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[This is an expanded version of a story initially published in BASCA's magazine The Works, issue 40.]
|Simon Napier-Bell
Simon Napier-Bell is waiting in the lobby of the hotel in Shepherd's Bush where he usually stays when he is visiting the British capital. It is his last day in Europe before flying back to Thailand where he spends most of his time nowadays. He is in London for some serious business – putting the last touches to his forthcoming book, his fourth, in which he attempts to document no less than three centuries of the global music industry.
As he just celebrated his 75th anniversary, the former Yardbirds, T. Rex, Wham! and Japan manager is in good form and in talkative mood. Before the interview starts, he makes a brief reference to The Works. "The literate people who are interested in the music business read BASCA's magazine," he quips. And from then on, it is almost impossible to stop the voluble – and often controversial – chronicler of the music industry.
His new book, titled 'Ta-ra-ra-boom-de-ay', is named after a 19th Century vaudeville song, the authorship of which has been under dispute. "I think it is a jolly good song," says Napier-Bell, who was inspired by the history of the song. For him, it encompasses what the music industry is – a vaudeville, with an upbeat tempo and a controversial background (not to mention that it was originally created in a Louisiana brothel).
"In the book," he explains, "I have been analysing the business from when music became a commodity. And going from there to today made me change my attitude on things. The music industry has never been doing anything other than finding ways to make something that fitted the business models of the times. In the 19th Century artists would play musicals, which were seven or eight minutes long, and then songs became three-minute long when the singles came around. But songs were also presented in 32-bar format sold via sheet music. That format was created to sell sheet music. So there has always been a delineation of what the business side wanted and it was fulfilled by the creative people."
Napier-Bell is adamant that creators have constantly been adopters of new technologies, and even if they have most of the time been on the wrong side of the business deals, they always found ways to express their creativity. "Creators have always adjusted to technology and any artist who grumbles about the business should go in the park," he says. "You move into the business and it's a balance between commerce and creativity, with a compromise in the middle. You had artists who had to compromise with capitalism in a way they never thought they would and the role of the manager was to bring the two sides together and this is still valid today."
"Artists are usually very shrewd and are quite savvy about the industry," says Napier-Bell. "Stars are very unique people, they come along and have a certain amount of talent and are obsessed with showing off and insecure by doing so. They always compromise with the industry because that's their way of dealing with the system."
Financially useless
The music industry, he adds, is the product of three centuries of evolution – with an acceleration in the early 60s and the era of the modern business to the heydays of selling CDs and now to today's digital disruption. The beginning of all the process was the recognition of value in creativity, with the Statute of Anne, which bestowed the ownership of the creation to the author and created modern intellectual property rights. The existence of a property right allowed transactions and eventually led to the modern business as we know it, which has become an integral part of the capitalist system, functioning in an open market economy. "Name me a better example than music as a financially useless product which has to be replaceable and defunct quickly," he smiles. "But the profits are huge when it works."
He adds, "Record companies want to sell plastic. It's a great business: They bought plastic and sold it with a thousand per cent markup! But the business had to be run by people who loved music to make sure that the music on the plastic was good so that the public would buy it. So there were some good people [in the labels]."
The real change in the business has been the growth of the live music sector alongside the recorded music business. For Napier-Bell, recorded music is a by-product of the live performance rather than the other way around. "We needed the record to create the market that you sold yourself to," he explains. "The fact that we were cheated by labels was not important because it was the advertisement for performances and you had to get the record deal to get the advertisement. But once you had done the deal you were on your own. Now labels are chasing 360 deals."
Napier-Bell's vision is based on 50 years in the business, mostly as a manager of global artists such as Wham! or Japan. "I don't like management much," he drops drily. Coming from someone who is part of an exclusive club of mavericks who created the modern British music business, the statement can be surprising. Napier-Bell and the likes of Brian Epstein, Andrew Loog Oldham, Kit Lambert, Peter Grant, among others, set new rules and invented new processes for the music business as they went along, and, occasionally, became more famous than their acts. He elaborates, "You start up by mainly doing out what seems to be common sense. When they [the artists] are successful, then you can make a lot of money out of it, and then they become quite an aggravation."
He adds, "With Japan, it took four albums to have a success. I don't see how this could happen today. For a few years they were extremely influential. David Sylvian was a reluctant star. I made them huge in Japan, but when he became a star in England he hated it. He came to me and said, 'I do not want to be a pop star, I want to create, earn enough money.' I told him that that I don't know how to do. He was over intellectual, but he had a good brain."
Moving away from music
From management to writing was a transition that happened naturally for him. Napier-Bell says writing is an old passion of his, dating back to when he was a teenager, hitch-hiking across the USA in the late 50s, after a stint in Canada where he expected to become a jazz musician. "It was a failure," he notes. "When I was hitch-hiking, I wanted to be a writer but nobody wants to read what a 20-year-old wants to write. But that led me to the film business and then to the music business."
He continues: "My parents asked me, 'what do you wanna be when grow up?'. Me? I said I want to be a dentist and then realised that you had to study hard. And then said music, which sounded quite nice. That's why I went into this profession."
He admits being a huge fan of short stories, especially those of Somerset Maugham, so around the age of 40, he started writing, and in 1998 he published his first published book, 'You Don't Have to Say You Love Me' (Ebury Press), about his experience as a manager. He followed it in 2001 with 'Black Vinyl, White Powder' (Ebury Press), in which described the influence of drugs in the music industry. "I found that I liked writing," he says. "'Black Vinyl' was a best seller and had amazing reviews. It changed my mind about writing. And it happened as I wanted to slowly move away from music."
About few years later, in 2006, Napier-Bell published his account of the Wham! Adventure in 'I'm Coming to Take You to Lunch: A Fantastic Tale of Boys, Booze and How Wham! Were Sold to China' (Warner Books). With this new book, to be released in June 2014, Napier-Bell says his goal was to write the ultimate book about the music industry, and then he came to the realisation that it would be as difficult to put together as it would be to read. So instead he selected what he believes are a number of key events or period that define the music industry, starting with the Statute of Anne which established in 1710 what became the first legislation on copyright in the modern age.
"It seem such an impossible thing to write a thing about the whole music industry and I kind to pulled it off," he comments. "I researched through thousands of books. I had to find a way through it, and that's how I came up with a series of stories that would give a good feel of the evolution of the business. It took three years. It was a massive undertaking."
He adds that he paid special attention to the writing. "The way I write is to make it flow nicely, but it does not mean that it does not take a long time. When I write I put in huge volume, write without too much thoughts and then I have the treasurable job of editing. I probably re-edit each sentence 500 times. I am an editor, my dad was a film director, so you learn to trim down. The point about my writing is that each sentence should sound like I'm talking. I try to get the rhythm right, so when you read it it flows in your brain like music, but that takes a lot of editing and re-writing."
Using crowdfunding to finance the book
One of the interesting aspects of this book is the way it came about. Napier-Bell searched for a publisher for his book but says he could not get any interest. "Publishers told me 'We do not do books like this, we only do best-sellers' so I had to try something new," he explains. That's when he was put in touch with Unbound, a publishing house that finances its projects through crowd-sourcing. So lo and behold, Napier-Bell set up the process in motion and asked for pledges from the public, asking for £20,000 (disclosure: this writer pledged £20).
