. Most were utterly clueless about computers and I was often asked to print copies of documents which were freely available on the shiny new computer system and post them all round the offices. There was even one member of staff (a typist) who refused to let them replace her old computer which was no capable of using the updated system and so was not internet compatible. She ended up with two computers on her desk, one for typing documents and one purely so she could access the internet. She was, in short, a staggeringly stupid old bat.
"We've been listening carefully to responses to the consultation this far, and it's become clear there are widespread concerns that the plans as they stand could delay action, impacting unfairly upon rights holders."
I think this is the most telling part. The question is who they are consulting with? Is it a balanced group of consumers, ISPs and media companies or is it just the latter? Its the problem in the UK these days, they only consult with the group that agrees with what they want to legislate.
This looks like an interesting experiment. You'll get the die-hard fans who will pay a reasonable sum of money (maybe £20 or more) but you'll also get a load of people just curious to see what the game is like, they'll all pay a bit and it will add up.
I've been to a couple of Amanda Palmer concerts in London. She was joined by a dance troupe called The Danger Ensemble who were apparently working for free, all they asked were that people chucked some money in a bucket for them at the end of the show. They were so entertaining that I felt it was impossible not to and, to be frank, I'm normally a bit of a cheapskate. If they can get me to cough up then they are on the right track.
In the second of her concerts they also auctioned off a painting, though I can't remember how much for it was certainly a hefty amount and I think far beyond what was expected.
Well they did have a ritual form of suicide for hundreds of years so I'd say it is something that we won't understand.
I think the professionals would disagree because they've all had "Journalist" printed on their business cards. Can't argue with that.
"have arguments a plenty" instead. Wish I could edit these posts when I see my typos.
I should also add that comments alone are not the answer. I've seen comment sections attached to many newspapers and there are often many posts of differing quality. The problem is that the originator of the post does not reply and that certainly makes me feel that the views of the commentators are being ignored and that no dialogue exists.


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Geo earned his SM and PhD in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at MIT, working on biological computing. He co-founded Permabit, and has appeared multiple times on Scrapheap Challenge (Junkyard Wars) as a member of the 2000 Finalist team, the NERDS. Geo loves robots that drop your jaw and making physics and all things mechanical accessible.
Jacob A. Rogers(shadylogic)
Jake is in charge of shipping and ordering for Instructables. He has a passion for boxes and postal codes. During his free time Jake memorizes international customs restrictions and import law. He spent 7 years t raining with Scottish monks learning the ancient technique of uline-justu, or "The Art of Sellotape". Jake once mailed a package to himself that arrived before it was sent. Wisely, he didn't sign for it.
James Williamson(jayefuu)
James studied Electronic Engineering at the University of Surrey, England. He loves climbing, walking, electronics, cooking, woodwork, power tools, clever design and bad puns.
Jesse Hensel(jessehensel)
(Summer 2006, 2007) Jesse uses wood for practical as well as artistic creations.
Jessie Phillips(jessiep)
(Summer 2007) Jessie Phillips is a graduate student in the designed objects program at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. She loves sharp x-acto knives. And puppies. But not together.
Josh Freedman(joshf)
(Summer 2008) Josh is majoring in [to be determined sometime in the next year or so] at Stanford. He likes non-potent potables, creative writing, and impersonating robots.
Leah Culver(leahculver)
Leah loves taking the hard edges of technology and making them soft. She spends her time coding and developing the web system for Pownce.
Leslie Chicoine(theinfonaut)
Leslie is an interaction designer at Ruby Red Labs who loves to take pictures.
Kelsey Breseman(SelkeyMoonbeam)
Kelsey is a maker, addicted to sewing and other crafts. Going to engineering school has enabled her to extend making to the illuminating, the mechatronic, and the materially complex, but her true love remains unadulterated fiber arts.
Mark Langford(kiteman)
A British Maker, teacher and long time member of Instructables. He loves spending time in his shed, birding and is rather keen on the correct use of the letter "u".
Matt Borgatti(bofthem)
Matt is a graduate of RISD who likes inventing and mechanical design. He recently worked in the special effects industry (he had a hand in Snakes on a Plane and Alien vs Predator 2) and has his own IMDB page. He makes guitars (homemade Guitar Hero controller Instructable is coming soon) and etches brass.
Matt Dalton(StumpChunkman)
Matt is currently at work on his Masters at Simon Fraiser University in the School of Interactive Arts and Technology.
Matthew (Tadashi) Ebisu(shift21)
Matthew Tadashi Ebisu is a dedicated maker, hacker and independent researcher. Studied sociology and cognitive systems at UBC, he is an avid enthusiast of human robot interaction and enjoys spending his spare time analyzing how people connect with technology. Readily enjoys the art of paper-crafting and prop making, he loves making larger-than-life scale models. Actively participates in Maker Faires and is happily married to PIXAR.
Mitch Heinrich(numberandom)
Mitch is a Designer, hacker and artist who joined Squid Labs as their first intern in 2006. Lending a hand wherever needed, Mitch has since been an employee of nearly all of the Squid Labs companies including Instructables, Potenco, OptiOpia and Makani Power. His current interests include smart geometry, bicycles and cocktail robotics.
Nick Papadakis(nickp)
With a few hours and an instruction manual, Nick can make any machine work. Previously, he was a research scientist at the MIT Artificial Intelligence Lab.
Oliver Kreitman(penfoldplant)
Oliver studied medicine and biomedical engineering in the UK before realizing he'd much rather get excited and make things than pretend to be a grown-up. Highlights of his career have included delivering babies in hospitals, throwing axes on stage and wrangling ferrets in the name of neuroscience. He spends his spare time crawling through caves, dancing the Lindy Hop and accidentally gluing himself to his chair.
