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The essence of this proposal is the following:
"The Free World Charter is a statement of principles that has the potential to optimise life on Earth for all species, eradicate poverty and greed, and advance progress.
Everything will be declared free to use, but within an understanding of natural and technical limits, and respect for the combined common good. These understandings are achieved initially through education, and ultimately through consensus.
Once people realise that a money-free society works, we will naturally become more positive in our actions, more cooperative, compassionate and productive."
We can agree on the fact that it is through giving everyone access to what we require to live that our living conditions on Earth will change according to stopping living in a survival mode, wherein fear of not having enough money to live will cease to exist. Though, there are key aspects and points that are not being properly addressed and/or considered within their proposal which is lacking the principle and consideration of Equality as the necessary guarantee that will enable this solution to work for all beings in fact.
We will be walking through their ten proposals to support with the necessary considerations within the implementation and actions upon such principles wherein we reinstate the need to create an actual management system such as the Equal Money System to ensure that all of these guarantees are in fact implemented and are not able to be violated or corrupted by/ through the 'human nature' factor, which is our main point of focus within the current process of presenting the Equal Money System as the overall solution to the current problems that we have created in this world as humanity.
This is a document written with the intention and starting point of creating a point of support for everyone that is currently advocating this solution,to see and consider the necessary steps to create a world in Equality.
1. The highest concern of humanity is the combined common good of all living species and biosphere.
Human beings, animals and plants are all inseparable parts of nature. We are IN nature – not outside or above it. All our species are connected to each other and the planet, and rely indirectly on each other for survival.
Humanity's physical impact on the World is now so great that we must exercise wisdom and responsibility. We must now consider the needs of all species and the environment, as well as ourselves, in all decisions.
Equal consideration of everything and everyone that is here is certainly a key point and starting point for every decision we make in this world. This is taking Self Responsibility as Equal participants within the same ecosystem. The current physical impact on the world is a direct consequence of how we have created a system based on profit, a system where producing and consuming have become the ways to 'make a living,' which has lead us to create unnecessary products and 'economical activities' that are not required to LIVE, but only exist due to the current need that human beings have to 'make money to live.' If we give equal access to what is here, our current system of unnecessary and irresponsible production will stop, because there will be no way to 'make money' out of useless products.
Within this, a great part of the current environmental impact will cease to exist, as all our focus and attention will not be on 'surviving' or producing/ selling to be able to 'make a living' or become 'wealthy' out of such inconsiderate production, for we will be unconditionally supported as Life.
Life is precious in all its forms, and free to flourish in the combined common good.
Life is an amazing phenomenon, and, so far, our planet is the only place we have found it. This makes it a most rare and beautiful thing that should be cherished and respected.
However, life is also food, and all our world's species form a complex food-chain. In order to maintain this food-chain – and thus our biodiversity and survival – we must observe the combined common good of all species when interacting with any one.
As we know, that common good has been compromised within our current monetary system wherein thousands of species are now extinct because of being used in any form of business and the now commonly known as 'irresponsible economic activities' which is linked to the disregard that we as human beings have had toward fellow living beings in the name of profit, power and having a 'superior' stance to be able to commit such crimes against life. Stopping profit from being a possibility in this system, we will be able to stop the current exploitation of animals, plants and all resources in the name of 'progress.'
That 'combined common good' can only be acquired through/as education, considering what it means to be one and equal, to be coexisting with everything and everyone that is also here in this world doing what's Best for All. Within this, a way to establish such 'common good' must be established at a political level, it must be regulated and implemented through/ as an entire new system structure based on Equality, wherein education is specifically linked to developing beings to their upmost potential within the consideration of everyone having equal responsibility with what is here, as well as equal access to the resources that are here.
3. Earth's natural resources are the birthright of all its inhabitants, and free to share in the combined common good.
Every living person and creature on this planet has an automatic entitlement to share in all the Earth's natural resources, and to use them to live a healthy and fulfilling life without obligation or subordination to any other person or creature.
Humanity, due to population size and complex lifestyle, has a particular duty not to overtax these natural resources, or use more than is reasonably necessary to maintain a happy and wholesome life within the combined common good.
Definitely, we are here and we are all part of this world from which we can all give each other access to what is here to Live and within doing so, stop all forms of current 'economical crisis' wherein the very basic needs are being denied to human beings, causing poverty and starvation in the same world where there is certainly more than enough for everyone.
However, the point of 'no obligation' can turn into an actual mayhem because of not having first establish basic principles wherein one would have to learn how to take only the necessary without engaging into abusive forms. Education is required to show how there are consequences the moment that we don't take self responsibility, which in essence can be witnessed in the current world we're living in. By giving equal access to everything that is here for human beings, we require a point that establishes such 'measure,' to ensure we don't abuse ever again, to ensure that there are no ways to corrupt the system or compromise each other within this 'obligation-less' type of proposal.
This doesn't mean that we will establish 'limitation,' but a form of educating how to measure ourselves in what we take, how to realize that within giving equal access to each other, we don't require 'more' to fulfill any other idea of wealth/ power/ superiority.
Thus, this must be understood and walked through a process of Education, invariably so.
4. Every human being is an equal part of a worldwide community of humans, and a free citizen of Earth.
Social, ideological and border divisions between people are man-made barriers which have no physical or natural basis. Such artificial divisions can only be counter-productive to the common welfare and survival of society as a whole.
Our common similarities are, however, both physical and natural. Generally speaking, we all want and need the same things. With universal cooperation and equal access, we can all apply our skills more effectively to achieve these common aims.
Agreed. However, how we are currently living as the 'past' within ourselves and as our current configuration, we are still playing out/ existing as such separations that exist at a cultural identification and set of values according to where we come from, how we have lived. Within this, it is to consider that we as human beings must walk a process of Self Forgiveness to essentially stop looking at each other as nationalities, cultures, monetary values, races, religions or any other current form of separation that is certainly part of the mind-made/ human-made systems that have no physical correlation to who and what we are as one and equal, establishing Life as the only value that is actually here in this world.
Thus, it won't be as easy as establishing this point of Equality from overnight. There must be a process of self-forgiving the past, the differences, the separation, the hatred that has been bred between human beings and only through that will we be able to stand in equal stance and equal terms. If this process is skipped, what we will have is only a nice set of rules that consider support for all beings; however the nature of each being will be 'the same,' existing in perpetual separation and confrontation due to/ because of the current systems that we have lived in our entire lives.
Within this, we are declaring that the 'human factor' must not be 'overlooked.' This implies the necessary process that it will take for humanity to practically and physically adopt and adapt these new set of living principles which must be understood and lived at an individual level first and foremost. Change begins within each one and from here, we expand it into our world and our reality.
This is how within the Equal Money System we are walking a process of Self Honesty, Self Forgiveness as the Realization of who we really are as one and equal beginning with ourselves, stopping the patterns of separation and disregard that are currently existing within each human being's mind. This is what our focus is on at the moment.
As we walk this process, we go realizing how it is that the mind must be understood to then see/ realize and understand How we have made of this current system a replica of our mind, it is our image and likeness within that individualization that has lead us to the current disregard of each other as equal.
5. Our community is founded on the spirit of cooperation and an understanding of Nature, provided through basic education.
Any child that receives a useful and relevant education into the workings of Nature, the World and community living, will ultimately provide the best service to that World and that community. Traditional career-driven education is now a measurably destructive force.
Ultimately, education will replace regulation, which is really only a crude system of maintaining order. For example, a child that fully understands why a certain action is not possible is infinitely better equipped for life than a child who only knows the fear of punishment for that action.
Agreed. Education must be based within the realization of actions having consequences that not only affect the individual, but the whole. Education thus must be based upon the principle of Life in Equality and developing common sense in our day to day living actions.
Education won't be another form of surviving in the system or another form of preparing beings to 'make the most profit,' it will become part of a being's life without it having any external motivation as it currently does within 'making money' out of any particular job/ task or occupation that one decides to dedicate oneself to. Education must be walked with beings from birth to learn how to consider each other living being as equal and how within a system of Equal-Support, one can focus on developing ourselves to our fullest potential which is what Education should be about in all ways.
6. Our community provides for all its members the necessities of a healthy, fulfilling and sustainable life, freely and without obligation.
Every person should be guaranteed the highest technically possible standard of living without the use of money, trade or debt. There is no longer any logical reason not to do this. Virtually all of human suffering is caused by our outdated system of exchange.
All forms of debt and subordination are not only a hindrance to progress, but are now completely unnecessary. This is due to our command of technology and the ease with which we can produce and manufacture goods for ourselves.
Our current monetary system is indeed outdated and has proven itself to be only a system of control and deliberate disregard of each being as equals. Therefore, we agree: debt is not able to exist in an equal system as it is based on the perception of 'lack' which is not common sense and cannot exist in a system where physicality is the matter that we will be 'working' with so to speak.