"This is not really something new because subscription publishing has always been popular. With this system, you buy advance copies and that pays for cost of printing. I calculated that £20,000 was what you needed to print 2,000 copies to get it started. And I wanted some promotion too. That's what Unbound does."
|The Works' 40th edition
Napier-Bell hopes that the book will dispel what he think is the main misconception in the public and the media – and also within the industry – about the real shape of the music industry. "The [music] industry makes more money year on year, but a lot of people confuse it with the record companies' business. There were no record companies in 1900 and it was a flourishing business. Record companies will go! Or to survive they will have to become music companies and develop new talent."
If you push him further, he describes record companies as "cry babies" for constantly lamenting the drop in recorded music sales. "The total worldwide money generated by the popular music industry has been growing," he explains. "The main increase last year was from music publishers due to increasing radio stations online playing their music. The public do not mind spending money and people will always find ways to make money circulate."
In his time as a manager, Napier-Bell has had a history of conflicting with record company executives, but surprisingly he professes not "hating them" even though he calls them "the enemy." He explains, "I have a love-hate relationship with record companies. I've had some jolly good meetings over lunch and drugs with label executives. I loved my time. I never hated record companies per se but as corporate entities you have to come to hate them: They are so greedy and incompetent."
Having a good time
Napier-Bell makes no apologies for having had a good time during his tenure in the industry. "This industry, from the beginning, was driven by people who artists would call crooks but who were ambitious self-centred people liking money and who would move things. The world depends on unreasonable people to make progress. And there's very few in this business. And the more I look at it, the more I like this business, including the crooks and the rip offs, the self-centred money makers and the ambitionists (sic)," he says. "But those were the guys who changed things, who moved the industry. It was greed all the time, including Dylan and [manager Albert] Grossman. It's the perfect example, and it made Dylan successful. Having engineered the system, he got it right."
One thing that Napier-Bell does not like is boring people, and he says he's seen a few in record companies. "Boring people will remain boring 'til they die and there's always more boring people to replace them," he reflects. It is therefore easy to figure out who, between Atlantic co-founder Ahmet Ertegun and former EMI owner Guy Hands, Napier-Bell would bat for. "Take Ahmet Ertegun: He love the way of life, and he could talk the talk. But you could see from the first days that Guy Hands loved himself more than music. He said if artists didn't like it they could fuck off. If there is one thing you should never do is alienate artists."
As the interview comes to an end, Napier-Bell drops, matter of factly, "In a way, I am an imposter." An imposter? "Well, you see what I mean," he chuckles. "Like for most things in life, I consider myself being an imposter, and I wheeled my way through quite well, don't you think?"
[Typed while listening to David Sylvian's works in shuffle mode. Sorry, but Wham! does not do it for me...]


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Prison Books Collective needs a new home (again!)
UPDATE: As of June 2017, we moved into a new space in Durham! Check out this post about our new space. And see our volunteering page for info about joining us on Sundays 1-4 pm at 4312 Etta Rd, Durham!
We are again looking for a new home, by the end of May!! Please help. From April 2016 to now, we have been renting a room in a business in Durham. We have appreciated our new home and have gained many new volunteers, but we can't afford the rent!! It is costing us $300/month to rent the space, and we really need that money to send books! Our current lease ends on May 31, and we'd like to have a new place by late April.
A brief description of our needs: a space to store our books, folding tables and chairs, space for letters and office supplies, and room to have at least one weekly workday with 10-12 volunteers. We need a space that's open and accessible to volunteers, that has parking and access to a bathroom, along with electricity (ideally heat and AC).
One idea is to share space with a church or non-profit. We're ideally looking for a free space, but may be able to afford a small amount of monthly rent ($50-$100). We are hoping to stay in the Durham-Chapel Hill-Carrboro area. We'd also consider further out, if the space was free and met our needs!
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- Shelves for books along one or more walls (our current shelves are about 15 feet across, by 8 feet high)
- Access to a bathroom (it can be in an adjacent building, as long as it's open to volunteers)
- Space for a file cabinet for storing zines, and space to store letters and office supplies
- Room for 2-3 folding tables and 10-12 folding chairs to be stored
- Weekly use of the space for a 3 hours session (We've always had our workdays on Sunday afternoons, but we can shift if needed.)
- Parking: about 5-6 cars, plus occasionally more when we have a group
- Climate-controlled space without humidity problems and with heat. Ideally AC, but we can deal without. (We've worked for years out of garage-like spaces but climate control helps protect books and keep volunteers comfortable)
- Occasional collective meetings in the space
- The ability to share the address of the space with the public when we advertise our volunteer workdays via our website, fliers and Facebook, etc.
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- Access to the space for collective members on non-workdays, to drop off supplies, pick up packages to mail, pick up book donations, sort and shelve books, etc.
- Group nights (we sometimes have larger groups want to volunteer with us, and we'd like the option to host them on a different day than our regular workday)
- Ability to receive mailed boxes of books (we occasionally get book donations from publishers, and they mail us the books)
- Occasional book sales (about 2 times/year). This would involve: The week prior, storing boxes of books in the space. The day before, setting up. The day of, taking over the space we use for the workday (or another space, if our new home has a different space in mind)
- Being able to host fundraisers. We had a comedy show once. Maybe bingo
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The Hope in Hope Street
200 Years in Hanley
Gervase Charmley
Bethel Evangelical Free Church, 2012
Every church building can tell a story. Unfortunately, not many are told. This book tells the story of one small evangelical congregation through the years. The book was written by the present pastor, Grevase Charmely (who blogs here), to celebrate Bethel Evangelical Church's 200 years of existence.
This local expression of church is currently affiliated to the FIEC. But that wasn't always the case. It started life as a congregational chapel, became associated with Edward Jeffrey's Bethel movement before returning to its congregational roots and then became affiliated to FIEC.
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Founded in October 1812 as Hope Chapel by some who had seceded from the large Congegational Tabernacle, which was formed as a result of the preaching of Revd George Burder and Captain James Scott when they came to the Potteries town of Hanley. Hope's first pastor came two years after it was founded.
One small criticism is that the story of the church is told through its pastors. Little is provided of how the congregation were engaged in ministry outside of the church. This is probably inevitable as the historical documents relate to the pastors and not the congregation. However, it implicitly leaves the impression that the only ministry is that done by the pastor, the minister.
Revd John Greeves (1791-1846), a Methodist convert from Buxton, was the first to fill the pulpit full-time. On leaving Hope Chapel a few years later he went back to his Methodist roots. The more experienced Revd William Farmer (1780- ) took up the reigns in 1816. Farmer was embroiled in accusations of sexual infelicitations - he strenuously denied them; but this had an effect on his church ministry. He left Hope Chapel in 1824. When he left he took about 50 of the congregation with him and formed a new local church.
Being an evangelical church mission was rightly and inevitably high on its agenda and a number of saints were sent from Bethel as overseas missionaries. The first ones sent from the church were contemporaries of the Serampore trio in india.
1824-1827 was the time of Pastor Samuel Jackson, this was followed by John Edmonds and then in 1842 the Revd Charles Fox Vardy (1806-1889). Vardy's health meant he had to resign in 1847. Other pastors in the nineteenth-century included Robert Macbeth, James Deakin, John Kay and Richard Henry Smith and David Horne (uncle of Charles Silvester Horne, the notable Congregationalist). Smith was a particularly interesting character. Smith had a great interest in art and wrote several books on art, including Expositions of the Cartoons of Raphael (1861). He used this interest to help working class people understand art and to introduce them to the Gospel, in part he was the forerunner of the Pleasant Sunday Afternoon men's fellowship (PSA).
