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W. F. RYAN, another of the proprietors of the The Harrison Roller Mill Company, has been a resident of the county since 1885, having come thither from Kansas, but was born in Clark County, Illinois, February 12, 1858.

His father, Jacob M. Ryan, was born in Ohio, but at an early day became a resident of Clark County, Illinois, later moved to Kansas, and in 1882 came to Boone County, Arkansas, where he died in June, 1893, having been an extensive lumber dealer of Harrison. He was a soldier in Company G, Fifty-fourth Regiment of Volunteers, during the war, belonged to the Republican party, and while a resident of Crawford County, Kan., held the office of sheriff two terms, and justice of the peace several terms. He followed merchandising and farming in Illinois, and while in Kansas tilled the soil. His widow, whose maiden name was Abbie Ann, divides her time between her daughter, Mrs. L. R. Smilie, and her son, W. F. Ryan. She bore her husband the following children: Mary R., wife of J. B. Houck, a member of the milling company; Robert O., who is living in Newton County, Arkansas; Wilbur F., of the above-mentioned firm; Reginald C., who is a farmer of the State of Washing-ton; Annace L., wife of L. R. Smilie, of the milling company; O. W., who is a lumberman of Harrison, Arkansas; Rose J. Pearl died young, and T. J. was the wife of R. H. Lawton at the time of her death. They were all reared in the faith of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

W. F. Ryan received his initiatory training in the common schools of Kansas, and when twenty-one years of age began doing for himself as a farmer in that State. Upon first coming to this county he gave his attention to saw milling in the northern part of the county, but gave that up when he began grist milling. He is doing well financially, is a wide-awake and progressive man of affairs, and a credit and acquisition to the county. He has followed in the footsteps of his worthy father and is a Republican, and a member of the Sons of Veterans. His wife was Miss Ruth A. Barkdwell, who was born in Iowa, and by her he has two children: Myrtle A. and Mary A. Mrs. Ryan is a worthy member of the Baptist Church. Mr. J. B. Houck, like Mr. L. R. Smilie, was also a native of Pennsylvania, and in early life moved with his parents to Illinois, thence to Missouri, and then to Kansas. While residing in the latter State he married Mary R., daughter of J. M. Ryan. He was engaged principally in farming until 1884, when he went to Boone County, Arkansas, where he became a member of the Harrison Roller Mill Company, and where he has since resided.


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Person Interviewed: Tom Wilson
Location: Mississippi
Age: 84

“My name is Tom Wilson an’ I’se eighty fo’ years old. My mammy was name Ca’line an’ my pappy was Jeff Wilson. Us lived right out on de old Jim Wilson place, right by New Zion Chu’ch. I lives thar now—owns me a plot of groun’ an’ farms.

“Well, us b’longed to Marse Jim an’ Miss Nancy Wilson. I was born right out thar, but my mammy was brung down frum Ten’see. She come by heir to Marse Jim but ‘fo that her was sol’ for ten hun’erd dollars. My mammy was a big sportly woman an’ brung a lot er money an’ my pappy, he brung nine hun’erd. Marse Jim bought him offen de block, but I don’t know jes whar frum. I jes ‘members ’bout hearin’ him tell ’bout bein’ sol’.

“Bofe of dem was fiel’ han’s. Law, mammy could plow jes lak a man all day long; den milk twen’y head er cows afte’ she quit de fiel’ at night.

“De Big House was made out’n logs an’ reckin hit had ’bout seben er eight rooms in hit, an’ de kitchen sot a piece frum de mainest house. Thar was one brick chimbly an’ one dirt one to hit, an’ a great big wide po’ch ‘cross de front of de house. I ‘member Mis Nancy an’ white folks ‘ud set out thar of an evenin’ an’ mek us li’l cullud chullun dance an’ sing an’ cut capers fer to ‘muse ’em. Den dey had a trough, built ’bout lak a pig trough, an’ dey would mek de cook bake a gre’t big slab er co’n bread an’ put hit in de trough an’ po’ milk or lasses over hit, an’ tu’n us li’l cullud chullun loose on hit. An’ I’se tell’n y’ as much of hit went in our hair an’ eyes an’ years[FN: ears] as went in our moufs[FN: mouths].

“I reckin thar was’ bout two er three hun’erd acres in Marse Jim’s place. Us raised cotton, taters, an’ hogs. No’m, slaves didn’ have no plots er dey own. Marse Jim give us our rashins’ every week. Well, mos’ er de cullud people ‘ud cook dey victuals over de fire place in dey own houses. Us sho’ did have ‘possum an’ taters.