Each living being will be given equal access to what is here, as an individual guarantee by the mere fact of being a living being. Though, we are proposing Equal Money as a counting tool to Ensure that such guarantees are in fact taking place in a proper and orderly manner. This is the major discrepancy that we are currently realizing we have toward the World Charter proposal/ system, which is the removal of money in its entirety which is done from the starting point of seeing 'money' as the problem in this world, without realizing that money in itself was created by Us, human beings. Thus, it is to educate, support and walk an entire process of Self-Realization as the Equalization of Life as who we really are to see why it is that we have created the current system and How it is our responsibility to now create a system that supports all beings Equally.
What this means is that it is not only focusing on how goods/ services will be produced and managed – but how one must ensure that everyone is actually accountable and supported within the system. Through the implementation of Equal-Money we will be able to track all forms of support, how they are distributed, have data bases that can gather information on where and how the system may have inconsistencies/ irregularities or any other form of 'flaw' which will then be able to be corrected and 'tuned' to get to a sound position again.
Without money, how will any form of actual accountability be possible? how will anyone guarantee that all beings are being supported equally in fact? How will we measure any inconsistency/ irregularity? We must remember that it is not that mathematics are flawed, we have created systems and theoretical impositions wherein common sense as what's best for all is not able to be seen anywhere. This is the description of our current economics which are part of the knowledge and information that has served only some for the purpose of maintaining control and power in reality through/ as money.
This is how through the Equalization of money, we remove all ability to 'have power over another' – we equalize power for all.
7. Our community respects the limits of Nature and its resources, ensuring minimal consumption and waste.
Our resources are limited either by absolute quantity or by the time it takes to manage and replace them. In either case, we must use our resources wisely to preserve both their supply and the environment.
In addition, we must minimize our accumulation of rarely used goods, and the amount of non-reusable waste that we produce. These have direct consequences on our environment. The more we conserve our World, the greater our chances of survival into the future.
Yes – within the consideration of only producing what is necessary to live, many of the current industries that produce goods only for the sake of profit will disappear. This is then understood from the principle of removing any profit-driven production that has no benefit to life in this world.
The wise use of resources also entails proper education which is what should be regarded as part of the actual living skills that will enable each one to be an equal custodian of the Earth as a whole. If we all make sure we take Self Responsibility and 'do our part,' we won't require any form of hierarchical ruling class to place laws and some others to execute them. Within the realization of having equal access to the necessary resources to live, we realize our equal responsibility and how it must be handled within the context of prevention instead of preservation.
We definitely agree that the understanding of our direct consequences within the environment are vital to learn how to live in a certain measure. However, if you take money away as a form of having access to such goods/ services, one must ensure that the human being is in fact ready to live in equal regard of everything/ everyone that is here. If this is not in place, we will most likely brew a situation out of control. That's how Equal Money is required as that necessary point of management to ensure that no one is abusing the system of Equality.
8, Our community derives its solutions and advances progress primarily through the application of logic and best available knowledge.
In a new society without financial inhibitors and constraints, the greatest challenges facing humanity will be technical ones. ie. How do we provide enough food, water, shelter, energy, materials, and ensure a high standard of sustainable living for everybody?
As opposed to traditional politics and speculation, the scientific method is a proven, robust system of solving these technical problems using just the available facts and basic logic. It also has a common reference across all cultures and languages.
Once profit is out of the current scheme of reality, what will remain is the human being having limitless possibilities to explore the most suitable ways to extract the necessary resources and optimal production systems to create the necessary products and provide the services that we require to live. This is also part of what politics is. The current conception of politics must be revisited to be understood as the set of principles that we must base our interaction and communication within society as that equal and one regard and implementation through giving equal access to what is here. Speculation is certainly Not part of what's best for all and will cease to exist. By scientific method we also understand the practical steps to take the most suitable ways to produce and consume what is here for living purposes. This is also part of the necessary points of education within the system, which is learning how to manage ourselves within a system that can provide for all. Politics will and must not be only regarded as the current political-religious system of parties that oppose each other, but as actual systems and ways that we can convene as humanity to establish the ways to live that are in fact best for all as Equals.
9. Our community acknowledges its duty of care and compassion for members who are unable to contribute.
People who, for any reason, are unable to look after themselves or contribute back into society, should be afforded every possible amenity, compassion and care from the rest of the community without obligation.
Also, as future contributors to the community, it is vital that we impart as much useful knowledge as we can to our children, in a way that stimulates their creativity, growth and intellect towards future progress.
Agreed, by all means each being will be unconditionally supported regardless of their conditions to give back to society what they are being supported with. However this contribution must be accounted and measured to ensure no abuse is existent. This can be done through the regulation with which the Equal Money System will work. At this stage, it is very unlikely that everyone would respect this 'freedom' proposed by the World Charter. Giving unconditional support within the realization of who we are as one and equal is what is required to implement.
With regards to children, we require to place our focus and attention on to them as they are indeed the future of the world that require to be prepared for the changes that we will be facing within the implementation of an Equality based system. This is how within having a training-ground of how giving to all equally would work, we require to establish equal-money as a form of control in the way of ensuring everyone is actually being supported and no abuse is allowed or perpetuated.
This is within the consideration of the 'human factor' that we have mentioned before wherein it will not be an overnight process of understanding what it means to live in Equality. This 'human nature' factor is what's being disregarded in this proposal which is not only a key-point to look at, but a decisive factor in any system/ plan/ proposal working into effectiveness or not.
We can create the most suitable 'laws'/ principles to live by in this reality and make it all sound quite nice to everyone's ears. However, if the human being is not supported through Education to understand, see and realize Why it is necessary to change the current system into an Equality System and How it can be practically and physically implemented through giving Equal-Money for all, we will be most likely only remaining at the level of a utopic idea of 'how we should live' without taking the necessary steps to implement it as a new-program within each human being's mind, which is the current process we are walking as individuals advocating the Equal Money System.
If this is not done through an educational process, the Free World Charter as any other current proposal/ solution that is Not considering the importance of establishing a living principle of Equality through Equal Money as a living right, is prone to fail. It will then be forcing beings to only 'have access to it all' without any proper foundation or understanding of WHY the current system is not working for all, HOW we created it, WHAT is it that we disregarded that has lead us to our current experience of consequence on Earth and within this seeing/ realizing that each one of us is able and capable of becoming part of the solution if we start applying/ living the principle of Life in Equality as ourselves. This is how we must practically take Self Responsibility for our creation.
10. Our community acknowledges its responsibility to maintain a diverse and sustainable biosphere for all future life to enjoy.
We must remember that we share our planet not just with other people, animals and plants, but also with the seeds of future people, animals and plants, who will walk and grow here some day.
These beings, who have no voice or influence today, are equally as entitled to life as we are. It is in the interest of all our species to leave the world to our future generations just as we found it, if not better.
Agreed. Within a system of equal consideration and prevention, we will learn how to care for all that is here maintaining/ sustaining and even restoring that which has been currently disregarded as an outflow of this current power-driven world. More than 'sharing' it is an actual co-existence that must be regarded within the terms of being One and Equal – this is the most important point to realize because this brings any action's consequences back to Self in all ways. The Earth is unconditionally here, giving/ providing with all that we require to live.
We have to stop creating and re-creating all forms of separation in the name of greed, power and self-interest that is what has lead us to our current reality wherein we are very close to self-destruction based on the extended disregard that we have of one another as equals.
We are here to establish a system that is Best for All so that we can all finally see what it is to live, what is actual self expression once that we remove our current survival-mode that we have accepted as 'how life is' which is absolutely Not so at all.
At last but not at least, the main point that differs is the Implementation point wherein we as the Equal Money System, are considering the necessary participation in Politics to establish the Equality System at a political, social and economic level, which will be then placed through a democratic process within the principles of one man, one vote. At the moment I can only read an expected 'change' coming from giving 'free-access' to everyone within the free charter explanation of how it will be implemented, which is certainly not accurate or specific enough within the understanding of How it is that our current management and functioning is stemming from a political level.
We have understood that we cannot 'change the system' being outside of the system – or opposing it for that matter – we must support each other to understand that it must be through a political drive that we can all work with and be an active part of through the necessary processes to let people know that there is a new way to live in this world, providing the basics on how and why as well as necessary support to be able to walk the transformation process. Thus, the 'adoption' of a new system will come through political means, it won't happen as easy as just 'agreeing' upon it. This is thus why a solution must be structured in equal perfection as the current system that we live in, which is obviously 'flawed' in terms of not supporting everyone equally – however, the way that it works proves it is 'functional' as a system that must be restructured to support everyone in an equal way.
We understand that such change will and cannot be impromptu and immediate, it will take the necessary space and time to implement it and the best way to do so, is becoming part of the people that support an Equal Money System not only as an Equal Access to Life system through the equalization of Money, but as the necessary step to educate ourselves within the consideration of Life in Equality – the one and only community that must exist is humanity living as equals in this world.
2012: World Transformation – The How-To
Further information on the Equal Money System:
Equal Money System | Equal Money For All From Birth To Death
Equal Money System – Destonian Wiki
Equal Money System! – YouTube
How to Promote the Equal Money System?