William Landsell was responsible for leading the congregation out of the long nineteenth-century into the somewhat troubled twentieth. It was during this time that falling church numbers began to hit Hanley and far wider. The church suffered from the effects of the First World War. During this time there were several attempts at linking congregations, as there was a problem with small congregations supporting full-time pastors. Respite from decline came in the form of Edward Jeffreys, son and nephew of the Pentecostal pioneers Stephen and George Jeffreys. Edward Jeffreys had set up the Bethel Evangelistic Society He came to the Potteries in 1930. Hope Chapel were enamoured with him and agreed to become part of the Bethel set-up. This involved a name change to bethel temple and Jeffreys provided them with Pastor W. J. Jones and then Pastor Alfred Anderson Brown. Edward Jeffreys originally held a Pentecostal theology, but later came to amend his views. Pastor Ernest John Vernon took over from Brown in 1934. In 1939 the Bethel movement was wound up and this left bethel once more an independent church. Edward Jeffreys went on to be ordained into the Anglican Church.
The Second World War caused as many issues as the first. Vernon's sudden death in 1953 left the way for Mr Archibald Walter Mead to become the pastor. Under pastor Mead Bethel affiliated to the FIEC.
The next major event of the church involves the new building - here they had to take on the supermarket giants Tesco and won. the result was a modern new building which now stands on the site of the old. This was under the pastorship of Paul E. Brown, the author of the recent biography of Ernest Kevan.
This is a fascinating story of two centuries of church history. It is well written and well researched. Many primary documents as well as family history documents consulted. It provides ample evidence of God's sovereign grace in a local congregation.


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Saluting Presidential Scholars
Saluting Presidential Scholars
Remarks by U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan
Good evening, and welcome to what promises to be a phenomenal exhibition of talent by this year's United States Presidential Scholars in the Arts.
The United States Presidential Scholars Program represents the nation's highest honor for graduating seniors, and I've been so pleased to get to know them over the past couple of days. It is an affirmation, from the Office of the President, of the capacity for greatness in our nation's young people.
This event is a special celebration: an opportunity for the U.S. Presidential Scholars in the Artsextraordinary young artiststo share their gifts with us, and to salute their fellow members of the Class of 2012.
Tonight's performance is possible because of a deep and longstanding partnership between the Commission on Presidential Scholars, our U.S. Department of Education, and the YoungArts Program of the National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts.
Let me first thank the wonderful Commission Chair, Dr. Marina McCarthy, and all the Commissioners, for their vital leadership. Each year they devote considerable time and energy to the challenging task of choosing the Scholars from an exceptional pool of candidatesand to steering and improving the program.
The students they select are rising stars of academic and artistic achievement, leadership and service.
The Scholars are poised to make their mark on our nation in every field imaginable: the arts and humanities, science and technology, law and medicine, business and finance, education and governmentto name a few.
It's because of the Commissionand the dedicated Department of Education staff who support themthat we're able to cheer the Scholars tonight.
It was President Carter who expanded this program to recognize up to 20 U.S. Presidential Scholars in the Arts, each year. And now, let me thank the exceptional organization that, for over 30 years, has helped us to implement that vision.
This organization is the National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts, through its nationally recognized YoungArts program.
I want to applaud YoungArts Chairman Marc Sheridan and Executive Director Paul Lehr.
And, I want to give special thanks to Co-founder and Trustee Lin Arisonwho, together with her late husband, Ted, created this program in 1981.
Through their amazing generosity and vision in nurturing young artists, the Arisons have made an enormous impact on the American cultural landscape.
The YoungArts Program is the sole organization that nominates candidates to be named as U.S. Presidential Scholars in the Arts. And, their ongoing financial support makes it possible for young artists to have their work showcased and celebrated.
Each year, YoungArts collaborates with us to enable Scholars in the visual and literary arts to present their work at the Smithsonian's American Art Museumand for Scholars in the performing arts to present this interdisciplinary performance at Kennedy Center.
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In addition to its great contributions to this program, YoungArts accepts thousands of applications annually from high school students in the visual, literary and performing arts, through its nationwide talent search.
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Now, let me close with a few words about the importance of providing every student in America with a well-rounded education. In the 21st Century, arts education is more important than ever. Creativity is essential to success in the global economy. To succeed in the future, America's children will need to be inventive, resourceful, and imaginative. The best way to foster that spark of genius is through arts education.
As a parent, I've seen the amazing ability of arts educators to enrich the learning of my daughter and son, who attend a local public elementary school.
I've also seen the power of arts education as an education leader. As CEO of Chicago Public Schools, I became convinced that arts education is a critical part of school reform.
Working with the Chicago Arts Partnership in Education, we brought local artists and teachers into our schools to partner up on integrating arts curriculum with academic subjects.
Studies showed that students at CAPE schools performed better on standardized assessments than peers in schools that did not integrate arts and sciences.
What's more, CAPE schools showed positive changes in school culture, enabling students to thrive academically, socially, and artistically.
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A Medieval knight re-enactor who performed under the name Master Terafan Greydragon, was competing at an equestrian game in Williamstown, Kentucky when he fatally impaled himself with his lance during a performance.
Peter Barclay, 53, of Virginia, was wounded on Saturday while attempting performing a trick for audiences at a renaissance fair on Saturday. Barclay's brother John wrote on Facebook that Peter was attempting to spear a paper plate on the ground when his metal-tipped lance hit the ground and flipped back toward him, stabbing Barclay in the chest.
"His metal tipped lance, used for catching rings (not jousting), hit the ground and flipped. Freak accident. It impaled him under his sternum killing him," John Barclay wrote over the weekend.
John writes that Barclay died while he was being flown to a nearby hospital and that he died, "doing what he loved."
"He led a distinguished career as a retired Lt. Colonel in the US Army. He leaves behind his wife Deborah A. Barclay, and daughters Amy and Taryth. Survived by his father Jack Barclay, older brother John Barclay and younger brother Charles Barclay. He died doing what he loved, but will still be missed."
An official autopsy has not been conducted according to the Hamilton County coroner, but his death is currently listed as accidental.
The Society for Creative Anachronism, who was running the fair, says they plan on investigating the accident to ensure it never happens again.
The Society Marshal is conducting an investigation to determine what might have led up to the accident, and what specific measures should be taken to ensure that this does not occur again. Upon the completion of our investigation, the SCA will make the results available to the public.


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What makes it great: Google is still the company where MBA students -- and everyone else -- most want to work, topping CNNMoney's list for the seventh straight year.
One reason? Employees are encouraged to pursue big ideas and innovate in every aspect of the business. Just consider Google Glass, one of the most-hyped technologies in years. Or the new Google Maps, which got rebuilt from the ground up rather than merely tweaked.
Over-the-top perks -- like complimentary massages and fantastic free food -- don't hurt either.
What they're looking for: The search giant keeps on growing, adding 16% to its employee base in the last year, not even including the 15,000+ workers gained through its acquisition of Motorola Mobility, which was completed last May.
The company is always looking for exceptional applicants with the "Googley" factor. Its careers site explains: "Googlers thrive in small, focused teams and high-energy environments, believe in the ability of technology to change the world, and are as passionate about their lives as they are about their work."
MBAs work on projects in areas ranging from product management and sales to finance, marketing, and operations -- and everything in between.
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There's a clue in the festival's name, you know; just the slightest suggestion that this ATP, more so than ever before, is about the fans, the men and women that make the festival 'happen', three times a year.
Versus The Fans' format was flexible enough to accommodate a number of acts voted onto the bill by attendees – those buying tickets were given the opportunity to vote for bands they wanted to see play. Among the fans-voted acts playing this weekend are 65daysofstatic, Battles, Wilco, Trans Am, The Thermals and Mogwai.