“My mammy wuked in de loom room at night by light of a pine knot. In de Big House dey had taller[FN: tallow] can’les ’cause I ‘member my mammy moulded ’em. No’m, de spinnin’ wheels was kep’ in de kitchen of de Big House. Hit had a dirt flo’. Us jes wo’ li’l old suits made out’n lowell cloth whut mammy wove on de loom. I doan ‘member wearin’ no shoes.

“I jes played roun’ ’bout de place an’ he’ped wid de cleanin’ up an’ dish washin’. Kinder house boy, I was.

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“When us got sick, mammy made us pills out’n herbs. She taken May apple roots an’ boiled hit down to a syrup; den she let dat, dry out an’ rolled hit inter pills. Day sho’ was fin’ fo’ mos’ anything we might have.

“Chris’mus was a mighty glad time fo’ us. Yessum, us got extra rashins’ an’ had time off ter play an’ kick our heels. Gen’ly[FN: generally] had ’bout a week off. Tell you what Marse Jim ‘ud do when Chris’mus come ‘roun’. He’d sen’ one of da cullud mans out to git a log an’ say, ‘Now long as dis log burn, y’all kin have off’n wuk’. Co’se us’d hunt de bigges’ gum log an’ den soak hit in de stream so hit wud burn on a long time. Dey’d put hit on back er de fire an’ hit wud las’ mos’ a week.

“Couldn’ none of us read or write, an’ us wa’nt neber learned ’til afte’ us was set free. Den some went to li’l schools fer da cullud people.

“I sho’ has seen m’ mammy an’ lots mo’ git whuppins. Marse Jim, he had a strop er leather stuck in de slit end of a staff, an’ he sho’ did whup ’em layed ‘cross a barrel. Once’ m’ pappy run away an’ Marse Jim got de blood houn’s afte’ him, an’ catched him up ‘fo he could git fur, an’ dat day he lay him ‘cross de barrel, an’ whupped him frum sun up til sun down. When he quit off, m’ pappy couldn’ talk no more’n a whisper sca’cely.

“Pattyrollers, I heard of ’em allright ’cause dey sho’ would git you iffen y’ went abroad widout a pass frum Marse Jim.

“One day us li’l cullud chullun was frollicin’ out in de front yard an’ Mis’ Nancy an’ some mo’ was settin’ on de po’ch an’ all of a sudden I see somebuddy comin’ down de road an’ I says ‘Look, whut’s dat?’

“An’ white folks run to de woods an’ hid out caze dey seen hit was Calv’ry ’bout a mile long comin’ down de road. Sojer rid right up to me an’ stuck his bay’net at me an’ says, ‘Boy, whar de tater house?’ An’ I sho’ did show him whar ’twas. Dem sojers sho’ was starved. Dey take thirty tater punks, fifteen er twenty chickens, and five hams. Den dey went in de smoke house an’ grabbed off five er ten poun’s er sausage, middlln’s, and sides. Dey take ‘nough grub to load three wagons an’ take hit over to New Zion Church ’bout er mile frum us. An’ right thar dey camped that night.

“That was afte’ de Siege er Vicksburg. Marse Jim didn’ keer, but he sent us ober nex’ mo’nin’ to git de leavin’s, an’ thar was a wagon load er jes de leavin’s.

“I ‘members when us was sot free allright. ‘Twas in de middle of da winter y’ know, an’ Marse Jim was so mad ’bout hit he went off down to a li’l stream or water an’ broke de ice an’ jumped in, an’ he died ’bout two weeks afte’ of de pewmonia[FN: pneumonia].

“I was glad to git m’ freedom ’cause I got out’n frum under dem whuppins.

“Afte’ dat us bought lan’ frum de Wilsons whut was lef’ an’ I been a fa’min’ thar ever since.”

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Stories : The Dark Room

I decided to check out one of sin city’s sex clubs, as it was my fourth night in town without so much as a blowjob and I was going crazy. The place was a little more run-down than I had imagined, but it was fairly busy with a diverse crowd. It had numerous private rooms, various “scene-rooms”, and a dark room. I wrapped a towel around my waist and wandered around the narrow, red-lit halls and for 30 minutes or so, but no one really caught my interest. I poked my head in the dark room, which had an s-shaped entry hall to keep out the light. I couldn’t see a thing, but it was full of moaning action. I was tempted to join the fun, but everyone entering or leaving the room were out-of-shape guys who all looked older than my grandfather.