Information on the Free World Charter:
2012 Free World Charter Review – Equal Money System


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A friend of the underage runaway who accused Giants' legend Lawrence Taylor of rape allegedly told investigators the teen victim bragged about making money without actually having sex, according to published reports.
The shocking revelation, if true, could help Taylor fight statutory rape charges against him and support the argument his lawyer has made since Taylor's arrest in Rockland County: Nothing illicit happened.
The 16-year-old runaway allegedly made the statement when she returned to a car waiting for her outside the Holiday Inn where she accused Taylor of attacking her.
The friend, who traveled with the teenager to meet Taylor that evening, said that the prostitute immediately said upon her return that the football great paid her $300 for sex, which was strange, because they didn't have any – oral or otherwise. He just touched himself.
"When she got back in the car, she wasn't mad or anything like that," the friend told investigators, according to the Daily News. "She was like, 'Wow' – she got paid $300 and didn't have to have sex with him."
Taylor's lawyer, Arthur Aidala, didn't immediately respond to requests for comment, but the friend's alleged claim could damage the prosecution's case and, potentially, knock down the third-degree rape charge against Taylor that carries up to four years in jail.
The friend stepped forward to exonerate Taylor because of "three things: they didn't have sex, she's lying, and he's innocent," a source that revealed the latest developments in the investigation told The New York Post.
Previously, the alleged victim insisted she and Taylor had had sex and said that anything to the contrary from Taylor's camp was a lie. The troubled ex-linebacker also copped to paying a prostitute for sex, according to a criminal complaint.
Taylor was charged last week with third-degree rape and patronizing a prostitute. His lawyer has repeatedly maintained his client's innocence, but added this week that there had been no sex at all.
Meanwhile, the weight-loss company NutriSystem Inc. says it has dropped LT as a spokesman because of the charges.
Company spokeswoman Susan McGowan said Friday that the company was shocked at the allegation that Taylor had sex with a 16-year-old runaway and decided to sever the relationship.
McGowan, speaking from company headquarters in Horsham, Pa., said Taylor had been a spokesman for NutriSystem advertising and public relations since April 2009 and had lost 35 pounds to 250. She said he had been used heavily on national TV.
LT Didn't Have Sex With Me, Teen Runaway Tells Friend: Reports
Friend of alleged victim reportedly comes forward to exonerate Giants legend
A friend of the underage runaway who accused Giants' legend Lawrence Taylor of rape allegedly told investigators the teen victim bragged about making money without actually having sex, according to published reports.

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The hunt for CDs always continues but September is always a slow month because of back to school and getting the house ready for Fall/Winter. September is also slow because there aren't as many new releases because the Summer concert/release season has come and gone and a lot of new albums are planned closer to the Winter holidays. There were more than a few big releases though and I was at the record store buying them up on sale…..
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Anthrax – Worship Music (2011) – $12: One of the most anticipated releases of 2011 for me because of the reunion with singer Joey Belladonna but also because there hasn't been a new Anthrax record since 2003's WE'VE COME FOR YOU ALL. That's 8 long years! There's been a lot of drama in the Anthrax camp at the singer slot with John Bush leaving and Belladonna coming in for a reunion tour, then Dan Nelson replacing Belladonna for a new record. When that didn't work, Bush came back for festival dates and to try and record the Nelson material but that didn't work and Belladonna came back for the Big 4 tour dates. Get all that? WORSHIP MUSIC has the classic lineup intact, save for Rob Caggiano on guitar, and it sounds like the band never parted ways with Belladonna back in 1992. I've been an Anthrax fan since the beginning and this is a classic '80s styled release and it sounds great. Regular price was $16 so I saved $4.
Edguy – Age Of The Joker (2011) – $10: I have this love/hate releationship with Edguy. When they first came out in the late '90s, they were a pure Power Metal band that I discovered while getting completely immersed in the growing Power Metal resurgence. As time went on, I had a harder time with the change in sound on albums like HELLFIRE CLUB (2004) and ROCKET RIDE (2006) to a more Hard Rock sound…..at least that's what I hear. I always buy Edguy's albums though and they're always really good but I think they get overshadowed now by Tobias Sammet's Avantasia projects. I couldn't pass up the album though and it was on sale the day of release for $10, a $6 savings compared to the $16 regular price. I've read online that there's a limited edition two disc version with six bonus tracks but it wasn't available at the record store the day of release. Actually, I had no idea there was a special edition or I might have waited and bought online.
Dream Theater – A Dramatic Turn Of Events (2011) – $16: The only reason why this new Dream Theater album seems so expensive is because I bought the special edition with the bonus DVD documenting the drummer auditions the band held to replace the departed Mike Portnoy. I thought that was pretty interesting and I wouldn't mind seeing new drummer Mike Mangini's (ex-Annihilator, Extreme, Steve Vai) induction to the band. Not really a surprise pick seeing that Mangini already worked on some of James LaBrie's solo projects. This is Dream Theater though and I'm going to buy the album anyway, the only difference being do I want to shell out an extra $3 for a bonus DVD? The standard version was $13 on sale with a regular price of $16, the special edition was $16 on sale with a regular price of $22…..I saved $6 and got the bonus DVD that I'll probably watch once!
Doro – 25 years In Rock…..And Still Going Strong (2011) – $20: Now here's the reason I made the trip out to the record store this particular week! Doro Pesch has been around a long time and she is still kicking ass! I've been following her since the Warlock days and it seems that I've acquired a large Warlock/Doro collection over the years. Back in 2008, Doro celebrated her 25th year in Metal with a huge concert in her hometown of Dusseldorf, Germany with a ton of special appearances and guests from across the Metal world including a Warlock reunion! I've only seen and heard bits and pieces online and through various Doro releases but now the entire collection is finally seeing the light of day in the U.S…..it seems that this was released in Europe in november 2010 through Nuclear Blast Germany. The package includes 5 hours of concert footage & a documentary on 2 DVDs and a 43 minute audio CD of parts of the live 25th anniversary concert. The DVDs include the full anniversary show, the behind the scenes look at the show and a bunch of live extras from various festivals over the last few years. I would have preferred the full show on audio so I'm going to see if it's available on that earlier European release. Regular price was $30, paid $20, saved $10.
Saxon – Call To Arms (2011) – $10: The new Saxon record was the only reason I made a second trip to the record store during September…..like I said, it was a slow month but I'm not missing a new album from one of my favorite bands! CALL TO ARMS was released a few weeks earlier in Europe and I'd read some great reviews so I was really looking forward to it. Unfortunately, the cover doesn't impress but the music sure does! There were two versions of this CD: the standard and the special edition that included the Live At Donington 1980 live album. That Donington '80 live album has been repackaged so many times that it's become kind of a joke, if you already own the original like I do then there's no reason to buy the special edition. The original Donington '80 is relatively easy to find as well. Regular price here was $13 (the special edition was $16) and the sale was $10 ($13 for the special) so I saved $3.
Sebastian Bach – Kicking & Screaming (2011) – $14: Just like Edguy, I have this love/hate thing going with Sebastian Bach. Most of the time, I find the guy to be full of himself and he really hasn't released much since Skid Row's SUBHUMAN RACE (1995). Granted that he did Braodway and a lot of work on television with MTV Networks and reality TV but his solo projects haven't been barnburners for me. He had the group The Last Hard Men, a half studio/half live album, a covers album, ANGEL DOWN (2007) and the Frameshift collaboration in 2005. For me the Frameshift record is the best of them all so I wasn't expecting much. Then I look at the guy and he embodies that "rock star" persona and you know the talent is there so I always have hope. I heard the first single, the title track, and it sounded pretty good so I decided to take the chance. I ended up buying the special edition with the bonus DVD that include the making of the album, live bonuses and videos while the proper CD has a bonus track 'Jump Off The Wagon'. Regular price was $20, paid $14, saved $6.
House Of Lords – Big Money (2011) – $13: One thing I like about the Newbury Comics I shop at is that they group all the Frontiers Records' new releases together in the new release section, I end up buying albums I totally forgot about all the time! Right next to the Sebastian Bach was the new House Of Lords which, just like Doro, I seem to have acquired almost all of the band's albums very quietly. The problem with that is I usually end up not giving these House Of Lords albums enough time on the stereo…..maybe it's because the first two albums were so good? Frontman/co-founder James Christian is back again as the only one left from the glory days and he's done a great job of keeping HOL alive, the guy also still has a great voice. I forgot about this album so I grabbed the only copy in the store for the $13 sale price. Regular price for this Frontiers import was $17 so I saved $4. Just a quick thought…..I realize the crest is the band's trademark but couldn't we vary some of these album covers a little?