Ahead of the festivities, DiS caught up with a fan of ATPs past and present, Lucy Johnston, who also just happens to be a rather fabulous photographer – Lucy will be taking pictures for DiS at Versus The Fans, for review content next week. Here's what she has to say on the concept of Versus The Fans…
What do you make of the concept of Versus The Fans? Do you think it's a brave move on the part of the promoters, to hand some of the control over like this?
Totally. I think it was a very brave move, not to mention innovative. I won't lie, though – when I first heard about it I was sceptical. I didn't think it would work at all… but I'll hold my hands up and admit stupidity. I should have known better, really – if any festival was to pull this off it would have to be ATP... they never fail us EVER in terms of line up or curatorship! Plus, the usual ATP crowd seem a pretty clued-up bunch...
What act did you vote for, and have they made the cut? What acts that missed out - due to other commitments or a lack of funds - would you have liked to see at Versus The Fans?
I would have loved to have seen Oxes. My ultimate would have been Björk though... if she was playing I would have been a very happy person indeed, but she was out (of the picture/running) pretty early on so I didn't waste my vote. Another person I would have liked who was out of the picture early on was PJ Harvey... oh, and Bonnie 'Prince' Billy. As for the people that got my vote, well I was pretty lucky - I got Mogwai, Bat For Lashes and Why? (Didn't even have to vote for Battles!) A few of the other bands I voted for, like Oxes and Mono, were close to being asked (obviously Oxes were in the final few), but alas it was not meant to be. It would have been amazing to see My Bloody Valentine reformed. To be honest, though, I'm just shocked at the bands picked by ATP themselves: Slint, Youthmovies, Isis, Patti Smith. For fucks sake, you couldn't make it up! They are too kind to us...
What do you make of the new site at Minehead? Is it an improvement on Camber? Any aspects of Camber you miss?
Hmmmm, I'm not totally convinced by the new site but I'm aware that might just be due to my petulant loyalty (does that even make sense?) towards good ol' Camber Sands – it was the first place I experienced ATP so my heart remains there! However, saying that, the chalets are waaaay nicer at Minehead, and the beach is, too... and obviously it's nice that more people can come (although secretly, if I'm honest, I preferred it when it was all a little smaller with less people... I'm an elitist bastard aren't I?) Obviously the queues last time (in December – they'd reduced significantly in April) were a bastard to say the least, but I understand that that is all in the past and they are allowed some teething problems (which they dealt with pretty well I thought). I'll be interested to see how it all works out this time… it could sway my allegiances. (All that said, at Minehead it's a fucker running between all the stages when trying to take photos - Camber was way easier!)
Do you expect Versus The Fans to be a very social event, what with a lot of the bands there through the power of the attendees themselves - will there be a lot of likeminded folk mingling, getting wrecked?
Probably. Although, to be honest, I think you get that sense of, dare I say, camaraderie (?!) at ATP anyway. It's one of the reasons why I like it so much. Usually you're all there because you're a fan of the curator or like a band that's going to be on the same vibe-tip as the rest (well, sometimes). I suppose it's a little like Glastonbury in that way - some people just know that ATP is going to be amazing because it's ATP, so you're all there soaking up the vibe!
Is this sort of interactive event something you'd like to see in the future? Can you imagine any other festivals taking a similar approach?
I can see other festivals considering maybe giving it a go because, let's face it, it's a great idea... but then again, like I said earlier, it's a hard one to pull off and only one that, in my opinion, ATP could do with real style. However, if it means more amazing line-ups like this one, I look forward to being proved wrong...
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Susan Menefee and Erin Brice stood near the front door of Relay Elementary School, blinking back tears as they waited for the first day of school to begin.
They weren't scared first-graders — or even the mothers of scared first-graders.
Brice's twins, Sam and Mikaela, are in third grade this year.
"Every year I cry," she said.
Menefee's son, Sam, is in the second grade
"It's just leaving your kids," she said. "I was excited yesterday, but today….
"It's scary and sad, but exciting," she said.
"They grow up too fast," Brice added.
In addition to the tears, the first day of school at Relay on Aug. 26, was filled with energy and anticipation.
This was a big day for the Athas household. For the first and only year, all three children are attending school in the same building.
James is in fifth grade. Maddie is a second-grader. Jack's in kindergarten.
"I'm so excited," said Mindy Athas as she waited with her three children. "One PTA, one school, one bus."
By 7:30 a.m., the office staff was already in place. Lisa Dingle, the principal, was in her office, emailing parents.
Cpl. Andrea Bylen, in a crisp blue uniform, was on duty — as were police officers at every Baltimore County public school.
"We've got everybody out here for this," she said. Police were assigned to duty for the opening and dismissal of school all week. "It's good," she said. "Very good."
Celeste Hairston had arrived for her first day as a third-grade teacher. She began at Relay in January as a kindergarten teacher. Her pirate-themed decorations were up in her classroom and she was ready for her class.
"I think it's the age where they're not babies but they're not the big kids," Hairston said. "They still want to have fun while they're learning."
On the sidewalk near the school, two former Relay students waited for the bus to take them to Arbutus Middle School.
Josh Blasy, 11, worried about his locker. It's a normal worry when you're starting sixth grade.
But there was also some positive anticipation. "I'm looking forward to seeing my friends that I couldn't see over the summer," he said.
Andrew Vanorsdale was taking the new year in stride. He's in the eighth grade. "It's not that big of a transition," he said, shrugging about the move to middle school. "You get used to it after a few days."
For Andrew, the new year means new course work, something he was looking forward to.
"I'm a big fan of science," he said.
As students arrived with their parents, they hovered near the front door, posing for a photo, looking for friends.
Bryson Brendel was one of the first, a smile brightening his face.
After attending Relay in kindergarten, he went to a different school for first grade — and now he's back at Relay for second.
Why was he excited to return?
"To see old faces," he said, that bright smile beaming again.
Abigail Wilkens arrived with specific goals in addition to new supplies. "I'm looking forward to having good grades," said the fifth-grader.
"And being nice to everybody — I'm always bossy, bossy." she said. "I like being in fifth grade. It's very exciting."
Getting ready for the new school year means shopping for new shoes, backpack and school supplies.
Kanijah Roger, a second-grader with a brightly-colored Hello Kitty backpack, was excited to be back for a lot of reasons: "Reading and writing," she said, then added, "friends."
Adam Wiley, a fourth-grader, arrived wearing his blue Relay Elementary T-shirt. "I'm looking forward to my new teacher [Candice Julien] since she's new at the school this year," he said.
Adam was resigned about more onerous tasks the new year would bring.
"You have a lot of homework," he said.
Ali Tahir, a fifth-grader, also spent a lot of time on the Relay Review — a math and reading packet students take home for the summer break.
"I just have two more pages left," he said on his steady progress going through the nearly 100 pages.
Isabelle Dunkerly stood by the school door with her father, Daniel. He had taken off work to bring her for, as she said proudly, "the first day of first grade."
She, too, had worked on her "Relay Fun Book," the booklets designed to help Relay students stay on track through the summer.
She's just about finished it, too, she said, so she'll get a medal.
Dingle said students who finish the booklets would receive medals at an assembly in the next few weeks.
Technology class had Patrick O'Brien excited. "I'm always on the computer at my house," he said. "So I already know a lot about computers."
Patrick is in "Second — No! — third grade," he said.