Frustrated yet horny, I headed to the showers and decided jacking off in front of random guys could be fun. A few guys stopped to watch me and I was about to crank one out and call it a night when a fucking stud stepped into the room, glanced at my hard cock and smiled. He looked Latin or Italian with cropped dark hair and dark eyes. He had a smooth, ripped gymnast body and a chiseled face with a few days growth of scruff. His dick hung low and was semi-hard; his balls were smooth and full. He joined me under the stream of hot water without a word, pushed my hand away from my aching cock, and slowly stroked it. He was shorter, maybe 5’9”, and he licked my neck and hairy chest before dragging me out of the shower by my cock. I followed him into the dark-room without question.

I couldn’t see for shit, yet allowed him to lead me deep into inside. The room felt bigger than I had imagined, and smelled of man and bleach. My stud pulled me close to him and began licking my chest again. I wrapped my hands around his neck and guided him to my right nipple, which he began chewing on. I jumped when someone touched my thigh, and again when someone else started rubbing my back. I ran my hands down the stud’s ripped body and encountered random hands and mouths along the way. He reached up and began kissing me and I focused on his mouth as someone started rubbing my ass. He started moaning and I could tell someone was blowing him. He let go of my cock and grabbed my neck with both hands, pulling my mouth towards his as we continued to make out.

I still couldn’t see even a faint shadow of the increasing amount of men upon us, and I couldn’t tell where one body stopped and another started. Someone began sucking my cock, while someone else pulled my balls back between my legs from behind. The chaos became overwhelming and I closed my eyes as though it would make a difference. It was hot, but a little scary, as there was no way I could pull away from so many hands even if I wanted to. A hard fat dick pressed up against my ass and I almost lost my balance as I pushed it away. That huge dick tried again and again, so I shuffled my feet and pulled my stud with me until my back was against a wall. My eyes began to adjust and I could make out the doorway ahead of me and the shadowed silhouettes of what looked like 20 or more guys in front of me.

I wasn’t aware of the shift-change, but could tell someone new was blowing me; someone stronger and more aggressive than the last. His teeth were slightly scraping my shaft, but not enough for me to want him to stop. My stud gasped and clung to my neck, and I realized someone had pushed him up against whoever was sucking my cock and was fucking him. He held me harder and I wondered if that huge dick that had been poking around my ass had finally found its target. He clawed into my neck and moaned, and I bend down to continue kissing him. The guy blowing me was amazing, so I grabbed the back of his head with one hand and pushed my cock all the way down his throat. He apparently had no gag reflex, so I pumped away like I was fucking a hot hole. Someone leaned his back against my shoulder and was either jacking off or getting blown.

Without warning, my stud let out a bellow that echoed throughout the room as he shot his load. He stopped kissing me yet refused to release my neck, and his gasps became loud and desperate as the dude behind him continued to fuck him as hard as ever. Someone to my left grunted and came while someone else started pawing at my chest and was trying to kiss me, but I pulled away braced my shoulders against the wall.

My balls constricted as my cocksucker took me past the point of return. “Fuck!” I screamed as I came, and my body jerked as shot after shot filled some random stranger’s throat. Other guys began grunting and moaning and the room reeked of man-sweat and jizz. I tried to pull away but my cocksucker had hold of my hips and continued sucking until I was completely drained. I felt as though time had stopped and I would have sworn I’d passed out if I hadn’t still been standing. My head was spinning, the room got quiet, and I could feel people leaving. I searched for my stud but instead found the hairy shoulder of some guy on his knees in front of me, probably one of my cocksuckers. I patted his shoulder and pushed past him and around some other guys. Several men nodded at me as I stepped out of the dark room, but I couldn’t see my stud anywhere.

I wanted to call out for him and felt stupid for not having even asked his name. In fact, it dawned on me that we hadn’t even exchanged a single word. I made my way back to the shower, but he wasn’t there. A few guys walked by and nodded as I rinsed off, but I had no way of knowing if they had shared my dark-room experience are were politely cruising me. I lingered another 20 minutes before giving up, so I got dressed, walked back to my rental car and returned to my hotel.

It’s funny, but I regret never seeing that guy again. There was certainly nothing romantic about my experience and I know I should just appreciate the fun adventure for what it was, but I felt a connection. I still miss my stud to this day.

Enzo AKA Socaltuffguy

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  1. Darryl

    It’s pretty hot to end up in a situation that totally blows your mind. Mine was at IML in Chicago years ago. I’am planning on going this year, so who knows something fun could happen.

  2. einathens

    i love darkroom fun. it’s sex at its most primal, without context, emotion or judgment.

    men will do things in the dark that they would never admit to in the light of day.