Paul Jehlen(trebuchet03)
(Summer 2007) Paul is a mechanical engineering major at the University of Central Florida. He builds indoor gardens, finebeverages, and tasteful decor.
Phil Seaton(pseaton)
If you see something odd on Instructables, chances are Phil has seen it, too.
While taking breaks from oddities on Instructables, Phil tries hard to make web browsers do real work, like processing image data without the canvas, generating mathematically precise geometry and/or geometry for physical output, visual dataflow programming running C, and putting a half-million Instructables on your screen at once.
Rachel McConnell(rachel)
Rachel currently builds unique physical objects as DrShiny. She is a cofounder of Noisebridge, a San Francisco hackerspace, and president of Ace Monster Toys, a hackerspace in Oakland. She wearsfunnyhats and t-shirts, eats suspiciousfood, and doesn'tsleep.
Robin Ivester(reno_dakota)
(Summer 2008) Robin earned her SB in Materials Science from MIT. She loves roadtrips, big swirly skirts, and her horse Fence.
Ryan McKinley(ryan)
Ryan earned his SM degree in Media Arts & Science from MIT, working at the MIT Media Lab building open tools to monitor governments. He developed the initial Instructables platform, building upon his experience with The Center for Land Use Interpretation and other mapping systems. Ryan loves independent radio, kittens, and living on the fly.
Sam Calisch(calischs)
Sam earned a BA in math at Grinnell College and brought home the bacon working on a farm, managing a public bikes program, and running a handyman business. In his free time he likes to combine all of the above, making awesome stuff to eat, wear, ride, watch, launch, play with, live in, and otherwise augment his life.
Saul Griffith(saul)
Saul earned his SM and PhD from MIT working on self-assembly where he built electromechanical and mechanical self assembling devices. He loves cars without computers, designing kites, and a differentbicycle for each day of the week. Saul was named a 2007 MacArthur Fellow.
Sarah James(scoochmaroo)
Sarah James earned her MFA in Design and Technology for the Theatre from UT-Austin where her favorite class was maskmaking. Her lifelong dream has been to make cool stuff. She just can't believe her luck.
Sean Cusack(sheetmetalalchemist)
Sean started his own company in 2010 named Sheet Metal Alchemist. Sean's intent was to fuse his background in chemistry, materials science, and design with his passion in metalworking to create lively, functional art pieces for restaurants, corporations, and special events. He was traditionally a tube and sheet metal worker, but was able to start his own company based on his experience in waterjet, shopbot, laser, and woodshop toolsets. He was an instructables.com resident artist in early 2013 where he made Zolterno (a fire breathing fortune teller). Now, he happily manages the Pier 9 shop's day to day operations while continuing to build crazy custom pieces using the coolest materials and tools he can find. He likes to make things that shoot giant fireballs, and dreams to be a Britney Spears backup dancer some day.
Tim Anderson(TimAnderson)
Tim showed up at MIT begging for old robots he could teach to paint. Before long he had built the first starch-based 3D printing system, and co-founded Z-Corp to commercialize the technology. His current goal is to document and record the world's ancient and traditional methods - known as heirloom technologies. Tim loves simple living using stuff he finds for free, innertubes, and a boat for eachday of the week.
Wade Wilgus(wilgubeast)
Wade is a former Oakland middle school English teacher who appreciates a good trebuchet almost as much as a well-constructed sentence or a properly placed hyphen between compound modifiers. He swears that project-based learning and state-mandated curriculum can coexist peacefully.
Will Bosworth(howtern)
(Summer 2006) Will is a mechanical engineering major at MIT. He spent the summer developing beta Howtoons.
Will Doenlen(doenlen)
Will earned his SB in Chemistry from MIT. He's worked on many things, ranging from chemical synthesis to computer-generated poetry. In his spare time he cooks, learns foreign languages, and practices Muay Thai.


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SHAWNEE — Once more, the duo of McKenzie Cooper and Bailey Taylor propelled the Lady Wolves to victory.
SHAWNEE — Once more, the duo of McKenzie Cooper and Bailey Taylor propelled the Lady Wolves to victory. This time it was Piedmont who was on the wrong side of a 59-30 decision. Cooper led the way with 23 points. Taylor contributed 16 points to the cause. Wendi Wells, Shawnee head basketball coach was ready to make some adjustments after her squad went behind 7-5 at the end of the first quarter. "In the first quarter it was really tight," Wells said. "I told them to make sure to come out with a lot of energy, but we came out with too much energy. Bailey got hit on a play and we had to get her situated. Once she was back in the game we were better." Wells added that having both Cooper and Taylor on the floor forces defenses to focus on the pair. "The defense has to head toward [Bailey] and McKenzie so it allows the others to play their game," she said. "Then Mo [Tramble], Shaiann [Tramble] and Kelsey [Simmons] can attack. With Bailey's ability to shoot deep she can take people off the dribble." Mo Tramble added eight points for the Lady Wolves. Kelsey Simmons had six points. Kayden Carver led Piedmont with 8 points. McKenna Kirkpatrick chipped in six points for the visitors. With the win, Shawnee improves to 11-0 for the year. Wolves leave it late SHAWNEE — It was a night of familiar tales for Shawnee basketball. With the Lady Wolves continuing their winning ways, the boys' team wasn't quite as fortunate. Instead, the Wolves saw another leady slip away late en route to a 53-47 loss to Piedmont. The visiting Wildcats used a 19-10 scoring advantage in the fourth quarter to take the lead and ultimately keep it. Piedmont senior Adrion Williams paced the visitors with 20 points. Fellow seniors Grant Smith and Cameron Peters added 15 and 11 points respectively. The hosts were led on offense by Marquese Tramble's 13 points. Guard Trey Maston and forward Don Murphy each had 10 points for the Wolves Ronnie Burton, boys' assistant coach, said the issue wasn't the team's defense, but cold shooting at the worst time. "We played really good defense the whole game," he said. "But we went cold in the second half. We only made four total field goals in the second half. Free throws made up the rest. We were getting good looks, but we need to build our confidence. The shots were just rolling out." Short-handed Seminole sees off Stroud STROUD — The Chieftains cruised to a 62-38 victory over Stroud Friday night despite the absence of Papi White. White, who is also a NCAA Division I football prospect, was traveling for a recruiting visit, said Jeremy Bryan, Seminole head basketball coach. Missing a player didn't appear to effect the squad thanks to the double-heading scoring duo of Xaiver Freeman and Jace Cravens. Freeman had a game-high 26 points and Cravens was a close second with 25 points. Justin Morris was the hosts' high-scorer with 16 points. Seminole (7-2) is back in against tonight when they host Byng. Tip-off will be 6:30 p.m. for the girls' teams and 8 p.m. for the boys. Note: Reports compiled by Matt Caban.