Denise Campbell, the guidance counselor, greeted students by name, high-fiving them as she welcomed them back.
"Have a good day, you guys," she said.
Kindergartners arrived after the older students were in their classroom. Half the class came Monday; the other half would come Tuesday. The whole class would have their first full day on Thursday.
Andrew Fowler couldn't wait. Asked why, he had a ready response. "Reading!" he said.
Angelo Acosta, 5, brought his new Lego Chima book bag and both parents with him as he arrived. He was ready, he said, and looking forward to "meeting new friends."
His parents were "excited and nervous all at the same time," said Kara Acosta. "I can't believe he's so big," she said.
For Brady Angermaier, school isn't so new. Although he's new at Relay, he attended Relay Childen's Center for the past three years. But kindergarten means one new — and exciting — change, he said. "Riding in the bus." Oh yes, one more thing. "Recess."
In addition to the new faces in the classroom and new staff, Dingle said, there are also changes in the curriculum with a new emphasis on technology.
By 9 a.m. on Monday, the last of the kindergartners had filed in and the first day of school had begun.
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Senior Executive Assistant & Administrative Services Coordinator, Toronto
At BCG, Storytellers synthesize complex information and ideas. They believe in bringing the whole team together to get a broader perspective. Roxanne seeks a new perspective.
You'll be successful at BCG if you take the initiative and let yourself be successful. Everyone is already on your side and cheering you to the finish line.
When I first joined BCG, I knew I had finally found a company that invested in people—a firm large enough to allow me to grow and that would offer interesting opportunities, but intimate enough to take the time to get to know me as an individual and my unique contributions.
BCG has introduced me to some of the best people I will ever have the pleasure of knowing in my lifetime. People at BCG are brilliant, enlightened, and supportive. They are truly concerned about your well-being, success, and happiness. I discovered this the first day I joined BCG and am still convinced of it today.
Roxanne has an extensive career as an administrative professional in consulting industry. She also has artistic hobbies, which she enjoys outside of BCG.
Q: What do you like most about your job?
A: The best part of my job is interacting with my peer group. I have the privilege of working with the most talented and truly dedicated executive assistant team. Right across the board, it doesn't matter what office you deal with in the BCG system, you will find the same high-caliber expertise in each EA you interact with. Their professionalism and ownership always makes it a great experience. Everyone is exceptionally respectful and helpful as we are all working toward the same results and goals.
Q: Why did you choose to work at BCG?
A: I knew someone who worked at BCG for a few years before I had the privilege of joining. This person only had great things to say about the leadership, people, work, benefits, and general day-to-day experience at BCG. I thought it sounded too good to be true. Then I read some very positive media coverage about the successes, work-life balance and overall benefits of working at BCG. How could I go wrong?
Q: What inspires you about BCG?
A: Nothing is impossible. Almost everyone at BCG has this mindset. When I come against some roadblocks that make a positive outcome looks dismal, I tell myself, "nothing is impossible." This always helps me find that win-win solution.


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"What's New in Personal Progress?" Liahona, Jan. 2011, 34–36
What's New in Personal Progress?
Now is the time to prepare for the wonderful future that awaits you. Personal Progress will help you prepare and will help you understand your identity as a daughter of God.
Personal Progress is not a program that is separate from your life. It can help you to draw closer to the Savior, serve others, learn leadership skills, develop relationships, and prepare for temple covenants. Personal Progress can help you develop righteous routines. When you do small things consistently, they become part of who you are and they change you. It really is "by small and simple things" that "great things [are] brought to pass" (Alma 37:6).
The revised Personal Progress booklet has the temple on the cover. The temple is the focus for all that we do in Young Women. We hope that as you look at the cover, you will remember that participating in Personal Progress helps you prepare to make and keep covenants in the temple someday.
The new Personal Progress booklet is pink! This soft feminine color is a reminder that you are a daughter of our Heavenly Father with unique feminine characteristics, gifts, and roles.
In the new booklet, some of the value experiences and projects have changed slightly to be more current and more focused on the temple covenants you will one day make and keep. Now some answers to your questions.
How do I begin Personal Progress? Beginning is easy! Start on any one of the values that interests you. You don't have to do the values in order. Doing the required experiences will help you understand the values and why they are important in your life.
Who can participate? Personal Progress is primarily for the young women of the Church, although others may also participate. For example, you may choose to invite friends who are not members of the Church to work on Personal Progress with you. In some cases, your mother may also choose to participate with you in some of the value experiences and projects.
How quickly should I proceed? When you open the Personal Progress book, you will find some things you are already doing at school or home. Give yourself credit for these things and plan ahead so that you can do them with purpose. You can go at your own pace. If you are 12 and do one experience each month and two projects each year, you will be finished by the time you are a Laurel. Then you will have the opportunity to mentor other young women who are working on their Personal Progress. When you do this, you may earn an Honor Bee, which symbolizes going the extra distance in serving others.
Can I do Personal Progress at Mutual? You can do some of your Personal Progress at Mutual. A project could become your Mutual activity. You may also work on Personal Progress in your Young Women class as you learn about the values and study the scriptures.
What kinds of leadership opportunities does it give me? As you prepare to accomplish a 10-hour project, you may invite other young women to help you. Doing this will help you learn the leadership skills for your future roles as a wife, mother, and homemaker. It will also help you learn how to organize, communicate, and complete a difficult task.
Why am I asked to keep a journal? This journal will become a precious record for you of your days in the Young Women organization and the commitments you have made. Writing in your journal will also invite the companionship of the Holy Ghost.
The blessings of Personal Progress extend far beyond the Young Women years. Your faith and testimony of the Savior and of His restored gospel will increase. You will be prepared for your divine mission and roles on the earth. You will taste the sweetness of service and the joys of righteous accomplishments. You will feel the promptings of the Holy Ghost, who will guide and teach you. You will develop a pattern of living that will bless your life, now and throughout all eternity. It is a pattern of progress and of making and keeping temple covenants. May you be blessed as you begin this pattern of progression. We love you! The Lord loves you! You are His precious daughter.


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The first time Steven and Renee Mayher saw a photo of their daughter, Hannah, they knew she would be a part of their family.
"We made a call on a Monday, and she was home by Friday," Renee says. "It was like she was always here."
Since being "home" for the last two years, Hannah, 9, has had a world of opportunities open up for her. Born with spina bifida, Hannah was adopted by Renee and Steven Mayher at age 7 and is now one of eight children ages 2 to 23 in this St. Louis-area family, several of whom have special needs. The Mayhers have a niece with spina bifida, so they understood the challenges Hannah was facing.
"All of our children are such a blessing," says Renee, who along with her husband have two birth children, five adopted children and one foster child waiting to be adopted. "It's so much fun and we love each and every one of them. They've made a difference in our lives.
And the Mayhers have made a difference in Hannah's life thanks to the support they have found through their community, Missouri children's division through her adoption, the Rockwood schools, organizations like Variety and the Spina Bifida Clinic at St. Louis Children's Hospital.
"Our faith is an important part of our support system for our family and in Hannah's life," Renee adds. "Hannah's amazing dad and my super husband, along with her brothers and sisters, help Hannah be successful in all she endeavors to do."
One of the first things the Mayhers did after Hannah joined their family was take her to St. Louis Children's Hospital because they were uncertain of her long-term diagnosis and if she'd have a chance to walk or have the independence so many children count on.
"We were told at the very beginning by the doctors and nurses that they were very hopeful for her success," Renee says. "St. Louis Children's Hospital has meant so much to Hannah. I don't think if we lived in another place we would have found this type of compassionate care and support for her."