  3. paul anthony

    years ago i loved taking the cal train up to the city to “blow buddies ” pts a dank dark old wood building with mazes and features upper and lower level glory holes i would be “drunk” when i arrived and with poppers ask for a lkocker when i paid take all my clothes offd and stay nude the whole time wandering the mazes encountering mostly fully dressed strangers kneeling in front of them unbuckle and take down their pants and suck their cocks rim whatever i had to do to get my salty reward mmm on a good night i would have sucked off and fucked 10 to twenty cocks each time sucking cock naked in a roomfull of dressed people is so so hot and slutty!!

  4. Daniel

    Nothing like annonomus sex to help spread STDs.

    I knew a guy who lived in the Inland Valley area that use to go to the bathhoise in Hollywood all the time. He enjoyed havinng sex in the darkended dungeon area. In fact, with the nail fungus on his hands and the other signs of his POS status, thats the only place he coild hook up.
    I esnt to see what im getting into. Guess I’m just funny that way.
    Play safe. Be well.

  5. Carlos

    I remember night like that at the baths! One hot hung blind guy and
    I would get it on hot and heavy with his big uncut
    Cock in my mouth as some guy would tongue
    My hole. Then he would fuck me and lick and bite
    My neck as someone else would blow me
    And I’d jack somebody off. No names.
    Just kiss, suck, fuck, and cum. I took the
    Blind stud’s duck most weekends for a year like
    That. No names, just make out, suck and fuck

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A man has been charged with first- and second-degree murder in the shooting death Thursday of his wife in their Campbell Park home.

Adam Wayne Sullivan, 40, was arrested outside of the Lowe's store at Old Seward Highway and O'Malley Road on Thursday evening, police said Friday.

Just before 4 p.m. Thursday, dispatchers received a 911 call from a 13-year-old saying her mother had been shot at the home on 5410 Trena St., off Lake Otis Parkway south of Tudor Road.

Arriving officers found 37-year-old Brandy Sullivan dead. She had been shot multiple times, said Lt. John McKinnon, commander of the Anchorage Police Department's homicide unit. Bullet casings from a .380-caliber handgun were found on the floor, according to the affidavit filed in the case Thursday.

While officers were at the house, a friend of Sullivan's contacted police. She said Sullivan told her he had harmed his ex and "that he was done, and that everything was over," the affidavit says. Sullivan told her he had a gun and was heading to Girdwood.

The friend called Sullivan's brother, telling him she thought Sullivan was planning to end his own life. The brother met Sullivan at a bar. He seemed distraught and said he "f—ed up," the affidavit says.

The brother called police and followed Sullivan when he left the bar. He provided police updates and a description of Sullivan's green Honda car until he lost sight of it near O'Malley and Old Seward, the affidavit says.

Officers tracked Sullivan to inside Lowe's, McKinnon said. When Sullivan went out a back exit, police arrested him. He was compliant, and the only statement he gave was that he didn't want to talk to police, McKinnon said.

In Sullivan's possession were two .380 handguns and a partial box of ammunition, the affidavit says.

The 13-year-old and an 11-year-old were in the home at the time of the shooting. Both were physically unharmed. They were staying with relatives Friday, McKinnon said.

Police are calling the shooting a case of domestic violence.

"It's a family member that was the deceased, so that automatically makes it domestic violence," McKinnon said. The family had prior domestic violence history, he said.

Sullivan was separated from his wife and had filed for divorce in January. He had not been living at the house, the affidavit says.

Sullivan was charged with murder in the first and second degree, online court records show. He was given no bail, McKinnon said.


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Questions to Ask Your Potential Adoption Attorney

Before selecting an adoption attorney, be sure to do your research and ask these crucial questions to any potential candidate.

A woman meeting with a potential adoption attorney

Steven M. Kirsh, past president of the American Academy of Adoption Attorneys, says: “Niceness is not typically a concern when you are looking for an attorney to litigate a case, but in an adoption, when the attorney is going to have direct contact with the birth parents, you need your legal representative to be a likeable person!”