Michael Monroe – Sensory Overdrive (2011) – $10: This CD was a complete out of the blue purchase. I'm not a big Hanoi Rocks or Michael Monroe fan because I just never got around to buying most of the albums. I have a few but I bought them years ago and haven't revisited them in years. So I'm browsing the regular priced Rock section and I notice one of the clerks stocking a section so I asked the guy if he had good stuff. The guy told me to give this disc a try so I took it and added it to my shopping basket. If you've read this website long enough then you know I always grab a handbasket when I walk in and I fill it with all the good stuff I find. When I'm done, I make my decisions, keep what I'm buying and I restock the other CDs back on the shelves where they belong. When it came down to decision time, the reason why I took a chance on Michael Monroe was because the other competing albums had multiple copies and this had only one, the others were a few dollars more, this was a lower price and I quickly pulled up a few reviews on my phone. I figured $10 sale price was worth a chance…..regular price was $13 so I saved $3.
Amon Amarth – Surtur Rising (2011) – $12 used: I ended up find ing the latest Amon Amarth album on my third and final trip to Newbury Comics in September, I actually went back to the store the day after I bought the Saxon, Bach, Monroe and Lords albums because I forgot to buy my wife a CD she asked me to pick up. So I go back in and I decide to do a quick double check of the Metal section because how much is really going to change in 24 hours? Well SURTUR RISING wasn't there the day before and there were two copies: a new one for $20 and this used one for $12! This is the special edition digipak that includes the 10 song CD and the 33 track DVD – BLOODSHED OVER BOCHUM, GERMANY 12/28-12/31/2008. I saved the $8 over the regular price and the content value is great for that price but this was a solid purchase because 1) the digital download I received from the promo company had a glitch in it and I couldn't download the entire album and 2) I haven't seen a copy of SURTUR RISING stocked in any of the various Newbury Comics locations I've been in since a month after the album's release. The search is over and I paid just under what the original sale price was on the new release date.
Kik Tracee – No Rules (1991) – $3 used: If you find one great bargain then there's bound to be another! Nothing else of any significance cam out of the quick check of the Metal section so I went over to the bargain bin for a quick check and there it was right in front of the 'K' section. I've been looking for a good copy of NO RULES for a long time but everytime I search Kik Tracee on Ebay, the available copies are either going through a bidding war or the BUY IT NOW is set extremely high. I quickly checked Ebay for some current prices and the range was as low as $15 for a used CD and as high as $75 for the Japanese import. Either way, $3 for a mint condition used CD is an awesome price, especially considering the demand and my quest for the album. Instant purchase! Of course, I forgot my wife's CD when I was ready to check out but I did go back and get it. Average price on Ebay is around $25 but I will go with the lowest price I saw of $15 so I saved $12.
Best Buy
Chickenfoot – III (2011) – $13: There is never any reason to go to a big box retailer like Best Buy, Target or Wal-Mart for a CD unless there is some exclusive release or variation. I walked into Best Buy about an hour after the doors opened the morning the new Chickenfoot was released and I couldn't find a copy! I asked a sales associate and he looked at me like I was insane. I asked the cashier I saw reading a magazine, she had no idea. I even got the sales flyer and showed these people the CD…..they searched the FOUR racks of CDs they had and there was nothing. New release rack? Nothing. Finally I asked for the store manager because why advertise a limited edition release exclusive to Best Buy if you aren't going to display it on the sales floor? The manager comes up, makes a call, and a fresh box of CDs arrives from the stockroom! I got one, another guy grabbed one and the fresh out of high school sales associate stocked the other 20 or so CDs in the new release rack. All this for a simple CD? No wonder the business is in shambles! Regular was $16, sale price $13, so I saved $3.
Total = $133
Total (year) = $802
Average Price (per item) = $8.72
Total Savings (month) = $65
Total Savings (year) = $735
Total CDs (year) = 86
Total DVDs (year) = 5
Total Box Sets (year) = 0
Total LPs (year) = 1


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In the wake of the Newtown tragedy, a minority issue has come before the majority. In a democracy the majority passes the laws. In a democracy dedicated to justice, the majority is careful when passing these laws to protect the rights of the minority. Gun control, now as in the past, defies democratic rule. An intransigent minority has a stranglehold on making the law and blocking reform.
It's worth making such basic points, which everyone knows, because a silent majority has been acquiescent in the culture of violence that everyone is decrying now. The phrase "silent majority" was invented in the Nixon era to ignite widespread resentment against the anti-war movement, a rise in crime and drug use, and general permissiveness. It gave permission for scattered, unfocused anger and resentment to come together. For anyone on the left, this was moral chicanery, a way for right-wing politicians to exploit the underside of social antagonism while wearing a mask of pious rectitude.
It's time to test if there is a silent majority that is willing to come together for issues that stand for a healthy moral sense – not social resentment and "values" issues that revolve around prejudice and reactionary religion. In his speech last week on gun safety, President Obama rightly said that incidents like Newtown reveal a complex issue, where guns are entangled with issues over mental health, the Second Amendment, police safety, school security, and more. But he was also right in saying that complexity isn't an excuse for not acting.
The public has become lax over the past thirty years. The shock of the Newtown shootings has suddenly created a shift. According to the latest CNN poll, 62% of respondents favor a reinstatement of the ban on assault weapons, and the same majority would support a ban on high-capacity ammunition clips. But opinions don't create action when an entrenched minority wields political power. The NRA is doing what it has always done when the public gets aroused by a mass killing – they lie low for a while, wait for the outcry to die down, and then move in to make sure that Congress is still under their control.
We need to strip away us-versus-them thinking on guns, which only leads into endless arguments over personal values. The gun culture in this country is implacable. They have no interest in compromise. Sensible gun laws galvanize their paranoia. On TV one hears the prevailing conspiracy theories: guns are needed so that individual citizens can protect themselves when an oppressive government turns on its citizens. Take away assault weapons, and it's a slippery slope to taking away all guns. And so it goes. Guns don't kill, people do. Every family needs a gun to protect itself from home invasion. A majority of Americans don't buy into these arguments, but they silently acquiesce to them.
Grief and shock should lead to an aroused majority that doesn't aim to change gun culture but simply to exert the will of the country. In 1996, Australia reacted to the crazed killing of 35 people in Tasmania by passing stiff gun control that included buying back semi-automatic weapons. Australia has a Wild West culture that dates back to its frontier days, and so there were plenty of semi-automatic weapons out there. The buy-back amounted to 600,000 weapons. The same thing needs to happen here. We can't shrug our shoulders once more, using "culture of violence" as an excuse for doing nothing. The rights of the minority have been tolerated too far when that minority stands for intractable intolerance itself.


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Greene St. is parallel to Broad St., just a bit south, and a street or two north of Telfair St. It's a pretty busy thoroughfare and there's plenty of lawyer's offices and businesses to the west. However, as you go east, business slacks off, although there are nice homes along most of Greene St.
I always wanted to make it into this old night club, but the concrete was a bit of an impediment. Once, while staying in the cheapest motel in Savannah (The Thunderbird, right across from the Greyhound Station, natch), I got into a conversation with the desk clerk, who had briefly lived in Augusta during the 1950's. He told me about seeing Dinah Washington perform at a club and then dancing with her, as she came out front to mingle with the patrons. That dance had really made his night. I've never figured out exactly where the club was, but it seems it might have been near where the post office is now, somewhere off of 8th or 9th St.
Back on the east end of Greene St. is this Widow's Home. It's empty, but the inside was refurbished at some point with plush carpets and new paint. I don't know if anyone will ever use it again, but it's not really worth exploring. The outside looks good though. Just the ambience for widow's, I guess.
The Sacred Heart Cathedral, right where Greene St. exits onto the John Calhoun Parkway, opened in 1900 and held its last mass in 1971. After that it quickly fell into disrepair. Luckily, it was restored and is now a cultural center. So, no, it's not abandoned, but for a small donation you can wander around in the middle of the day and pretend it is. There are some great historical photos of Augusta during floods where you can see water rising along the bottom of the church. The cathedral is the only recognizable feature still around from those old photos.
At the corner of Greene St. and 5th is this old laundromat with apartments above it. It's worth taking a closer look at this old building. So, we'll do just that next time.
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Mets place Tejada back in the leadoff spot
NEW YORK -- The Mets are putting their trust in Ruben Tejada. By returning the shortstop to the leadoff spot for their game against the Yankees on Monday night, the Mets are depending on Tejada to get back to squaring up the baseball and hitting line drives like he used to.
Tejada, who was batting only .218 entering Monday's game, had been hitting too many balls in the air, so the Mets moved him down in the order. They wanted Tejada to get back to battling the pitcher to go deep into counts, but most of all, to work on not getting underneath the baseball to reduce his fly-ball rate.
Manager Terry Collins said the Mets' lineup is best with Tejada at the top of the order, but that's as long as he returns to being the type of hitter he used to be.
"We've kind of looked at some different things, and as we move forward, he's got to be the guy that leads off for us," Collins said. "Ruben's just going to have to step up, work hard on getting on base and getting back to hitting line drives."
While Tejada sorted through his struggles, the Mets slotted second baseman Daniel Murphy at leadoff. But Collins said that was more out of necessity than anything else, and that Murphy "didn't necessarily care for it." Murphy entered Monday with a .337 on-base percentage, while Tejada's was .280. Tejada finished up last season -- when he was the Mets' primary leadoff hitter -- with a .333 on-base percentage.