The Spina Bifida Clinic provides the Mayher family both a sense of security that they are able to address all of Hannah's health-care needs, as well as a convenience factor they might not have somewhere else.
"Thanks to the clinic, we can see so many doctors and therapists all in one visit," says Renee, adding that the clinic manager helps remind her of all necessary appointments and helps Hannah get into see others even at the last minute. "We are able to do all of our appointments at one time and get additional support such has help from the wheelchair specialist when needed. The clinic helps take away the worry."
With more than 17 surgeries during her lifetime, Hannah has faced many challenges. Since becoming a part of the Mayher family, she has had five of those surgeries.
Her last urological surgery made it possible for her to no longer need diapers and gave her a new independence, Renee says.
"Before her surgery, she was a little nervous, and since we were at the clinic we were able to stop by Dr. Paul Austin's office, pediatric urologist with the Spina Bifida Clinic, and his nurse took the time to talk to her and reassure her," Renee recalls, adding that it's moments like that which make Children's Hospital so important to the family.
"The hospital and the clinic have been so accommodating and everyone so compassionate," she says. "Sometimes it's just the little things like a smile or visit to the rooftop garden. Hannah has a real connection to her doctors, nurses and therapists. She is not a number."
Another milestone for Hannah has been the ability to walk with forearm crutches. She uses a wheelchair when she has to cover long distances, but her crutches have offered her the chance to do something her mom says she never thought would be possible.
"All of these moments mean so much to Hannah and our family," Renee says. "We don't want the focus of our children's lives to be on their disabilities, but on their abilities.


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Kyle J. Betit is so popular that he has already sold out his appearance in Toronto on the 17th of November, but there is still room at his lectures in Ottawa, and Montreal.
On Sunday, November 18, 201, Kyle J. Betit will give a talk at the annual Ryan Taylor Memorial Lecture of the Ottawa Branch of the Ontario Genealogical Society. The lecture will be held at 1:00 pm at the Library and Archives Canada Auditorium, 395 Wellington Street, Ottawa.
Kyle is from Salt Lake City, Utah. He was a co-editor of the popular journal The Irish At Home and Abroad, and is co-author of A Genealogist's Guide to Discovering Your Irish Ancestors.
For information about the lecture, please contact email@example.com, or the website at
He will also be at the Quebec Family History Society on Wednesday, November 21st, and will give a talk at 7:00 pm at the QFHS Heritage Centre and Library, 173 Cartier Avenue, Pointe-Claire.
His lecture will be about Beyond the Basics of Irish Genealogy Research (Seminar), and he will talk about some of the lesser-known Irish resources that will help family historians learn more about their ancestors and track down the more elusive ones.
There will be a fee of $30.00 members, and $40.00 non-members. Reservations are required. We expect this seminar to sell out early.
Call 514.695.1502 or go to the website www.qfhs.ca/events.php for more information.
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This summer, I began listening to recordings of Jack Rakove's Colonial and Revolutionary America lectures at Stanford. Available on itunes, Rakove's course joins a host of free classes posted on the web, including lectures offered by historians at Stanford (see link to Stanford's iTunes U), Yale (see link to Open Yale Courses), Harvard (see link to Harvard Open Courses), and other schools (if you're institution offers classes relevant to legal history, please feel free to link in the comments!). Listening to Rakove's lectures helped me think more critically about my own lectures on the colonial period, pushing me to reconsider questions of content, tone, coverage, and style. For example, Rakove does not spend a great deal of time grilling students on individual readings, choosing instead to provide his class with a grand narrative and relatively infrequent questions. If he does ask a question, it tends to be philosophical, often pushing students to compare some aspect of the subject with current conditions, or simply to provide an opinion. Pedagogically, this approach allows Rakove to present a staggering amount of material in an accessible, engaging way. Along these lines, Rakove refers frequently to slides, either portraits, maps or other illustrations to hold student interest, meanwhile weaving his own work into the larger secondary literature.
This last move was particularly interesting. Listening to Rakove's source citations in lecture is like listening to a master historian riff on a comprehensive exam question. It is impressive. It is also useful. Through lecture, Rakove places his work in the context of the larger historiography, or at least that aspect of the historiography that Rakove believes is important. For example, Rakove begins his lectures in 1607, with the founding of Jamestown; sending a signal that earlier trading encounters between Europeans and Indians did not matter. However, one could complicate this narrative by discussing Indian pre-history, including the history of Indian/British trade in the 16th Century, including the remarkable voyage of Tisquantum from Massachusetts to London prior to the Puritan arrival at Plymouth. One could also include the Spanish or French incursions into North America. For example, John Winthrop states forthrightly in his "Reasons for Puritan Migration" (1629) that one goal of the enterprise was to "raise a Bulwark against the kingdom of AnteChrist w[hi]ch the Jesuits labour to reare up in those parts." What kingdom? To understand this decidedly evangelical reason for migrating, it is necessary to recover the French founding of Port Royal in 1605, and the first Jesuit Mission at Penobscot Bay in 1609. While this does not necessarily reduce the significance of Jamestown in 1607, it does put a different spin on the early phase of the course.
Wednesday, August 15, 2012
The Survey: Listening to Rakove
Posted by Anders Walker at 11:54 AM
2 comments:
- Alfred Brophy said...
Thanks for this, Anders.
I've been listening to the lectures and enjoying them. Some stuff in there surprised to me, such as Rakove's answer to a student's question as to why Europeans didn't enslave other Europeans -- I would have given a cultural explanation, rather than a market-based one I understood him as giving. Another thing that surprised me is that there isn't more emphasis on intellectual history.
- August 17, 2012 at 1:50:00 PM EDT
- Anders Walker said...
Al, just read your post. You're right, there's great stuff here on Rakove's personal take on things, one that doesn't always surface in his scholarship.
- August 19, 2012 at 1:41:00 PM EDT
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Coastal zones
The world's three million square kilometres of coastline are prime real estate, and home to the majority of us: 60% of humans live within 60 km of a coastline. Coastal zones are important environmental and economic resources, but they face threats to their future.
More than two thirds of cities with more than 2.5 million inhabitants are located within these areas. Coastal zones are significant for their rich fisheries, oil and natural gas fields, harbours and transport links plus many beaches and other areas dedicated to tourism. They also include sites of significant ecological value, including coral reefs and saltwater wetlands.
However as human numbers increase they threaten an increase in water pollution, whether in the form of agricultural chemicals running into estuaries or sewage and industrial discharges. And explosive building growth increasingly impinges on fragile coastal ecologies.
Threat from the sea
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Water Conservation Tips
Improving water conservation in your home can help you save not just on water bills, but also on expenses for heating water. Below are some ideas you can try to boost your water conservation efforts.
Remove Sediment Buildup
Draining sediment from a water heater's tank is an energy-saving procedure anyone can do quickly and easily. Periodically removing accumulated sediment helps conventional water heaters operate at optimum efficiency. The sediment consists of hard-water minerals and other debris that enter the storage tank along with the incoming water. As the water is heated, the minerals separate from the water and fall to the bottom of the tank.
Over time, the mineral deposits build up to the point that they act as insulation on the bottom of the tank, isolating the water from effects of the burner firing below (on gas and oil units) and sometimes stacking up high enough to cover the heating element on electric water heaters. The harder it is for heat to get through the sediment layer, the longer the burner has to fire or the electric elements have to run in order to heat the water.
The solution is to remove the sediment layer. You do not have to turn off the power source (electricity, gas, or oil) to the water in order to drain the sediment.