  • Is the attorney licensed to practice in the state where you live?
  • Is the attorney a member of your state’s bar association? (Lawyers don’t have to be admitted to the bar to practice, but there’s no good reason for an attorney not to be.)
  • Is the attorney a member of a voluntary professional organization (the American Academy of Adoption Attorneys)?
  • How long have you worked in adoption?
  • How many non-relative adoptions did you complete last year? (The answer should be at least 10.)
  • What percentage of your total practice is devoted to adoption? (Fifty to 100 percent suggests adoption expertise.)
  • Do you handle open adoptions, confidential adoptions, or both? Do you have strong feelings about openness?
  • What services do you provide? Will you actively assist me in finding an adoption situation, as well as handle the necessary legal work?
  • If the birth parents do not have their own attorney, can you help them find one, and, if so, how do you make that referral?
  • What is the average cost of the adoptions you have handled?
  • How do you bill? Is your fee an hourly rate, or do you charge a flat fee? (Experienced attorneys may have a higher hourly rate but charge less overall, because they spend less time than a less-experienced attorney would.)
  • Do you require a retainer fee in advance? If so, how much? What happens to my retainer fee if the birth mother changes her mind?
  • Do you see counseling for birth parents as helpful? Why or why not?
  • Will you accept collect calls from birth parents? Do you have a toll-free number?
  • When you are away from the office, is another knowledgeable attorney available?
  • In your practice, what percentage of birth mothers change their plans before placement, or before finalization? (An experienced, ethical attorney will tell you that some expectant women choose to keep their babies. An attorney who says he or she has never had a failure has done too few adoptions — or is not candid.)

“If I were to give tips for finding the right adoption agency/professional, I’d say, start by meeting other parents who have gone through the type of adoption you are seeking. They have stories to share, and often give great advice. Decide what is important to you, and write down all of your questions (and the agencies’ answers). You and your spouse should both meet with them in person, if you can, then go home and review together privately before you decide.”—Lara

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I never worried about Zachary’s safety while he was so far away and out of touch with us. I had complete confidence in Adventure Treks, and I know that they teach and guide these teens using the safest methods. – Neal Friedman, Raleigh, NC

We know that sending your child away from home and into the outdoors is usually more nerve-wracking for parents than for students. It can be stressful when you aren’t there to personally check things out. We get it; many of us are parents, too!

Our students and instructors know that “Safety, Safety, Safety” are our three most important words. Risk management is the foundation of everything that we do. We hope you’ll agree that nothing can be 100 percent “safe.” Statistically, students are safer at Adventure Treks than if they stayed home. But to build independence and ensure normal teenage brain development, there has to be some element of risk. And from the moment your child leaves home until he or she returns to you, minimizing risk is our first and foremost priority.

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Safety at Adventure Treks begins with experienced trip leaders and regional directors. They each average more than six years of Adventure Treks experience. Our leadership team facilitates an extensive 14- to 18-day instructor training where we review detailed safety procedures and set the tone for a safe, fun summer. We are proud to say that in more than 24 years, we have safely worked with more than 15,000 students.

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Jakob Bro: Balladeering Throughout the process of recording Balladeering, Danish guitarist Jakob Bro was followed closely by filmmaker Sune Blicher, who documented the sessions, which took place at the famous Avatar studios in New York, capturing the poetry of the music in pregnant images. A recurrent motif in the movie is musicians engrossed in listening, and this particular framing also finds its way into the photos by Robert Lewis that grace the album, becoming a metaphor for the music itself and the spirit of creation.

More than anything, Bro could be termed "a listening musician." He creates his poetic compositions as open structures that invite interpretation. It is Bro's special gift that he is able to make music both melodically enchanting and not locked in predefined patterns.

The opener, "Weightless," is an example of how a simple melodic guitar figure is expanded and transcended into a translucent texture of sounds, with drummer Paul Motian's feathery touch working around the complex tapestry of guitar lines created by Bro and fellow guitarist Bill Frisell.

On "Evening Song," legendary saxophonist Lee Konitz joins the quartet and plays with a tone that seems to embody the beauty and pain of a lifetime, while "Terrace Place," with its mild dissonance and melancholy mood, finds the musicians speaking in a unified language where the guitarists' bended strings and loops are complemented by Konitz's circular blowing and Ben Street's elegant, almost invisible, bass patterns.

Balladeering is a true artwork, which brings out the best in the Participants; Konitz has not played better in some time. The album, however, is not about individual brilliance, but rather a proof of jazz as a listening art form that invites the unexpected and transcends egos. Such beauty is only possible if the compositions do not limit the potential of the music. Here, all possibilities are kept open and the result is a music that is infinitely rich in its democratic beauty.

A note: Balladeering is available both as a single CD release and as a deluxe box, which features the album in both CD and vinyl versions and adds Blicher's fascinating documentary about the making of the album, Weightless: A Recording Session with Jakob Bro.

Track Listing: Weightless; Evening Song; Vraa; Starting Point (Acoustic Version); Greenland; Terrace Place; Sort; Starting Point (Electric Version).

Personnel: Jakob Bro: guitar; Bill Frisell: guitar; Lee Konitz: alto saxophone; Ben Street: bass; Paul Motian: drums.