Collins said Tejada's swing is fine, and that he just needs to keep his weight back a little longer so he's not getting out in front on pitches. By putting Tejada back at the top of the lineup, the Mets are hoping he forces himself to do that.
"Our best lineup is with Ruben at the top of the order," said Collins.


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51 – Gonzalo Segares' mid-air equalizer on Saturday was his first goal in 51 regular season matches for the Fire. That streak stood as the longest goal-scoring drought of the Costa Rican international's career (his last goal came in a 2-2 draw at Columbus on April 25, 2009) and also the longest of any current Fire field player.
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212 – The record drought between goals for a Fire field player belongs to club original C.J. Brown. Set to be inducted into the Ring of Fire next month, Brown scored two goals inside the first 14 games of his MLS career (the second came in a 4-1 win over Kansas City on June 24, 1998). A total of 212 regular season games passed before he found the back of the net again, scoring the 47th minute game winner in a 2-1 victory over Columbus on September 9, 2006.
273 – With an appearance in Saturday's 3-2 victory over Toronto, Fire captain Logan Pause moved past Chris Armas into third on the club's all-competitions appearance list with 273 games played. If he appears in the next four matches, Pause will move past Zach Thornton (276) and into second place on the list on May 12 vs. Sporting KC.
1 – The previous two seasons Patrick Nyarko has tallied his lone goal of the campaign in the month of September. Following his 58th minute winner five matches into 2012, many will hope to see his goal total from the past few seasons grow in 2012.
300 – Nyarko's 58th minute goal Saturday also stood as the 300th away goal in the club's regular season history. See below other milestone away goals in Fire history…
Number Player Date/Result/Opponent
1 Roman Kosecki (76') 2-0 W at Miami (3/21/1998)
50 Ante Razov (45') 3-4 L at Kansas City (3/25/2000)
100 Josh Wolff (70') 2-0 W at Columbus (3/23/2002)
150 Chris Armas (23') 1-2 L at MetroStars (7/24/2004)
200 Ivan Guerrero (37') 3-0W at Toronto FC (7/29/2007)
250 Peter Lowry (48') 2-3 L at Houston (8/9/2009)
300 Patrick Nyarko (58') 3-2 W at Toronto FC (4/21/2012)
14 – Saturday's win was the 14th career regular season victory of goalkeeper Sean Johnson's career. It was also the first time since August 21, 2010 that Johnson's record had more wins than losses (he was 2-1-1 back then). The Fire net minder is 14-13-16 over 43 career MLS appearances since first debuting in a 3-2 victory at the LA Galaxy on August 1, 2010.


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Lion on the lam: Bazan leaves church while still speaking to flock
David Bazan was the brains behind Pedro the Lion, that rare breed of devotedly Christian rockers who win mainstream raves while thrilling the faithful with music far edgier than singalongs. A few years ago, however, Bazan announced that he no longer considered himself a believer and fell into a bit of an alcoholic stupor. When he crawled out agnostic, he got back to work, in 2009 releasing his first solo record: Curse Your Branches. A testimonial of sorts to the doubts this former evangelical has wrestled with for years, the album shows that while Bazan may have left the church, he still has something to say to the congregation.
The Hook: Growing up in a devout Christian household, were there restrictions on what you could listen to?
David Bazan: Until I was about 14 I was only allowed to listen to Christian music. For a while when I was in 8th grade, there was an exception made for the Beatles. But then–- after catching me walking around singing the song "Yer Blues"–- my dad kind of changed his mind.
The Hook: "Yer Blues?"
David Bazan: Yeah, his twelve year-old kid singing "I'm so lonely I wanna die." That's the age where trouble can start.
The Hook: So when you started Pedro the Lion, did you see it as a vehicle for a Christian message?
David Bazan: Well, at the time I was really trying to think outside of the box about how to be a Christian playing music. It was still a really heavy part of my upbringing that music didn't necessarily have value in and of itself–- its value comes from its usefulness as a tool to tell people about your faith.
The Hook: You've moved away from Christianity even as the evangelical mega-church movement has exploded. Was there a specific breaking point?
David Bazan: It evolved pretty naturally. I definitely from the beginning felt like sort of an outsider. While there were Christians who responded positively to the work, with each record there was a contingent of backlash–- people sort of leaving or writing and saying, "I got the new record, and I read the lyrics and I put it back in the envelope; and I'm sending it back, and how dare you communicate this way" kind of thing.
The Hook: This record has an almost more overt Christian tone, as if you've left the pasture but you're still speaking to the flock. Do you think Christians should hear you now more than ever?
David Bazan: I don't really have an opinion about whether they should or shouldn't, but in a certain sense I agree that it may be the most Christian record that I've made in that it's obsessed with those themes, and it's obsessed with the character and the so-called "person" of God, more so than most self-ascribed Christian records. For a lot of Christian people who still continue to believe, listening to Curse Your Branches is a really positive experience because it speaks thoroughly about their own faith. I've found that to be very interesting, because I thought that Curse Your Branches wouldn't be anything but a threat to believing Christians. But I've heard tons of reports to the contrary. People are able to really dig into the record and have their faith still be intact.
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"There's going to be a greater emphasis in this precinct, and all other precincts, on writing the summonses that will impact more on protecting pedestrians," said 104th Precinct Captain Christopher Manson.
Manson said they have compiled a list of intersections, however it is still too soon to know which ones will get the heaviest focus as part of the new initiative.
"We look at where people are getting hit by cars and having bad accidents, and then immediately attack the problems at that intersection," he said. "It is fixed by tackling the three E's: engineering, enforcement and education.
He added that the summonses for red-light violations, speeding, improper turns, failure to yield to pedestrians and DWI would be at the forefront in the precinct under the new plan.
While Manson said he does not have more officers on patrol, he added, "All officers do very well."
According to Manson, the 104th Precinct has reported 587 accidents so far this year versus 547 last year (or a seven percent increase). He added that 20 of those accidents were pedestrian injuries versus 36 this time last year (or a decrease of 44 percent).
"Over 60 of those accidents are directly from the snow or the ice," he clarified. "We know that from reading the accident reports."
Captain Timothy Brown recently joined the 104th precinct from his former post at the 109th Precinct to head the traffic program in the community.
Brown said his first order of business is to begin a community-wide crackdown on illegal operation of electric-powered bicycles.
"If merchants are utilizing E-bikes, they're illegal and the owners of those are putting their employees at risk," Brown said. "We're going to start enforcing that."
Brown said merchants especially should take action on eliminating the bikes.
"If you don't have proper identification, it's gone and it's coming with us," he said. "You've been warned."


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Praise for Emily March and Reflection Point
"Eternity Springs is a small town in the Colorado Rockies, populated with people I delight in visiting again and again."—New York Times bestselling author Susan Mallery
"With passion, romance, and revealing moments that will touch your heart, [March] takes readers on an unhurried journey where past mistakes are redeemed and a more beautiful future is forged—one miracle at a time."—USA Today
"The matchmakers are at it again in Eternity Springs and, with a bit of angel dust, will help the hero and heroine discover the healing power of love. All the characters are wonderfully complex and the surprise involving one of them is nicely done. Readers will be eager to reach the end, yet sad to get there."—RT Book Reviews
"Reflection Point is a sweet heartwarming novel that will leave you feeling giddy."—Joyfully Reviewed
"For a wonderful read, don't miss a visit to Eternity Springs."—New York Times bestselling author Lisa Kleypas
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Legislation that turned a shuttered prison in rural Fort Lyon into a facility to aid the state's homeless included provisions that have escalated overtime costs for Colorado's prison guards by $9 million annually, a legislative analysis has found.
Prior to passage of the legislation, the Corrections Department computed overtime for corrections officers using a 28-day work period.
The legislation, sponsored and pushed by leading Democratic legislators, ended up shortening those work periods to 14 days. It further required overtime pay when hours worked by a corrections officer exceeded 85 hours in a 14-day work period and when officers worked 12 or more hours in a 24-hour period.
"Since both of these provisions refer to payment for the overtime, the department concludes that the provisions eliminate the department's previous discretionary ability to pay cash for overtime or award compensatory time," states a recent analysis by Steve Allen, a staffer for the Joint Budget Committee.
Allen recommends a legislative fix be made to "eliminate some of the unintended overtime consequences of the bill, thus aligning costs more closely with the fiscal note."
The Joint Budget Committee, which forwards funding recommendations that the full legislature votes on, is scheduled to discuss the issue Monday.
Allen said in his analysis that he and the Department of Corrections drastically underestimated the impact the scheduling provisions in Senate Bill 210 would have on overtime costs.
He estimated before the legislature approved the bill that it would increase monthly corrections officer overtime costs, which had been averaging $213,438, by $173,333. Instead, after the legislation went into effect in August, it exploded prison guard overtime to an average of $960,000 a month, Allen found.
The legislation was sponsored by State Rep. Crisanta Duran, a Democrat from Denver and the new chairwoman of the powerful Joint Budget Committee. Former State Sen. Angela Giron, a Democrat from Pueblo, who later lost a recall vote, sponsored the legislation in the Senate.