A small drain valve is on the outside of the water heater tank's jacket near the bottom. It looks like a miniature hose bibb on the outside of a house. Attach a short length of standard garden hose to this valve, stick the free end of the hose into either a floor drain nearby or a large bucket, and open the valve.
Water will flow from the bottom of the water heater and out the valve and through the hose, taking sediment along with it. After draining five gallons or so from the tank, shut off the valve, disconnect the hose, and empty the bucket (if you used one) into a sink or toilet. You've not only improved the efficiency of your water heater, but you've also extended its service life.
What is the reason? There is a thin film of water that is trapped between the sediment and the bottom of the tank. When the burner fires, the thin layer of water heats to an abnormally high temperature that deteriorates the tank's glass lining, speeding up its rusting process. Accumulated sediment is also responsible for the popping, banging, rumbling, and percolating noises often heard from a water heater as the burner fires or the elements heat up.
Depending on the mineral content of your water, a water heater tank should be drained of its sediment at least twice a year, and more often in hard-water areas.
Insulate Pipes
What does pipe insulation do? It keeps heat inside the pipes where it belongs, rather than radiating out into the air. The result is that hot water reaches distant bathrooms faster than it would otherwise, reducing the volume of water that has to flow down the pipe for hot water to effectively arrive. And once hot water fills the pipe, it stays there for a long time. So if you use a hot water tap again shortly after the first usage, it's likely that the water will still be sufficiently hot.
In addition, pipe insulation helps reduce "standby" heat losses at the water heater. Standby heat losses occur while the water heater is just sitting there doing nothing at all. Over a period of time, heat radiating from the water heater's tank and the pipes entering and exiting the top of the unit reduce the temperature of the water inside the tank. Eventually, the thermostat is activated and the burner fires or the electric elements switch on. The water heats up again, only to cool down gradually through the cooling effects of the tank and pipes. It's an endless cycle, exacerbated by the heat loss through the pipes at the top of the water heater. So, although the hot water pipes are the logical ones to insulate, insulating the first five feet or so of the cold water pipe at the water heater is a good idea, too. That helps reduce the loss of heat that migrates up the pipe from the water heater tank.
Although insulating the pipes at the water heater might eliminate only one burner firing or element activation a day, at today's gas and electric prices, that can add up to substantial savings over the course of a year.
It may also be worthwhile to insulate another cold water pipe in your house -- the water service entry pipe from a municipal supply or well -- though not for energy-efficiency reasons. Throughout the winter and into the spring, water coming into the house through that pipe is cold. If the air is humid enough, condensation can form on the outside of the pipe and drip down onto carpets, suspended ceiling tiles, and anything else along its path. Covering the exposed pipe with foam insulation isolates the pipe from the humid air, preventing condensation from forming.
Insulating water pipes used to involve a large roll of itchy fiberglass insulation, a lot of time, and a lot of cutting and fitting the wrapping around obstructions. And even after all that work, the insulation was so thin that it didn't do much good. Insulating the water pipes in your home these days is simpler, quicker, and more effective.
The closed cell foam pipe insulation available at plumbing supply houses and home centers not only insulates far better than the old fiberglass material, but it's also easy to install. Each piece is slit along its length, allowing the insulation to simply snap over the pipe. The foam is so soft that it can be cut with a kitchen knife or a pair of heavy scissors.
Add a Blanket to the Water Heater
New water heaters are being built with better insulation these days, so if you have an old unit, don't be shy about adding an extra layer of insulation. There are water heater "blankets" available at home centers and hardware stores that wrap the exterior of the unit with an additional layer of insulation.
Electric water heaters can be covered top to bottom with insulation. Gas water heaters, however, must not be covered on top or along the bottom. The top contains the flue, and that can get hot enough to ignite flammable materials. The bottom must be left open so air can enter the burner assembly for proper combustion of the natural gas, propane, or oil.
The end of the pressure and temperature relief valve extension pipe (usually running down the side of the unit) on any type of water heater must be left open and exposed as well. This pipe has to be free of obstructions in case the valve activates and releases hot water or steam. Any blockage could interfere with the free release of the pressure within the tank, and that could be dangerous.
Other than that, the more insulation you can wrap around a water heater, the fewer "standby" losses will occur, the less the burner or elements will come on, and the more efficient it will be overall. This is a relatively easy and inexpensive task that pays off every hour of every day from the moment you put the blanket on. Like most jobs involving insulation, it's not glamorous, but it works.
Install Reduced-Flow Showerheads
Nearly half of all water used in a home is used for bathing. Almost all of that water needs to be heated. Therefore, the bathroom is an ideal place to practice energy and water conservation. Since January 1995, showerheads in new homes have been required to dispense no more than 2.5 gallons per minute. If you have a showerhead older than that in your home, it takes but a few minutes to replace it with a showerhead that meets the modern flow rate standards.
Showerheads aren't expensive. Ten to twenty-five dollars will purchase a new one that meets the 2.5-gallon limit. If you have an older showerhead that allows up to 6 gallons a minute and subsequently install a low-flow showerhead, you'll reduce your shower water use by more than three gallons per minute.
Water entering a home in northern states in the winter can be as cold as 38 degrees. Heating water that cold to the 120 degrees or so needed to produce a reasonably hot shower demands quite a bit of energy. So it's easy to understand why taking advantage of 2.5-gallon showerhood technology can save a lot on your utility bill.
A caveat though: Putting a low-flow showerhead into use is not an excuse to spend more time in the shower. In some cases, the length of time a person spends in a shower is exactly equivalent to how long the hot water in the water heater's tank lasts. Once the hot water runs out, the shower is over. If it took, say, ten minutes to exhaust your water heater's capacity with a six gallon per minute showerhead, does that mean you can now stay under the running water for 20 minutes with a reduced-flow showerhead in place? Technically, yes. But that would result in no energy or water savings. If you confine your shower activities to simply washing, rinsing, and then getting out, keeping the shower's length the same as it was before the introduction of the new showerhead, you'll decrease your use of energy and water.
Use Faucet Aerators
Older-style bathroom and kitchen sink faucets can deliver as much at 3.5 to 5 gallons of water per minute. Much of that water is wasted; typical washing tasks can usually be accomplished using less.
Faucet aerators, either supplied on new faucets or as inexpensive retrofit add-ons to older faucets, reduce the flow rate to 0.5 to 1.0 gallon per minute in bathrooms, and 1.0 to 2.0 gallons per minute at the kitchen sink. Because air is added to the water stream at the faucet's tip, the flow seems full although the actual volume of water is substantially reduced. This allows you to do more with less hot water.
In the next section, we'll look at another important step you can take to conserve more energy. If ice dams form on your roof during the winter months, it's important to address the attic ventilation problems that caused them.


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Another series, and another contender heads into Wrigley Field as the Cubs look to finish their 2012 season strong and play spoiler. The Cardinals are hitting their stride once again as they have won four straight and currently hold a 2.5 game lead over Milwaukee for the final wild card spot in the National League. It also sounds like they will be getting a boost to their rotation as Chris Carpenter is slated to make his 2012 debut against the Cubs in game one of the series. Up until the last series against the Reds the Cubs were playing pretty solid baseball, but the bats have gone cold, and the pitching has followed. It should be a good atmosphere at Wrigley all weekend as these games are usually close regardless of the record, and these games mean everything to the Cardinals. I'm expecting an awful lot of Cardinals fans at Wrigley, hopefully the Cubs can keep Wrigley quiet, wait, that doesn't sound right at all.