Year Released: 2009 | Record Label: Loveland Records | Style: Modern Jazz

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Larry Birnbaum: Before Elvis - The Prehistory of Rock 'n' Roll

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Before Elvis: The Prehistory of Rock 'n' Roll

Larry Birnbaum

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"Rock 'n' Roll is just the blues sped up."

That statement might have satisfied a generation of listeners who barely scratched beneath the surface of the genre, looking for its source. And it may have been propagated by a generation of wide-eyed romantics the same way the myth of Robert Johnson was. But it, in no way, satisfied writer Larry Birnbaum, who has penned the definitive history of American music leading up to rock. Believe this: Birnbaum is the music geek Wotan. He has listened to every recording since Edison cylinders were popular.

Rather than being shaped from solely the blues, Birnbaum makes the convincing argument that this is too narrow a view and that the whole of the American music vernacular: jazz, blues, country, vaudeville, hokum, rhythm & blues and every other form percolating up to the early 1950s is responsible for what has become the most enduring musical form to date. Birnbaum does this with stultifying detail alternating with almost poetic ruminations that begin in the late 19th century (and often well before) extending to what is relevant today. He details the histories of the progenitors, laying out the map of how each flows into the delta that is rock 'n' roll

Forget the old argument of what was the first rock 'n' roll record. Birnbaum reasons, like any decent historian, that it is beside the point. The music was an evolution. What Birnbaum does, appropriately, is point out the major harmonic and rhythmic themes in songs that eventually coalesced into what we understand as rock 'n' roll. Having said that, Birnbaum mentions two songs in particular when speaking Ur-rock 'n' roll: Cow Cow Davenport's proto-boogie-woogie 1928 Vocalion/Brunswick "Cow-Cow Blues" and the jump blues "Train Kept A Rollin'" first recorded by Tiny Bradshaw for King Records in 1951 and then by rockabilly antecedent Johnny Burnette for Coral Records in 1956. The history of the song after that is well known.

Birnbaum sites the boogie-woogie piano beat, particularly the walking bass of the left hand, the 12-bar blues, and the chugging momentum of the electric guitar, specifically that of Chuck Berry, as being the basic elements of what would become rock. But this is just the most simplified foundation. Expertly, the author weaves together an account from numberless sources, explained in laymans' terms that goes a long way in sparking an interest in these earlier styles that makes YouTube most valuable in discovering the charms of the musics that brought us to where we are today.

In his epilogue, Birnbaum sums up his lengthy treatise with some of the finest rock writing penned to date:

"Paralleling the development of jazz, rock music has grown so distant from its original sound that modern rock hardly seems to belong to the same genre as vintage rock 'n' roll. Only the backbeat and amplified guitar-bass-and-drums instrumentation have endured, and even those elements are not always present. Today's rock musicians and fans may have little or no familiarity with old-school rock 'n' roll—regrettably, since reconnecting with the music's roots might help restore its vigor. Moreover, the recognition that rock 'n' roll and rhythm -and-blues grew mainly out of jazz and hokum rather than blues, country, pop, or gospel puts a new perspective on musical history. If rock drew its most characteristic song structure from hokum, that subgenre can no longer be regarded as a mere footnote. And if rhythm- and-blues derives primarily from jazz, then swing should be reevaluated as the root form of rock and not just bebop.

"Swing gave rise to both modern jazz and rhythm-and-blues, and rhythm- and-blues, largely through its appropriation of white country and pop artists, gave birth to rock 'n' roll. Neither rural nor urban blues—aside from the blues inherent in jazz, which passed into rhythm-and-blues—had much to do with rock music until the 1960s; swing and R&B had more influence on rural and urban blues than rural and urban blues had on swing or R&B [a position supported by Elijah Wald in his Escaping the Delta: Robert Johnson and the Invention of the Blues (Amistad Press, 2004)]. Hokum made its way into R&B and rock 'n' roll through blues, swing, and country music, providing the archetypal structure for some, though by no means all, of the most emblematic rock songs...."

The author goes on to conclude things with:

"Rock 'n' Roll is quintessentially American music, drawing on a wider variety of sources than has previously been acknowledged—not only the blues, country, and pop, but jazz, hokum, boogie-woogie, mambo, calypso, and more....rock possesses an intrinsic richness born of its diverse formative elements. The rediscovery of these constituents may enhance how rock 'n' roll is perceived and perhaps how it will evolve in years to come."

...and that, gentle reader, is some fine music writing.

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Ensemble InterContemporain: Luciano Berio: Sequenzas

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A Memo to Glenn Astarita, Modern/Avant-Garde Editor, All About Jazz:

Mr. Astarita:

Avant-Garde jazz may be considered in the same vein as much 20th Century postmodern classical music, a la Maurice Kagel and Luciano Berio. Both genres (if, indeed, they are different) boast a deliberate composition and/or improvisation providing a product of almost stream-of-consciousness sound. Knowing your interest in the avant-garde in jazz, I thought you might interested in what is happening on the other side of the fence.