Giron could not be reached, but Duran said officials with the Colorado Department of Corrections had misinterpreted the legislation, which she said was never meant to increase overtime costs so dramatically.
"They've now got guidance and clarification as to the interpretation of the bill, and they will make necessary changes to make sure the bill is implemented the way it was intended," Duran said.
Officials with Colorado WINS, which represents state employees, did not comment extensively on the issue.
"It affects state employees, so we'll have some direction on it," said Hilary Chigro, an organizing director for Colorado WINS. "We wouldn't want workers going uncompensated for work they do."
Officials with the Colorado Department of Corrections declined comment, saying they wanted to appear before the Joint Budget Committee first before discussing the issue publicly.
The legislation that ended up increasing the overtime costs also turned a rural Fort Lyon prison facility, shuttered by Democratic Gov. John Hickenlooper amid budget cuts, into a repurposed facility intended to aid the state's homeless population.
In 2012, the Joint Budget Committee denied Hickenlooper's efforts to repurpose the facility for the homeless. News reports stated that Giron helped amend Senate Bill 210, which originally dealt with how correctional officer work hours are calculated, to include Hickenlooper's proposal for the Fort Lyon facility.
After intense political wrangling at the state Capitol, lawmakers passed the measure, which also appropriated funds to bus the state's homeless to the rural facility to receive substance-abuse support services, medical care and job training.
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CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. – For the second game in-a-row, Pine Manor sophomore Sybil Lynch (Hoboken, NJ) scored a pair of goals and senior Amanda Powell (Lumberton, NJ) scored the game-winner to help lead Pine Manor Women's Soccer to a 3-1 victory, this time over Fisher College, on Tuesday afternoon at Hedley Field in Chestnut Hill, MA.
The Gators were forced to rally from an early 1-0 deficit when Fisher's Alicia Alex (Pepperrell, MA) put the Falcons ahead just 2:49 into the game. Fisher sophomore Ashley De Sousa (Hazlet, NJ) delivered a through ball from the midfield to send Alex in alone on goal, allowing Alex the time and space to calmly deliver the first goal of the game and the first goal of the season for Fisher.
The Falcons held the lead for the next 20 minutes before Lynch was able to sneak the ball past Fisher goalkeeper Kourtney Kellard (Danvers, MA) and tie the match. Lynch broke into the Fisher penalty area after using a burst of speed to get free down the left flank, but was unable to find a lane to cross the ball to the middle of the field. Instead, Lynch found the far post, banking the ball in off the woodwork to tie the score at 1-1.
The Gators then took the lead just before the half when Powell used her own odd angle shot to beat Kellard, this time from the right side of the field. Carrying the ball from midfield, Powell got around the Fisher line and into the top corner of the penalty area before releasing a shot that beat Kellard to her short side to give the Gators the 2-1 advantage with 1:13 remaining in the first half.
With Pine Manor leading 2-1 after the half, the Falcons failed to equalize on a penalty kick nine minutes into the second half. A Pine Manor foul in the penalty area allowed Fisher's Deanna Morency (Auburn, ME) the opportunity to tie the match but her penalty kick shot sailed right into the arms of PMC goalkeeper Natasha Kopystynsky (Johnsburg, IL). Kopystynsky made 8 saves to record her second victory of the season for the Gators.
The second half remained scoreless until Lynch connected with a cross from Rachel Sanchez (Hyde Park, MA) and buried the ball in the back of the net to give PMC the 3-1 advantage at 76:49. The Gators kept the pressure on for the remaining 13 minutes of the game, outshooting the Falcons 5-2, but they were unable to beat Kellard for a fourth time. For Fisher, Kellard made 13 saves on the day.
The Gators will be back in action on Saturday at 1:00 PM when they hit the road for the first time this season to take on Becker College in Leicester, MA. Fisher will also return to action on Saturday when they travel to Longmeadow, MA to take on Bay Path.
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The initial flavor is a sweet smokiness. It is not a Latakia smoky flavor. There is no Latakia in it. It's more like a slow-smoked duck, or smoked-meat flavor. It doesn't taste like duck, but is reminiscent of the smooth smokiness of hickory smoke, rather than the campfire smoke you get from Latakia tobacco blends. The weather turned a little colder here in Florida recently and the chill in the air seems to go well with the stout JackKnife Plug tobacco's full flavor. It's a powerfully round taste that reveals a little bit of tanginess as you get to the mid-bowl point. It is evident that there is a perfect marriage of different types of tobaccos that create a natural, smooth, yet full-bodied round tobacco flavor. There is a little spiciness, but it is a smooth, sweet spice rather than a hot spice. The tanginess becomes more pronounced as you smoke.
I can't compare JackKnife Plug to anything else I have smoked. It is full-bodied, packed with flavors of smooth smokiness, spice, tang, and sweetness. I highly recommend it to people that like natural full-flavored pipe tobacco. Latakia smokers, and pipesters that enjoy strong Virginia-Perique blends should enjoy this. Of course, if you like Plug tobaccos, JackKnife Plug is a must-try as well. (It is the first plug tobacco I have smoked.)
I highly recommend it!Be sure to check out the ready rubbed version too!
JackKnife Plug
What can I say? I got caught up in the hype of this blend from the forums I frequented and snagged a tin when it first went up for sale by one of the major e-tailers about a month ago. I am certainly glad that I did even though it took me a month to get to it in my rotation. When I opened the tin I was treated to a lovely compressed plug of tobacco comprised of different hues of brown and tending toward rich dark colors on the top layer of the plug. The tin aroma was like smelling pure tobacco drying in my dad's barn and the plug itself was rather too moist to the touch for my tastes. I sliced the plug into a shag cut with a razor and let it dry out some before packing a pipe with it. An unlit sip brought the taste of drying burley.After lighting I experienced nutty and earthy flavors that I assume came from the burley and it left an oily feeling on my tongue. After smoking it for a week my overall impression was of rich dark earthy flavors with a hint of walnut tempered with the delicious sweetness of the Virginia. The finish was very short and left my mouth feeling oily; a few times I was also left with a buttery taste. The ash was gray and white and the room note was very pleasant leaving the room smelling like an old tobacco shop's fragrance. This blend had quite the nicotine punch but it was very mellow without any bite. I also smoked this in a different pipe for each bowl, and I could not find one in my rotation that it did not taste great in.This was not the Holy Grail of tobacco for me, but I found it to be a superb blend. I love the strength and the marrying of the different tobaccos and the flavors they imparted at different times. Anyone who loves burley should definitely give this a shot, and if you crave a strong hit of vitamin "N" then you also should not pass by this blend. I will definitely buy more of this as I want to try cutting it different ways to see how that affects the taste, and I want to cellar some and see how the different tobaccos develop after stewing together for a few years.
A strong, full burley blend, JKP truly is one of the best GLP blends to hit the shelves. Best rubbed out and dried a bit, JKP benefits from a loose pack and easy tamp. Go slow and the wonderful sweet tobaccos will delight the senses.
The dawn of a new era.
Here is a tobacco with no flavoring, all natural relying on only the expertise of the blender and the quality of the products. The dark-fired Kentucky leaf makes this so darned good. They are responsible for the floral tastes in the blend. When I think of a classic VA, I think of tobaccos like FVF. This is so much different than FVF, yet so instantly classic, I can say without hesitation it is the best tobacco I have ever smoked. The flavor so complex and subtle, it can stand up to scrutiny while at the same time can easily be an all day smoke without giving much thought.Perhaps the most interesting part of this new blend in a new series by G.L. Pease, is that a blender known for his skill as one of the finest English style creators, has now shown his mastery of the most noble of all tobaccos. If you are a VA fan, I recommend you go out and buy a lot of this right now. I can only imagine how well this blend will age.
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Set among tea gardens, military cantonments and built around several lakes, Tezpur is located on the north bank of the Brahmaputra River in the district of Sonitpur, central Assam, and less than a 30 minute drive from Wild Mahseer. With the snow-capped Himalayas as its northern backdrop, this scenic town has a fascinating history.
Located on the ancient site of Sonitpur (meaning City of Blood) so named, as legend has it, because of a battle fought there between Lord Krishna and Lord Shiva, it is steeped in mythology and folklore and renowned for its magnificent archaeological ruins and scenic beauty.
Our half-day Tezpur Temple Tour includes 3 Hindu Temples and the site of an ancient battle.
Guests first visit Sri Mahabhairab Mandir, an ancient temple located on a hillock in the northern part of Tezpur where King Bana worshipped Mahabhairab, an incarnation of Lord Shiva. It is a famous landmark and is visited by devotees from all over India. It houses one of the largest shiva linga (stone phallus) in India.
Next they go to Holeshwar temple, located roughly 7 km outside Tezpur. This is another ancient site dedicated to an incarnation of the Lord Shiva that also houses a shiva linga. It is believed that when one prays earnestly at this temple the prayers will be fulfilled and it is especially revered by friends at the Williamson Magor Group as an auspicious place of worship.