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Campus Asset Mapping
As you think about developing your own program, it is always helpful to look to others for models and ideas. However, it is also important to remember that every program has its own unique history, culture, political environment, and available resources that ultimately influenced how it developed.
The Student Leadership Asset Mapping Activity (.pdf) was developed as a way to not only quickly describe the programs featured in the Advancing Community Engagement With Student Leadership How-to Manual, but also provide planning teams a simple framework for thinking about the assets already available when planning their own student-led community engagement program.
The CSU Center for Community Engagement gratefully acknowledges the Surdna Foundation for its generous and visionary support of The Next Stage: Boosting Service Learning to New Heights, three-year grant initiative.


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Photo of J.P. O'Connor courtesy of Gil Talbot.
All-Ivy League Release
Harvard senior J.P. O'Connor was named Ivy League Wrestler of the Year, while earning unanimous first-team All-Ivy League honors along with classmate Louis Caputo.
O'Connor, a two-time All-American, was named Co-Wrestler of the Year for his unbeaten record thus far. The Oxford, N.Y., native is 26-0 overall, 5-0 in the Ivy League and ranked No. 1 at 157 pounds. It is his second wrestler of the year honor, having won the award in 2008. O'Connor, a three-time EIWA finalist, is the first Harvard grappler and seventh in the Ancient Eight to earn the honor twice. He is also a three-time unanimous first-team All-Ivy League selection, after earning second-team honors as a freshman. As a freshman, he was named co-rookie of the year in 2007 after a historic first season with the Crimson.
Caputo, also a two-time All-American, was named a unanimous first-team All-Ivy League honoree for the second year in a row. The Blue Springs, Mo., native is a three-time first-team recipient and four-time selection to the All-Ivy team after making the second-team as a freshman. The 184-pounder is currently ranked sixth in the nation and second in the EIWA. He won the 184 pound title at the 2007 EIWA Championships and placed two other times at the NCAA qualifying meet.
Caputo and O'Connor with both graduate in the top three in wins at Harvard and among the top 10 in wins by fall.
The two team captains along with the rest of the team are preparing for the EIWA Championships March 6-7 at Lehigh.


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"Washington serves the interest of western oil companies, not just because of their corrupt influence over the administration, but because the survival of the current U.S. petro-economy depends on western domination of the global oil trade. (…)
I repeat: every recent U.S. and NATO intervention has served to prop up the waning dominance of western oil companies over the global oil and petrodollar system."
"Significantly, the hawks have used the drug eradication strategies of the DEA (Drug Enforcement Administration) as well. As I wrote in Drugs, Oil, and War,
The true purpose of most of these campaigns … has not been the hopeless ideal of eradication. It has been to alter market share: to target specific enemies and thus ensure that the drug traffic remains under the control of those traffickers who are allies …"
"I believe that the most urgent task today to preserve the peace of the world is to curb America's drive towards dominationism, and to re-energize the UN"s prohibition of unilateral and preemptive wars, for the sake of coexistence in a peaceful and multilateral world."
"To preserve its perilous dominance the US today is arming against its own people, not just in defense of them. All the peoples of the world, including the American, have a stake in seeing that expansive dominance reduced, towards a less militarist and more multipolar world." Prof. Peter Dale Scott


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For June, this is just gross weather. Today will be cold and rainy, pretty much all day. Highs won't make it above the low-50s and we could see a half-inch of rain today. Tonight does not get any better with rain showers, fog and lows around 48 degrees. This is June 6?
Yesterday saw nearly an inch of rain and temperatures maxed out at 56 degrees so as dreary as yesterday was, today is a slightly worse repeat.
Conditions improve tomorrow. Showers in the morning will eventually give way to sunny skies in the afternoon as the temperature climbs to the upper-60s.
If you really need something to get you through the week, the weekend forecast is looking sunny and significantly warmer.


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Posted on November 8, 2011 in Meet the Playtesters
Our next featured Tennis Warehouse Playtester is Sean. Sean can be seen on playtests of all different racquets and shoes. He is a certified Master Racquet Technician and is a supervisor for our Customer Service department. Check out his interview below.
Racquet of Choice: Head Youtek Prestige Pro
String of Choice: Kirschbaum Pro Line II Black
Shoe of Choice: Nike Court Ballistec 2.3
Apparel of Choice: Preferably no shirt in the California sun but more often than not I gravitate towards Nike
When/Why did you start playing tennis?
I started getting into tennis as soon as I moved out to California in 7th grade about 12 years ago. My dad got me into tennis after my little league baseball career in Texas ended in failure. I'm also not much of a team sports person so tennis worked out in that regard as well. My theory is if I win I want all the glory and if I lose I want all the blame which is why I much prefer singles over doubles.