The Italian composer Luciano Berio has been composing a series of “Sequenzas”; compositions for solo instruments, since the mid-1950s. They are not unlike Bach’s suites for solo instruments and can be considered the progeny of that German’s instrumental creation. Berio considered these compositions his “ harmonic discourse with melody”. Indeed. These pieces are asymmetric, arrhythmic splashes of tones and smears, an embarrassment of aural richness that appears suddenly in the center and radiates outward. The current collection is the most recent release of any Sequenzas and is the first release of the complete collection extant. For this collection, DB has assembled an outstanding cast of soloists, several show are closely associated with Berio.

The earliest composition is the Sequenza I for Flute (1958) and the latest are the Sequenzas for Bassoon and Accordion, respectively (1995). The must hears in this set are Sequenza III for Woman’s Voice (Luisa Castellani, Berio’s preferred interpreter of his vocal works), Sequenza V for Trombone (Benny Sluchin, forget Wycliffe Gordon, these are effects that break the mold), and Sequenza XIII for Accordion (Teodoro Anzellotti). Anzellotti is considered the Liszt of the accordion (Sequenza XIII was composed specifically for him). He is also featured on a Kagel collection recently released on Winter & Winter.

So, Berio is no Bach and was never meant to be. He is also not Ornette Coleman, John Coltrane, or Sam Rivers. This may be music in its purest, subatomic form, existing the moment it is played. I thought you might like to know about it.

Track Listing: Sequenzas I - IV

Personnel: Ensemble InterContemporain

| Record Label: Deutsche Grammophon | Style: Fringes of Jazz

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Lengthy cleaning cars, bicycles, swimming pools in the garden or in the garage with the highly efficient high-pressure cleaner of the past. The instrument is a high-quality metal triplex piston pump with automatic safety valve and piston hardened stainless steel. It is also equipped with protection against low pressure. Pressure of 150 bar and power 2100W guarantee a really strong current. Coupling, which provides the water supply to the cleaner is provided with a filter to prevent ingress of unwanted contaminants and damage to the pump.

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Crossminton (formerly Speed ??Badminton) is an increasingly popular sport that is most interesting statement a combination of tennis, squash and badminton. Fastest balls Cross Speeders the new shape of the basket are taught to greater distances, which gives the whole game a new cartridge. Moreover, they are heavier than their predecessors, so they can be played even in windy weather. This obviously suggests that they are more suitable for free playing more experienced players. If you count among them, you should not hesitate for a minute. Awaiting you is endless servings of fun!

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    Chairman Pallone, Ranking Member Deal, and distinguished Members of the Subcommittee, I thank you for the opportunity to testify on the topic of economic stimulus and health care. I am speaking today in my role as Senior Fellow for Economic Policy at the Center for American Progress Action Fund. Previously, I served in the Clinton Administration as Deputy Director and then Director of the National Economic Council and National Economic Advisor. The ideas I am expressing here are solely my own and do not necessarily reflect those of any institutions or people whom I work with or advise.

    My testimony today focuses on six main points:

    1) A demand crisis. Today we must understand that in addition to a financial and capital market crisis, we face a demand crisis in the real economy both in the United States and globally.

    2) A Powell doctrine for the stimulus package. The breadth and potential depth of that demand crisis require us to undertake a bolder “Powell Doctrine” on stimulus in which $300 – $400 billion—or at least 2 percent of GDP—should be the starting point with an understanding that more could be needed and that we will need to call for a coordinated global stimulus.

    3) High bang for the buck for long duration. The depth of the potential demand crisis requires us to enact a stimulus with a higher percentage of high-bang-for-the-buck elements than in the previous stimulus. While much of it should be fast-acting, it also should be capable of adding demand for a 12-18 month duration.

    4) Aim for more win/wins on stimulus and long-term priorities. We should be looking for win/wins: places where investments can both have a strong stimulative impact and be an important down payment on major long-term priorities. We should be looking for sweet spots that can both jumpstart jobs and jumpstart the future.

    5) Triple benefit of addressing health care. Health care initiatives can be a triple-benefit in this context. First, increases in the Federal match for Medicaid can be one of the quickest and most effective means to stimulate the economy. Second, an expansion of SCHIP can be a win/win in that it can provide stimulus while moving us forward on the path to universal coverage. Third, an upfront investment in health information technology can also provide stimulus and be a down payment on the goal of reducing long-term health care costs.