Here are the pitching matchups for the series.
Friday September 21, 2012
St. Louis: Chris Carpenter (0-0, 0.00 ERA)
Cubs: Chris Volstad (3-10, 6.26)
Saturday September 22, 2012
St. Louis: Adam Wainwright (13-13, 3.97 ERA)
Cubs: Travis Wood (6-12, 4.25 ERA)
Sunday September 23, 2012
St. Louis: Kyle Lohse (15-3, 2.71 ERA)
Cubs: Justin Germano (2-8, 6.17 ERA)
Season Series: Cardinals lead series 8-6
Prediction: Cubs win series 2-1
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Do you know what you are using?
whats that supposed to mean?
I use @#$&^ Firewall it's a gud 'n and it ain't ever let me down.
Anyway...I'm of the mindset that names do not equate to shinola anymore, type selection should be based on particular need(s). Define your needs and what services you are willing to put on the line, support with layered defense, etc., etc. (Already tutorials on that....)
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Obviously being subtle isn't working here.
From one of the links I provided:
iptables is the userspace command line program used to configure the Linux 2.4.x and 2.6.x IPv4 packet filtering ruleset.
Did you rewrite Netfilter and iptables for use on BSD? Iptables is for Linux, ipfw ( IPFIREWALL ) is one of the available firewalls on FreeBSD.
I am more in keeping with Relyt's comments in my actual practice.
I use firewalls on all my machines, ( including LAN ) even though I try to lock them down. My feeling is that if something does get onto one of them the firewalls may help prevent the spreading to others.
I use Netfilter ( iptables ) on all the linux machines. The perimeter firewall is a stripped down, locked down linux box. I configure them directly, writing rules by hand and don't use GUIs or helpers to configure them. ( why, because I understand it, can configure and customize it to exactly my needs, and it does what I want. )
I use PF on my BSD boxes.
The only one of the choices listed in the poll above which I use is Zone Alarm ( free version mostly ) on some windows machines. Why? Because it is easy for those that use those computers to understand it and use it properly.
I had problems with ZA years ago when XP first came out, switched to Tiny, then found "leakage" which I was uncomfortable with. Although I did notify the maintainers, by this time ZA was working well with XP so I switched back. Haven't tried Tiny since.
I also use the firewall that comes with PC-cillin Internet Security on a few windows boxes, but it is harder to use and set up so I have to watch who will be using the computers. ( If they don't understand it there is a good chance they will either misconfigure it, allow something through they did not intend to, or just get frustrated and shut it off. )
" And maddest of all, to see life as it is and not as it should be" --Miguel Cervantes
I agree with others in the thread on creating your own in *BSD or Linux (IPTables or PF).
It has allowed me to learn a great deal about how a firewall operates, how *BSD and Linux operate, and it was just interesting all around.
Hope that helped
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At work we use watchguard x700's as gateways and blink from eEye for desktops.
The X700's are basically customized linux boxes, are extensible easily maintainable and offer several flavours of VPN...we use both branch office and Mobile user
blink provides desktops with application and system level softFireWalls as well as antispyware, antiphishing and "Protocol based intrusion prevention" which basically offers zero day protection
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btw..i thought it was interesting that all (i think) of the firewalls listed in the poll were software based...
personally(and professionally actually) I'd never rely on a single point of defence...multiple layers is what keeps the bad guys at bay (mostly)
I use a layered approach.........an external device and a piece of software on the machine.
Depends on the environment
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I use a layered approach.........an external device and a piece of software on the machine.
Depends on the environment
Ditto. I use both hardware and software firewalls in layers. The software firewall I use the most is Ghostwall; simple and very effective.
Good topic, though. Some firewalls I never heard of popping up here.
Both at home and work I used ipfw for a while, but now use a linux firewall with iptables, Iproute2 QoS and L7 filtering..
The Layer7 filtering combined with QoS and iptables allows for traffic shaping and filtering on protocol and much more (regex)..
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- Arizona is suddenly and rapidly falling out of a competitive race for the Pac-12 South crown
The Iron Bowl needs no added drama. No. 9 Auburn's 43-38 win against Georgia – thanks to a fourth-quarter miracle, with quarterback Nick Marshall's desperation heave tipped, batted and then caught by wide receiver Ricardo Louis for a 73-yard touchdown – packed enough drama into 60 minutes to last an entire season.
Yet by beating the Bulldogs, Auburn has created a scenario where this year's Iron Bowl incarnation – No. 1 Alabama at the Tigers on Nov. 30 – will carry as much importance as any in the series in nearly 20 years.
Auburn is now 10-1, 6-1 in the Southeastern Conference, meaning both teams will have one or fewer loss heading into the finale for the first time since 1994. The stakes are high: Alabama or Auburn will win the game to take the SEC West Division and earn a spot in the SEC title game.
There are two ways to look at this year's Iron Bowl. On one hand, Auburn has yet to face a defense of Alabama's caliber. On the other, however, Alabama has yet to face an offense quite like coach Gus Malzahn's wide-open, run-based attack. When it comes to this year's Iron Bowl, the storylines will be endless.
More winners and losers from Saturday's college football action:
Duke: As evidence of how quickly things can change: With two games left in the regular season, Duke sits in control of the ACC Coastal Division. Better yet, the Blue Devils' 48-30 win against Miami (Fla.) – losers of three in a row – was not even a total surprise, even if the Hurricanes are the substantially more talented team. Already bowl eligible for the second year in a row, Duke can now consider the possibility of playing Florida State in early December to decide the ACC championship.
Cincinnati: The Bearcats started 7-2 without playing – let alone beating – a team with a winning record. That changed Saturday, when Cincinnati dismantled Rutgers on the road, 52-17, to keep some pace in the American Athletic Conference race. The win might be even more important to the Bearcats' self-confidence: Cincinnati closes with games against Louisville and Houston, so beating a winning team should give this team a boost heading into the final stages of the regular season.
Kansas: It had been three years since Kansas had last won a Big 12 game, and four years since KU had won a Big 12 game against an opponent currently in the conference – since Colorado, the last Big 12 team to lose to the Jayhawks before Saturday, joined the Pac-12 in 2011. Saturday's 31-19 win against West Virginia ended with coach Charlie Weis getting an ice bath and a good portion of the fan base storming the field. Such things happen after a 27-game conference losing streak.
Texas: After starting 1-2 during non-conference play, Texas had salvaged its season by winning its first six games against Big 12 competition. By losing 38-13 to No. 10 Oklahoma State, however, the Longhorns are a long shot to claim the league's automatic BCS bid. Perhaps the most distressing aspect of Saturday's setback was the Longhorns' own sloppiness, with turnovers, penalties and poor decisions dooming UT to a painful home loss.
Virginia Tech: The Hokies' rollercoaster-like season continues. It opened with a loss to Alabama, followed by a six-game winning streak. Then came back-to-back losses to Duke and Boston College, followed by what seemed like a year-salvaging victory against Miami. Saturday, the Hokies dropped out of the ACC race in a 27-24 overtime loss to Maryland. After winning at least 10 games in every year from 2004-11, Virginia Tech may end up with seven wins for the second season in a row.
Arizona: In the span of two games, Arizona has gone from neck-deep in the Rose Bowl hunt to fourth place in the Pac-12 South Division. First came UCLA, which pulled away late to beat the Wildcats 31-26. Saturday's 24-17 loss at home to Washington State drops Arizona to 3-4 in league play, three games behind in the loss column to division leader – and fierce in-state rival – Arizona State.


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