Who inspires you to play tennis?
Everyone who I play against inspires me to continue to improve. My competitive nature on the tennis court drives me to constantly want to become a better player and when I don't play well or are straight up outplayed, it makes me want to come back stronger the next time.
What is your favorite shot to hit and why?
I love hitting my forehand when I'm on the run and can barely get to the shot. Because my forehand is so wristy, I'm able to come up with some pretty amazing passing shots from that side both down the line and cross court. That look of disbelief on my opponent's face brings a smile to mine.
What racquets have you used (not tested) during your tennis career?
My first racquet was definitely a Head Titanium Ti.S6 (wonder where I developed a power oriented game). In high school I moved on to using the Wilson Hammer 5.2 frame with the sweet orange paint job. After that my local pro shop hopped on the Babolat band wagon and my coach convinced me to try one out. I ended up with the Babolat Drive Z-Tour which I still have a few frames of to this day. In an effort to replace those racquets I was using a customized Babolat AeroPro Drive for a while until I settled on the Head Youtek Prestige Pro about 6 months ago.
If you could compare your game style to a pro's (past or present), who would it be and why?
It's too difficult pick just one player that I like to tailor my game after. It's more of a combination between Michael Chang speed, some Rafa buggy whip forehand, some Fed slice backhand in there, and a serious case of Safin temper.
What has been your favorite match you have ever watched (live or on TV)?
One of my favorite matches off all time to watch on TV was the 2000 U.S. Open final when Safin completely outplayed Sampras to take the title. By far the most incredible match I've seen in person was last year at the BNP Paribas Open tournament where Agassi / Sampras / Federer / and Nadal threw down on some epic doubles.
Do you have any superstitions before playing a match?
I actually hate the whole superstitions thing so much that I make a point to break all of the superstitious rules that I can just to prove to myself that they have no bearing on the outcome of the match. I enjoy walking under ladders, breaking mirrors, not knocking on wood, throwing the entire salt shaker forward, and stepping on every line on the court.
Do you have pre-match meals you like to eat before a tournament?
I try to make sure to eat a huge meal the night before I have a match, usually some kind of pasta. Of course now that I think about it, a huge meal of pasta is something I enjoy a couple nights a week, so nothing new there.
What has been your most memorable tennis match (win or lose)?
I typically remember the matches in which I become the most angry, at my opponent or myself. I was playing an important doubles match in my high school playoffs and I had gotten on the other team's case about sketchy line calls. They took offense to this and decided to call a line judge over because he claimed our calls on his big first serve were complete crap. I had a little bit of a Sampras vs. Courier in '95 flashback and when I get angry I can play some fantastic tennis. I took over and we dominated them for the rest of the match. Definitely a gratifying feeling.
I also got to attend a charity even before the BNP tournament a couple years ago where I got the opportunity to play with some of the pros. I played a few games with Ivan Ljubicic, Svetlana Kuznetsova, Shahar Peer, Jensen Murphy and Fernando Verdasco which turned out to be one of the more memorable tennis experiences of my career.
Have you had any injuries? For how long? How did you deal with them?
Unfortunately I'm fairly injury prone when it comes to any activity outside of tennis but I've only had one real tennis injury that's affected my ability to play. A couple years ago I severely sprained my ankle to the point where I needed crutches to walk around normally, not that I actually used the crutches like the doctor recommended. The injury kept me off the tennis court for 6 to 8 weeks which was just about the most frustrating part of the injury.
Who is your favorite TW playtester to hit/play with?
I know this is the politian answer to the question but I like hitting with everyone who playtests with me. Tennis is a game where no two players have exactly the same style. The challenge is to make myself such a complete player that I'm able to deal with all sorts of shots and styles.
Who is the TW playtester that gives you the most trouble?
My toughest matchup is definitely against Chris. He uses all of these stupid drop shots that I can get to without problem but then he's too good around the net for me to win the point without coming up with multiple great shots. Plus, I'm used to getting some free points off my serve and Chris hasn't missed a return against me in what seems like years. I'm coming for ya Vlogman…
What has been your favorite review and why?
The Yonex V Core 100 S has been one of my favorite playtests to date simply because of how I was playing that day, not necessarily because of the racquet itself. It just happened to be one of those days where I couldn't miss a shot and every forehand I hit found a line. If you check out the playtest, Brittany and I have some great points.
Do you have any nicknames from the TW playtest squad?
The Hammer, Hemmer Time, Sean "2nd Gear" Hemmer, that guy with the forehand
Please check back next week when we feature another playtester in another installment of, "Meet the Playtesters."
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Reisen mit dem Flugzeug
Eine der häufigsten Formen zu Reisen ist mit dem Verkehrsflugzeug. Hier gibt es ein paar Tips die den Flug sicherer, komfortabler und angenehmer machen sollen.
Wenn die folgenden Informationen furchtbar komplex erscheinen sollten, dann ist der einfachste Ausweg, in ein Reisebüro zu gehen, die die Planung erledigen. Man zahlt sicher etwas mehr, aber das kann es wert sein, wenn man die Anstrengung vermeiden will, die besten Flugtickets für eine bestimmte Route zu finden und zu buchen. Im Reisebüro kann man außerdem spezielle Wünsche direkt mit der Fluggesellschaft abklären, z.B. Mahlzeiten, Babyaufbewahrung, Hilfe für Rollstuhlfahrer usw.