1 km east along the Brahmaputra River is the hill of Agni Garh, a famous battlefield featured in the epic Mahabharata which dates back to hundreds of years BC. The Mahabharata tells the story behind the Kurukshetra war and describes the fates of two royal families: the Kauravas and the Pandavas. Agni Garh, meaning rampart surrounded by fire, is one of the most beautiful places in Tezpur. According to legend King Bana imprisoned his only daughter Princess Usha there in a palace surrounded by a rampart of fire because of her love for Prince Anirudha, the grandson of Lord Krishna. Facing the Brahmaputra the hillock provides a panoramic view of both Tezpur and the river.
The final stop is at Da-Parbatiya, a few kilometers outside Tezpur, which has within its limits the ruins of the oldest temple in Assam consisting of the remains of a brick temple of Siva from the Ahom period that had been erected upon the ruins of a stone temple of the earlier Gupta period, circa 6th century AD. In 1897 an earthquake caused the Ahom brick temple to collapse revealing a door frame from the older structure, one of the three rare Gupta period architectural pieces in existence in India. It depicts two goddesses, Ganga and Yamuna, holding garlands in their hands and standing at the foot of the door-jambs which are decorated with beautiful ornamental foliage carvings.
If guests wish, this half-day Tezpur Temple tour can be combined with shopping in Tezpur.


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Pentaho Business Analytics 4.5 arrives this week with a promise to provide exploration and visualization capabilities across "all" data sources, including big data. Also incorporating an interface to SaaS-based third-party visualizations, this data analytics tool now features geo-mapping, heat-grids, and scatter/bubble-chart visualizations.
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Adding further data sizzle to an already (for some) sexy heat-grid bubble-chart combo offering are Pentaho's interactive visual analysis functions such as lasso filtering, zoom, and "attribute highlighting" on all chart types. There are also interactive reporting enhancements designed for non-technical users and in-memory cache performance improvements.
"Pentaho Business Analytics 4.5 delivers interactive visualization and big data integration in a unified pluggable platform that speeds time to business insights for both IT and line of business," said Jake Cornelius, senior vice president, products, Pentaho Corporation. "We built the Pentaho platform from the ground up with an understanding that data integration and business analytics are better together."
The company is making much of its so-termed "simplified deployment options" for data distribution across Hadoop clusters, including a new Debian RPM for MapR and support for Hadoop's distributed cache. There is expanded NoSQL database integration including read, write, and reporting with Apache Cassandra, DataStax, and MongoDB. Plus performance and ease-of-use improvements in the Pentaho MapReduce visual designer and support for secure Hadoop clusters.
Pentaho also provides an online, distribution-specific "how to" resource center.


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Vokoun's shutout gives Penguins 3-2 series lead over Islanders
Pittsburgh can clinch first-round playoff series on Saturday
Jarome Iginla thought the Penguins' struggles in their first-round playoff series with the New York Islanders could be good for the team.
He was right.
The Penguins shut out the Islanders 4-0 on Thursday night behind backup goaltender Tomas Vokoun, who was making his first playoff appearance in six years.
Vokoun stopped 31 shots to blank the Islanders at Consol Energy Center in his first playoff action since 2007. The shutout was the second of Vokoun's career. His first came as a member of the Nashville Predators against the Detroit Red Wings in 2004.
Tyler Kennedy, Douglas Murray and captain Sidney Crosby gave the Penguins a 3-0 lead during a seven-minute stretch in the second period, while Kris Letang netted a power-play goal in the third.
Vokoun was thrust into the lineup after Dan Bylsma benched Marc-Andre Fleury, who had started 79 straight postseason games but struggled in a 6-4 loss in Game 4. The 36-year-old Vokoun didn't look intimidated by the stage as the Penguins restored a little order to a wide-open series.
Bylsma also scratched defenseman Mark Eaton and forwards Jussi Jokinen and Tanner Glass in favor of younger, quicker skaters Simon Despres, Joe Vitale and Kennedy.
The series returns to the Nassau Coliseum for Game 6 at 7 p.m. Saturday. If needed, Game 7 will be Sunday in Pittsburgh.


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Now drip watered down paint or food coloring with a paint brush or eye dropper on the surface of the shaving cream.
Then, take a stick or comb and swirl around the paint to create zig zags, curvy lines, or whatever you choose.
Then lay down a paper on the marbled shaving cream.
Lift up the paper and you'll have something like this! (not finished yet)
Now take a straight edged piece of plastic or piece of cardboard (we used a plastic lid cut in half), and scrape the shaving cream off the heart. Messy!
Under the shaving cream layer will reveal a GORGEOUS marbled effect! Let them dry for a few hours.
Then we glued them on colored paper to frame them. Here is a close up of one of my favorite marbled hearts.
Here are bunches of our marbled shaving cream hearts! Love them all!
After we made bunches of hearts C just wanted to play in the shaving cream which is always a FAVORITE!
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Together Family layoutPosted in Scrapbook Pages and tagged with brads, CTMH, distressing, flowers, inking, ribbon, stamping on 07/13/2011 12:00 am by Wendy
Here's an old layout from a gathering that just needed a picture.
Supplies are all Close to My Heart: More to Adore Paper Pack, Chocolate Ribbon, Chocolate Ink, Chocolate cardstock, Distressing Inks, Simple Stitches stamp set, and Friendship Word Puzzle stamp set.
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I usually agree with Jim Wallis, though I often wish that he would go further in his critique of the current order. But, as he says in the following article, he is a conservative Christian (and I am not). As a nation, is it too much to hope that we may be approaching a new perspective on the systemic crisis that we are facing when conservative Christians start questioning the culture of greed that has marked this country for the last 30 years? Greed that rips apart the social fabric that unites this country? Greed that enriches the few and impoverishes the masses? Greed that skews the moral compass of this country? Greed that worships multi-million dollar athletic contracts and punishes the homeless for not working hard enough to afford a home? The list is endless. Read this article and reflect on it today, Sunday, February 14. Reflect also on the larger meaning of Valentine's Day and don't get caught up in the corporate celebration of the day. Instead, reflect on the true meaning of love, which Jim Wallis points to in this essay. His interview of Elizabeth Warren will appear in the April issue of Sojourner's magazine.
Elizabeth Warren and Goliath
By Jim Wallis
I had a most instructive conversation this week with Elizabeth Warren, the Harvard economist who is also the Chair of the TARP Congressional Oversight Panel. Warren has a way of cutting through the jargon and confusion of many economists and of this economic crisis — right to the moral core of the issues at stake. I knew her for her keen insights, but I didn't know she was from, as she puts it, a "mixed marriage from Oklahoma" — Baptist and Methodist — and that she is a former Methodist Sunday school teacher. In the interview I did with her for Sojourners, her moral and even theological comments were as impressive as her economic analysis of our present crisis. She said the battle for financial regulatory reform is like the battle between David and Goliath.
Warren's narrative of the U.S. economy, and the banking industry in particular, was very clarifying. For most of U.S. history, our country went through repeated periods of boom and bust, with all the consequences of those cycles. But after the Great Depression, a number of new financial regulations — rules for the road — were put into place that were designed to protect average Americans in particular from the continued abuses of the big banks and the often terrible results in bad times for ordinary people. Two important examples were the FDIC (Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation) to protect people's savings and the Glass Steagall Act of 1933 to prevent banks from speculating with depositors' money. And the new rules worked for several decades, creating both prosperity and security for many American families and an emerging middle class. But starting in 1980, the rules were first watered down and gradually removed, and banks were free again to engage in both the abusive and very risky speculative behavior that helped to bring on the Great Depression, and resulted again in the current Great Recession.
She explained how credit card and mortgage application forms used to be only a page or two and were both clear and understandable to the average person — even allowing people to easily compare and contrast the deals offered. But now, as all of us know, these forms have expanded to 30 pages or more with lots of complications, hard to comprehend provisions, and "fine print" that cleverly hides a long list or traps, tricks, and a myriad of both exploitive arrangements and outright abuses that greatly benefit banks at the expense of borrowers and card holders. In clear moral terms, Warren described the current behavior of our biggest banks as deliberately deceiving, entrapping, and cheating unsuspecting customers into very precarious and ultimately disastrous financial positions. And with no more rules of the road, the banks were leading their customers into the financial ditch. An economic crisis has been the result with massive suffering and pain for millions of Americans.
We are now living in a "lawless" economic environment, according to Warren, where our biggest banks have become our most dangerous predators — and with no protections for the rest of us against the "law of the jungle," as she puts it. The consequences for our economy, our culture, our families, and even our souls have been disastrous. This is not the way we should want to live, Warren says, and it is creating a world which we should not want our children to grow up in. She makes the urgent case for reform with the compelling analysis of a top economist, the family values of a grandmother, and the moral arguments of a person of faith. The sins of the financial world have become both a moral, and even religious, issue from the perspective of the Methodist tradition "which still shapes me."