Wie man günstige Tickets findet[Bearbeiten]
Preise von Flugtickets festzulegen ist ein außerordentlich komplexes und chaotisches Geschäft. Es gibt Armeen von Programmierern, die Überstunden machen, um jeden letzten Cent aus dem Geldbeutel des Passagiers zu quetschen. Es wird alles etwas klarer, wenn man den Hauptbeweggrund der Fluggesellschaft versteht: Kassiere diejenigen ab, die es eilig haben. Um das zu erreichen wird das Flugzeug in Preiskategorien eingeteilt, einige günstig, andere teuer. Als Faustregel kann man sagen, dass je teurer das Ticket ist, um so weniger Einschränkungen muss man hinnehmen. Mit den folgenden Regeln kann man bestimmen, wer welche Preiskategorie benutzen sollte:
Wenn man ein Ticket kauft scheint es nahe liegend, bei der Fluggesellschaft selber zu buchen, aber seltsamerweise ist das oft die teuerste Möglichkeit. Günstige Kontingente von Flugtickets werden oft als Bündel an Reisebüros verkauft, so dass die Fluggesellschaft nur noch die teuren übrig hat. Das gilt nicht für Last-Minute-Flüge, denn wenn ein Reisebüro etliche nicht verkaufte Plätze zurückgibt entscheidet die Fluggesellschaft oft, sie billiger zu verkaufen.
Die meisten großen Städte haben mehr als einen Flughafen. Versuche möglichst die kleineren Flughäfen zu benutzen da die zu zahlenden Flughafengebühren niedriger sind. Zudem werden kleine Flughäfen oft von Billigfliegern bevorzugt angeflogen.
The frugal traveller will thus start looking early, be very flexible and explore a wide variety of options. Search engines like Expedia [1] and Travelocity [2]and trendtourist [3] can help you explore your options, but note that these may not show discount airline flights and are rather North America-centric, often showing ridiculously inflated (full-fare) prices for travel outside North America. To find a low-cost / no-frill flight it can be good to check one of the comparison tools [4]. For international travel, you can almost always get the best deals by booking from an agent at the starting point, like Zuji for Hong Kong [5] or Singapore [6], or No. 1 Travel [7] for Japan. If you are a student, some travel agents are tailored to offering low fares to you and in such a case, you have to present an international student ID card to avail of such services.
See also: First and business class travel, Round the world flights.
Very often, flying from point A to point B involves a connection in point C, where you have to disembark, find your connecting flight and climb on board again. If both the A-C and C-B flights are on the same ticket, the airlines are responsible for broken connections and will (try to) get you on the next flight if you miss your flight. However, if you're booking your flights separately, making the connection is your sole responsibility, and in most cases no refund will be provided from either party when one airline's delay makes you late for the next one.
Major airlines may consider a connection as tight as 35 minutes to be a valid connection, and sometimes it is entirely reasonable; itineraries that don't involve either clearing Customs, or exiting security between flights and then having to re-enter the secure zone, generally don't require much transit time. However, you can get unpleasant surprises at unfamiliar airports. For example, your arrival and departure gates could be at opposite ends of the building, or even in separate terminals. If you're traveling through an airport you don't know well and travel time is not critical, consider allowing at least an hour and a half to make each connection, particularly if it involves clearing Customs (in which case two and a half hours is safer). If you are not delayed, you can use this slack time to eat at the airport, where the food is likely better than what you may (or may not!) get in the air.
Many of the on-line travel arrangers show statistics on how often a given flight arrives on time. Use this information to help you decide whether to risk problems with tight connections, etc. A good, but by no means iron-clad, rule is that the last flight of the day into a given destination will be delayed more often than earlier flights, as the airlines use that flight to "sweep" travelers whose inbound connecting flights run late. Of course, the statistics alone won't tell you whether your particular flight is likely to be delayed, but it's still useful data.
In considering international connecting flights, check to see if the country you will be making a connection at requires a transit visa. You are responsible for procuring all the necessary visas before you fly and you are advised to give yourself months before your scheduled journey to procure the necessary visas so as to avoid inconvenience at the last minute. For more information involving whether or not to use the US as a transit point as well as alternative transit points, please read the article Avoiding a transit of the United States.
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From the moment you first book your flight to the moment you step on the plane, there's a lot going on in the background. The following may be helpful in understanding what is happening.
The first step is to make a reservation for your flight. This means that the airline will hold a seat for you until a given date, typically a week or so before the flight. If you do not pay up before the expiration date, the booking will be cancelled and somebody else can grab the seat. Reservations can be changed and cancelled freely.
Turning a reservation into an actual ticket is called issuing the ticket. An issued ticket must be paid for and, depending on ticket type, some or all of following restrictions may now apply:
These various restrictions (or lack thereof) play a large role in determining the price of that ticket. As mentioned in the section finding a cheap ticket, a rule of thumb is that higher prices mean fewer restrictions.
If you are still waitlisted for a flight that you would like to board, or if you would like to take an earlier flight than you're booked on, you can try to fly standby. This means simply showing up at the airport check-in counter and asking to be put on the next flight. If there is plenty of space, you'll be checked in right there. However, if the flight is looking full, you will have to wait until the flight is closed (typically 30-60 minutes before departure) and the airline can count how many seats it has left.
If you don't check in by closing time, you will be declared a no-show. Your seat can now be given to somebody on standby and your ticket is forfeited, which depending on the ticket and airline may mean either total loss or, at a minimum, a hefty no-show fee if you try to rebook.
Note that many discount airlines streamline this process considerably so that no reservations are possible, only fully paid and issued tickets. Flight restrictions are typically draconian — some companies even ban standby changes — so you'll have to pay lots to make any change and have no hope of getting a refund.
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An emerging trend in air travel is the use of electronic tickets (e-tickets). An e-ticket is an electronic record of your booking details which is stored in the airline's computers. You will not receive a paper ticket for your flight but you can be assured that the airline already has your flight details in its database. In most cases, an itinerary receipt containing your flight details is prepared and e-mailed or printed out for your reference. The itinerary receipt contains a unique six-character Passenger Name Record (PNR), which is used to identify your booking.
In theory, an e-ticket allows you to just show a valid ID upon check-in as your name is all the check-in agent needs to access your flight details. However, due to security reasons, some airports require you to show the itinerary receipt as proof of your booking before entering the airport and/or upon check-in. In addition, when travelling to another country, immigration authorities usually require proof of onward or return travel and hence, the itinerary receipt. As such, it is recommended you always bring your itinerary receipt with you for easy reference.
The major advantage of the e-ticket is that because your flight details are in the airline's computers, the e-ticket can't get lost, forgotten and stolen. With this, you won't have to pay hefty fees and prepare pertinent documentation to replace it. If ever you lose a hardcopy of your e-ticket itinerary receipt or delete the e-mail containing it, you can go to your airline's ticket office or travel agent to reprint a new copy for you or access the airline's website to view your booking at no extra cost. With an e-ticket, adjustments to your travel plans are easy: you can just call your airline's office or travel agent to make adjustments to your flight plans without presenting the itinerary receipt (depending on the fare paid, penalties may apply). Another advantage is that if the airline you are flying with offers online or self-service kiosk check-in, you can be able to use such facilities and print boarding passes for you and your entire travelling party thus saving time at the airport.
The major disadvantage is that your flight details are in one specific airline's computers, so other airlines cannot access them. This means that your e-ticket with one airline is nonendorsable to another airline. This is not a problem 99% of the time, but can be a major headache if you end up flying on a different airline if, for example, your flight is cancelled. If this happens, it's best to insist on a paper ticket from the original airline as backup before heading over to the other airline's counter. Likewise, for complex itineraries involving multiple airlines (like round the world flights), you should opt for a paper ticket especially since interline e-ticketing agreements are not that common yet.
You don't have to book your flight online to have an e-ticket. This means that you can purchase an e-ticket at the airline's nearest office or at a travel agency or by calling the hotline provided by your airline. Payment methods are the usual: credit/debit cards for online and telephone bookings, and credit/debit cards, cash and cheques for physically purchasing the e-ticket at the ticket office.
Take note that not all destinations offered by major airlines are e-ticket eligible yet. But for the destinations that are e-ticket eligible, your airline may levy a surcharge if you choose to purchase a paper ticket.
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This can be particularly uncomfortable if your nose or ears are clogged due to a cold, so if you have to fly when sick, take a decongestant such as Sudafed at least one hour before departure. It's a good idea to avoid flying for fifteen days after surgery, or in the case that you have recently broken a bone. The air pressure can cause extremely uncomfortable swelling. Sometimes the flight attendant will have to cut open a cast because of the swelling. This is part of their training in flight school.
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Technology is getting tough on women.
Case in point: a crime committed just this week at a Fry's Electronics in Palo Alto.
Palo Alto police are investigating a report of a man using his cell phone camera to record videos up women's skirts.
It happened on Monday. A Fry's security camera caught the guy on tape. Click to make the image of the suspect larger.
Security staff at the store called police to report that a man with a goatee was seen attaching a cell phone to the strap of a shoulder bag.
They said they originally thought that the man might be trying to hide stolen merchandise inside his personal shoulder bag, but when they looked closer, they were able to figure it out.
They told investigators he would place the bag on the floor near female customers according to Palo Alto police spokesman Dan Ryan.
The suspect was seen nudging the bag near the women's feet and then would pretend to look at merchandise while he recorded under skirts Ryan said.
The female customers were not aware what was happening, according to people at the store.
The suspect is described as a Hispanic man in his 30s. He rode off on a bicycle.
He wore a gray baseball cap, gray T-shirt and blue jeans.


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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Sun 19th Sep 2010 20:32 UTC, submitted by sawboss
On a Windows Vista or Vindows 7 disk, all versions of the operating system are present, from Starter to Ultimate, and everything in between. So, if you want too upgrade to a more capable version of Windows down the road, all you need to do is pop the Windows disk in, let Windows Anytime Upgrade do its thing, and you're done. It seems like Intel is experimenting with a similar technology... For its processors.
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Sure, because the people that write the code have nothing to do with computing.
Well, I can only speak for myself, but... I do CS research and so I obviously do write code... and I have a 3 years old notebook at home, which is, by definition prebuilt. It runs everything I can throw at it (or write for it), and it has been almost a decade since I've felt the need for tinkering. And I am not alone in this; most of my IT friends have the same opinion.
In other words, I think vivainio's point stands, at least on the consumer market. Company/server is a different beast, though.


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Are you…
- A driven retail manager with exceptional leadership skills and ability to manage multiple store locations?
- Energized by the opportunity to solve problems, and lead teams to do the same?
- Interested in investing your time working for six months of the year, leaving you free for the remainder of the year to pursue other interests?
The opportunity…
H&R Block, the world's leader in tax preparation services,1 is looking for experienced people leaders to manage multiple office locations, and the fabulous teams of people that work within them, to accelerate our seasonal tax business. We also offer career progression to other seasonal and year-round roles to those with an interest and drive to continue advancing!
Leverage your leadership skills to:
- Manage office staffing, operations, and logistics for multiple tax offices
- Coach and lead the teams to deliver outstanding client service and exceed targeted goals
- Grow the business through developing local partnerships, managing office community involvement, and modeling and coaching sales and new client growth tactics
- Assist in the development and execution of office-level business plans
- Assist in recruiting and interviewing tax office associates


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Pistol practice session, New Buffalo Rod & Gun Club, $50
- New Buffalo Rod & Gun Club 10487 Kruger Road Union Pier, MI, 49129 United States (map)
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Contact: Andre Kim
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Father Frank Pavone, National Director of Priests for Life, released the following statement in advance of the May 4 vote on the "No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act."