Warren is the "mother" of the idea for a new Consumer Financial Protection Agency (CFPA),which is in the current financial reform bill recently passed by the House of Representatives, and is now slowly making its way through the U.S. Senate. But the big banks are aggressively fighting back, trying to prevent their own regulation only one year after the financial meltdown for which they were in large part responsible. There seems to be no remorse, let alone repentance, from the big banks — only record new profits enabled by their taxpayer-funded bailouts, and enormous bonuses to the executives who made the very decisions that brought the economic system down on the heads and hearts of so many Americans. The biggest banks in America are giving shame a bad name.
Why are new rules, regulations, and protections necessary? Because of the human condition, the realities of human nature, and a biblically orthodox understanding of human sinfulness. Yes, the reasons we need the protections offered by a Consumer Financial Protection Agency are as theological as economic. And it is amazing to me how many of those who oppose any regulation of Wall Street also claim to be religious conservatives. They subscribe to what I label in my new book, Rediscovering Values: On Wall Street, Main Street, and Your Street — A Moral Compass for the New Economy, "the myth of the sinless market." I am a conservative Christian too, conservative enough to have a healthy appreciation for human sins, human failings, and fallen-ness, and after witnessing the behavior of America's biggest banks during this economic crisis, an old theological term called human depravity. It is simply bad theology to trust large corporations not to pollute our waters, poison our air, or cheat their unsuspecting customers. They have to be prevented from doing so for the sake of the common good. Good financial and economic rules reflect, not only good economics, but also good theology. And the free market fundamentalism of Wall Street's defenders is, among other things, bad theology.
But as Elizabeth Warren, a good Methodist, warns, the banks are trying everything they can think of to kill financial reform. And we must not let them do that. In the name of a fairer economy, of family values, of moral values, and of sound biblical theology, the faith community must now make itself heard on the urgent issue of financial regulatory reform. We must hold our biggest banks accountable to the common good. So let our Senators not just hear from the bankers, but now also from pastors who see what such abusive banking behavior has done to their families and parishioners, to devastated communities with shuttered houses, to the prison of debt that more Americans find themselves in. People of faith across the land must now tell their elected representatives that we will be "watching and praying" to see what they will do about necessary financial reform. We don't have the money in our financial coffers that the banks do to finance their political campaigns, but we do have our voice and our votes which will be turned against them if they vote against the best interests of our people and for the greed of the bankers. Jesus said it well — choose this day who you will serve, God or Mammon (Money). Let's now put that choice to our Senators, who need to hear from us this next week while they are in their district offices during the Presidents' Day recess. Critical decisions are being made for or against critical financial reform right now.


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A garden is much more than just a lawn. With Ardisam Earthquake powered chore equipment you can maximise your garden's true potential.
The Products
Ardisam gardencare products offer strength and reliability as well as outstanding performance. Whether you are looking to introduce a vegetable patch into your garden, bore holes to erect a new fence, or dispose of tree clippings, Ardisam has the product for the job. Ardisam is built to last and doesn't cost the earth.
The Potential
A garden has much more potential than many people realise, and Ardisam believes that this potential should be utilised. Instead of just having a lawn, why not introduce a vegetable patch producing a variety of vegetables making you more self sufficient, or even a new flower bed to give life to your lawn. The Ardisam Badger Front Tine Rototiller can cultivate your lawn efficiently and with ease whatever condition your soil is in.
The Company
Ardisam's headquarters are based in Northwest Wisconsin in the USA. The company's products are primarily designed for people who enjoy the outdoor rural life style and the people who work there are passionate about embracing and enjoying the unique activities common in rural America. Being heavy users of their own products gives Ardisam a distinct advantage over their competition. New innovations come with every change in the season since the company is always thinking about the next best idea and bringing it to life. The advantage is a durable product range for every season, that works season after season.


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Every NFL postseason, someone somewhere comes up with a truly awful team anthem that completely destroys the karma of whatever team that song pays tribute to. Obviously, last year's perpetrator was Prince, who ruined the Vikings season.
This year's nominee is "Rex's Gang Green," created by songwriter Matt Fox (aka THE FOX EXPERIENCE), whose MySpace page lists his influences as "Max Martin, Oasis, Michael Jackson, Billy Joel, Pink Floyd," so you know you're in good hands. And it's rapped by Sean Henry, who has all the flow of someone born without a lower jaw. I listened to all four horrible minutes of this song so that you didn't have to, and the results were soul-scarring. Let's go ahead and break it down:
0:03 – We're three seconds in and Fox has already looped the J-E-T-S chant to maximum detrimental effect. Somehow, that chant is twice as bad when set to a beat created by a $27 Casio keyboard from 1986.
0:10 – "Fans yellin, you gotta stop procrastinatin'/They got the answers in the playbook marinatin'." That's but a taste of what's in store. I'll just say right now that there is no possible way to write a song that pays tribute to a certain team's season that will ever be good. Ever. It's beyond man's limits.
0:22 – Did he say "impatuated"? You know he did.
0:28 – "You mess with Bart Scott, you get vaccinated." You sure do. KEEP JENNY MCCARTHY'S CHILD AWAY FROM BART SCOTT!
0:35 – And here comes the Autotune. I knew it was coming, and yet I still wasn't really prepared for it.
1:15 – "Try to double team and burnt by Jerricho! Try to double team and burnt by Jerricho! Try to double team and burnt by Jerricho!"
1:30 – Call and response! "This is our home team – HOME TEAM!" I love songs that sing along to themselves.
2:00 – "We belong on top like icing." Lyric by Amy Sedaris.
2:22 – That chant again.
2:50 – I swear he's just reading the lyrics off a teleprompter.
3:40 – Tender piano riff at the end. Lets you know there's real feeling behind this song. Or that someone just listened to Kanye's new album.


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100% Mourvedre from Buhl Memorial Vineyard in Cochise Co., AZ. REMINDER! Wine is a perishable product. Despite all precautions, you do buy at your own risk and there are no refunds or returns on wines. KEEP IN MIND, IF TEMPERATURES DROP/SPIKE WE WILL HOLD ORDERS UNTIL IT WARMS UP/COOLS DOWN.
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The Al Buhl Memorial Vineyard lies at the eastern edge of Sulfur Springs Valley (alongside the Willcox Playa) in what is known as the Kansas Settlement. The vineyard site is 80 acres with 60 acres planted. The soils are relatively deep loams and clay-loams interspersed with cobbles. The vineyard sits at 4300 feet and experiences up to 50 degree fluctuations in diurnal temperatures during the growing season. Harvest usually starts in late August and runs into early October. From here we source Syrah & Garnacha for the PRIMER PASO, Tempranillo and Garnacha for the SANCHA and occasional VSC offerings, Sangiovese Grosso for the KITSUNÉ, and a handful of whites for The Diddler and VSC offerings. The oldest 20 acres of the vineyard were planted in 1983 so some of the oldest vines here are 29 years in age.


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(CNA/EWTN News) Bishop Guillermo Leaden, who resides in Buenos Aires and will turn 100 on July 20, reflected on the election of Pope Francis by saying, "Bergoglio is a holy man."
Bishop Leaden is an auxiliary bishop emeritus of the Buenos Aires archdiocese. He is the eldest bishop in Argentina, and the fifth eldest in the world.
Upon learning that Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio – the archbishop of Buenos Aires – had been elected to the papacy on March 13, Bishop Leaden offered "prayers of thanksgiving to God," he told CNA/EWTN News July 15.
Bishop Leaden was born in Buenos Aires on July 20, 1913, the fourth of eight siblings. His parents were Irish emigrants, and he was baptized Aug. 2. He made his First Communion on Christmas Day of 1920.
Bishop Leaden went to a school run by the Salesians, an order founded by Saint Don Bosco. He said he felt a desire to be a priest when he was in the 6th grade at Pius IX School.
"When I was done I went to the seminary, and when I finished philosophy, I went to Cordoba for theology, and I was ordained a priest," he explained.
He has been a priest for 71 years, having been ordained for the Salesians on Nov. 23, 1941. In 1975, Paul VI appointed him auxiliary bishop of Buenos Aires, and he was consecrated a bishop on Aug. 8.
He served as auxiliary bishop of Buenos Aires until 1992, retiring when he was 78. He remains in residence in his archdiocese.
The Blessed Mother has helped him "in many small things," Bishop Leaden said, and was with him at every moment in his pastoral ministry. He has also been accompanied by St. Don Bosco, his patron.
"I try to imitate him as much as possible," Bishop Leaden reflected.
The retired bishop has served as a professor, catechist and principal at several Salesian schools.
"I was very happy in my priestly life and I continue to be happy in my priestly life," he said.
"There is nothing special about my life except my work in the Church itself, in the vicariate and when I was assigned by the bishop and where obedience sent me."
Bishop Leaden encouraged seminarians to "keep their lives on the path of fidelity to the Church. In my view that is the most important thing."
Priests should live a private life that is appropriate to their calling, he noted, adding that "the Eucharist is a very important activity" in the life every priest.
On July 19, Bishop Leaden will say a special Mass to mark his 100th birthday, at the Basilica of Mary Help of Christians, where he was pastor for seven years in the 1960s.