"The pro-life movement has another opportunity this week to take a giant step forward to protect the unborn by urging support for House Resolution 3, the No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act. Americans do not – and have never wanted – to pay for the killing of children.
"To every legislator that votes against this bill, we will send women who have suffered from the abortions they had, and they will ask, Why would you want to fund my pain?
"Then we will urge the voters to elect public servants who can tell the difference between serving the public and killing the public."
Priests for Life is the nation's largest Catholic pro-life organization dedicated to ending abortion and euthanasia. For more information, visit www.priestsforlife.org.


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A Lawyer also known as a barrister or solicitor, or an attorney is a person who has been trained in law and is certified to give legal advice and also to represent others in litigation. He is a member of the legal profession and may belong to the High Court or Supreme Court of a country. Most lawyers in the West practice privately, either as partners in law firms or in solo practices.
Names and nomenclatures
The legal system permeates every aspect of our society, from crossing a street to buying a house, and lawyers form the very backbone of this vital system. In Commonwealth countries, there are generally two types of lawyers – solicitors and barristers. The solicitor prepares the case and may or may not present it in the lower courts, while a barrister presents the case prepared by solicitor in the higher courts and sometimes even in the lower courts. In some commonwealth countries the role of both the barrister as well as solicitor has been fused whereby both perform all duties.
In the US attorneys act on the behalf of their clients and are called agents. Agents may or may not be qualified lawyers, in which case they cannot fight a case but prepare it for the attorney at law who represents his client's case in the court. People believe that in America there are more lawyers than any where else in the world. Actually in the US role of attorneys is much wider than these other countries where several professions do the work that is done by lawyers in the US.
The situation in European countries is very different and anyone who holds a degree in law is called a lawyer, or a 'jurist' but cannot represent his client in court; to do that most countries like Germany, Romania, Italy require their jurists to pass another difficult exam before the jurists in common law countries become full fledged lawyers. The commonwealth countries require their lawyers to wear black robes and white neck tabs.
Nature of work and discipline
Lawyers act as both advocates and advisors for their clients and, like doctors, have their area of specialization. Thus, there are criminal lawyers, civil lawyers, lawyers who specialize in bankruptcy or intellectual property. Most countries have bar associations or law societies that require all lawyers to become members of the association or the society. These associations deal with issues like fee disputes, rules etc. to promote the greater good of the profession.


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The Obama administration's move to "dramatically undermine students' and faculty rights at colleges across the country" is another government scandal, writes Greg Lukianoff of the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE) in the Wall Street Journal.
The Education Department and Justice Department rewrote the federal government's rules about sexual harassment and free speech on campus in a May 9 letter to the University of Montana. To retain federal funding, colleges and universities must punish
"unwelcome conduct of a sexual nature," including "verbal conduct," otherwise known as speech.
Till now, sexual harassment had to be "objectively offensive" to a "reasonable person." That's gone. Anyone who claims to be offended is a victim of harassment. Furthermore, colleges must respond to "student-on-student harassment" off campus and on, and may discipline the accused before the harassment charge has been investigated.
Last week's letter is part of a decades-long effort by anti-"hate speech" professors, students, activists and administrators to classify any offensive speech as harassment unprotected by the First Amendment. Such speech codes reached their height in the 1980s and 1990s, but they were defeated in federal and state court and came in for public ridicule.
Still, a FIRE survey of 409 colleges this year found 62 percent maintain speech codes that violate First Amendment standards. Students aren't the only victims.
In 2011, the University of Denver suspended a professor and found him guilty of sexual harassment because his class discussion on sexual taboos in American culture (in a graduate-level course) was considered too racy. Last year, Appalachian State University suspended a professor for creating a "hostile environment" after she criticized the university's treatment of sexual-assault cases involving student-athletes and screened a documentary critical of the adult-film industry.
The government's sweeping definition of sexual harassment will extend to other forms of speech, Lukianoff predicts.
At Tufts in 2007, a conservative student publication was found guilty of harassment for criticizing Islam. The same happened to a professor at Purdue University at Calumet in 2012, who faced a four-month investigation.
University administrators live in fear of discrimination and harassment lawsuits and costly investigations by the Education Department's Office for Civil Rights, Lukianoff writes. You could call it harassment.
View this article at JoanneJacobs.com.


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ASUS GTX550 Ti DirectCU TOP Review
NVIDIA has finally worked its way toward a mid-range offering for the 500-series with the new GTX 550 Ti. The GTX 550 has the same CUDA core count of the GTS 450 with 192, which is half that of the GTX 560 Ti. The memory bus is increased to 192-bit combined with the now common 1GB of GDDR5 and the increased bus size directly correlates to more memory bandwidth. The memory controller can also use mixed density memory ICs, which is how 1GB was managed with a 192-bit memory bus. NVIDIA has designed the GTX 550s to overclock up to 1 GHz core speed without increasing voltage, with the reference speed being at 900 MHz core. The new design is claimed to provide 28% faster performance and 20% more performance per watt over the GTS 450. The new cards are aimed at casual gamers using 1680x1050 resolution and 4xAA opposite the Radeon HD 5770s. NVIDIA has created an Optimal Playable Settings list of 714 games to suggest good settings for each card.
ASUS has already designed a DirectCU TOP version of the GTX 550 for the launch and this beast has two large 8mm copper heatpipes in direct contact with the core that is clocked at 975 MHz. The card also has software voltage controls that can increase overclockability further! The DirectCU edition cards from ASUS also come with many nice features. This card has a stiffening bracket to help keep the PCB straight and the GPU core is reinforced with glue on each corner to help keep it anchored to the board while also helping to keep it from bending. In addition,high quality chokes, MOSFETs, and capacitors are used on the card for better operation and efficiency. Cheaper chokes often emit an annoying high-pitched buzzing sound, whereas the Super Alloy Power chokes are solid. Connectivity shouldn't be a problem for most gamers at this level, as the card has VGA, DVI, and HDMI outputs available.
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The dark knight theme is shared among many of the new ASUS cards, with NVIDIA getting green and AMD getting red, fittingly. This makes it very obvious which brand is which on the shelves. The front of the box boldly and proudly states the overclocked speed of 975 MHz, with some feature icons shown below, as well as the card type. Flipping over to the back covers most things that the front left out and explains key elements like the Super Alloy Power that improves performance 15%, leads to a 2.5x longer lifespan, and results in 35 °C cooler operation. The back also shows that the card has voltage modulation built into the ASUS SmartDoctor overclocking and card settings program. The card has one VGA, DVI, and HDMI output to be highly connectible.
One of the four sides of the box has bar codes and recommended system requirements listed in several languages to guide potential customers on proper installation basics. The other three sides are all the same and show the ASUS logo, "GTX550 Ti DirectCU TOP", 1GB GDDR5 memory, and 975 MHz factory overclock.
The graphics card is protected in the standard anti-static polyethylene bag that is coated with a metallic film that creates a Faraday cage around it. The card sits on top of a cardboard platform that holds the only accessory, a power cable adapter comprised of a pair of male Molex connections to a female 6-pin PCI Express connector. Underneath the platform are the installation guide and driver disk.
With everything unpacked, let's get a look at the new card!


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The New Orleans Musicians Relief Fund, a 501(c)3 grass roots charity founded by displaced New Orleans musicians after Katrina has provided grants, instruments and gigs for New Orleans musicians for 10 years.
Our nonprofit is grateful to those who have contributed instruments to musicians, professional and beginners, including trumpets (at left), violins, electric guitars, antique upright bass, grand pianos, housing, cars and guitars.
It's been 10 years of blessings. nomRf was able to present a 100 year old Czech bass to a student at NOCCA Thelonious Monk Institute Jazz program.
We're still giving instruments (Michaela's new clarinet below) directly to promising young New Orleans musicians.
In one of our charity's most poignant memories since kicking the whole thing off in 2005, nomRf brought the Great Southwest Holiday Toy Sleigh Ride to musicians' children. The airline gave the New Orleans Musicians RELIEF Fund space to bring 200 pounds of toys from Chicago to New Orleans post-Katrina, and we also mailed toys to displaced musicians' children.
So many toys came in, former WWOZ DJ and New Orleans music legend the late, great New Orleans musician Bob French announced that families could pull up out front of the studio while we distributed everything from skateboards to drum kits.
We encourage you to donate to relief for people in crisis through MercyCorps, and we still welcome any instruments you have to pass along to musicians in New Orleans.
Thank you for keeping New Orleans music in your heart 10 post-Hurricane Katrina. We're humbled that the instruments are still coming in.
The New Orleans Musicians Relief Fund has given out Rock n Roll Fantasy Camp scholarships and, thanks to Chicago teenager Mel who donated her Bat Mitzvah funds, guitars for 14 young New Orleans musicians including Jazz (at right).
One of the young rockers was able to play his new guitar at Rock Camp along with New Orleans musician Shamarr Allen. The rock counselors spent time with the legendary Smokey Johnson and Cosimo Matassa and named their group the Cosimo's Kids, winning Best Set of the Tour.
Shamarr is now teaching through Silence is Violence, and is organization has been the recipient of some of our instrument donations this year.
Individual donations, from instruments to clothing to gift cards, have helped keep our grass roots organization growing for six years. We welcome instruments at nomRf, 828 Royal Street, #130, New Orleans, LA 70116.
One example is Tanio, pictured here with the charity's founder Jeff Beninato, a brass band drummer who received a donated van for gig transportation.
When his nomRf-donated van was unfortunately stolen, the lawyer who processed the donation paperwork was moved to donate her husband's car just in time for his family's evacuation. No third car is required yet, but we appreciate everyone involved in keeping the band in wheels.
The New Orleans Musicians Relief Fund also brought Smokey a saxophone for his church, with the help of the ultimate friend of new Orleans music - Dr. John. After delivering everything from furniture to grand pianos (below left), we here at nomRf have had quite a workout in the last 5 years.
As Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Inductee Dr. John told Entertainment Weekly about the New Orleans Musicians Relief Fund. "It's small organizations - they've done more than these big organizations with a lot of money."
We're grateful for all the musical help from our friends. Our friends in Wilco played a benefit just after the levees failed (with a New Orleans horn section brought in from around the country) that helped the New Orleans Musicians Relief Fund start sending out emergency grants to get musicians home. Spoon played a Voodoo Music Experience benefit for the charity, as well as the year Southern Comfort and Sony Little Big Planet hosted a Voodoo benefit. Mike Mills of R.E.M. hosted host a nomRf Redefine 8/29 evening to help commemorate the musical renewal of New Orleans after the levee failures of 2005, and the Subdudes played an unforgettable benefit last year between Jazzfest weekends. Benefits are more welcome than ever as the economy makes raising funds a challenge for grass roots charities across the country. Just drop us a note to let us know what you have in mind, and we'll help promote your event.
Our friends in REM featured our founder's piano print (HERE).
We're proud to have been able to help so many musicians for so many years post-Katrina. Thank you to everyone who reached out with instruments, cars, gig clothes and whatever was in your heart.