    6) A grand bargain on fiscal discipline. While Congress and the new administration should seek to marry long term fiscal discipline with short-term stimulus, the wrong way to do this is by simply doing less on crucial national priorities like universal health care, climate change and education. A far better way to proceed is through a “grand bargain on fiscal discipline,” in which we move forward on major provisions yet do so in the context of addressing long term entitlements like Social Security and lowering health care costs.

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San Francisco got a taste of Lana Del Rey madness Thursday night as the bewitching singerLana Del Rey Steve Wozniak Amoeba San Francisco celebrated the release of her debut album, Born to Die, at Amoeba Music.

Fresh from her successful performance at Amoeba Hollywood Tuesday night, Lana Del Rey arrived to the San Francisco store at 2:30pm and took the time to greet deliriously happy fans out on Haight Street (even greeting a friend of a fan's through his cell phone) before heading up to the Amoeba green room to get ready for her 6:00pm show. To say the show was well attended would be an understatement as the store's capacity was reached sometime around 5:30pm. With the store packed full of admirers and a line of hopefuls down Haight Street (and around the block), it would be safe to say that over 1,500 fans turned out to see the new voice of their generation.

Overhyped media controversy aside, Lana Del Rey was a vision of perfection to her supporters Thursday, who were focused on her sultry voice and angelic presence. If Madonna held the most expensive and entertaining satanic ritual ever created in the history of the world at the Superbowl, then Lana Del Rey held the biggest Love-in in the Haight since 1967. As she descended upon the Amoeba stage at 6:00pm, the crowd exploded at a deafening level of glee that one would only expect to follow the words, "Ladies and gentlemen, The Beatles." Her gracious response to the overwhelming crowd was: "I only sing for you."

After performing several songs to her rapt audience, the signing Lana Del Rey Amoeba San Franciscoline was assembled where she spent the following three and a half hours with her fans, even missing her flight out of SFO! Her fans were as grateful as she was gracious. Amongst her fans in attendance was Apple Computer co-founder Steve Wozniak! Thanks for supporting local record stores, Steve!

AND congrats to Jess Egbu who won our raffle for an Amoeba gift certificate!

Please enjoy our short video of Thursday's event as well as the photos from the performance and signing.

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New "What's in My Bag?" Episode with Filmmaker Nicolas Winding Refn

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Just what is acclaimed director, producer, and screenwriter Nicolas Winding Refn listening to these days? Would you believe us if we told you it was ska? That's right, Mr. Refn, whose latest films have featured Cliff Martinez' moody '80s-inflected synth scores, has been getting into the up-beat, Jamaican, skankin' precursor to reggae. Before his and Cliff Martinez' recent soundtrack signing at Amoeba Hollywood the director picked up two great compilations by the legendary Jamaican labels Treasure Isle and Trojan. But, of course, it wasn't all island grooves for Refn, and we were not surprised to find a plethora of eclectic music in his bag.

The Neon Demon Blu-rayRefn launched onto the movie scene with the release of the Danish crime drama Pusher in 1996. This was followed by 1999's Bleeder, as well as two Pusher sequels in 2004 and 2005 respectively. Refn wrote his first English-language flick, Fear X, in 2003, but gained more attention with the 2008 release of Bronson, starring Tom Hardy.

His first major success in America came with 2011's Drive, a Cannes favorite that led to his acceptance of the festival's Best Director Award. Only God Forgives hit theaters next, and was followed in 2016 by The Neon Demon. The film was in competition for the Palme d'Or at Cannes that year--Refn's third picture to do so.

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Millions of Londoners struggled to get to work this morning thanks to a 24-hour strike by workers on the city's subway system, known as the Tube.

Transport for London, which runs the subway, said that about 40% of underground trains were operating, along with the Docklands Light Railway, which serves the financial district in the east of the city.

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The Rail Maritime and Transport union disagreed, Reuters said. According to the union, every line on the subway was either suspended, part suspended or running trains through closed stations.

This is the third strike since September. Workers are protesting against plans to eliminate 800 jobs by reducing station staffing and opening hours at some ticket offices.

The subway carries 3 million passengers a day. Business lobbies claim the strikes cost as much as 50 million pounds ($80.7 million) a day.

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Is President Obama trying to kill the U.S. coal industry? In a recent campaign swing through southwestern Virginia, Republican lawmakers alleged just that.

With executives from coal miner Alpha Natural Resources (ANR) and electric utilities Dominion Resources (D) and PPL (PPL) in tow, Republicans marched through the crucial swing state last week, arguing that new greenhouse gas regulations promoted by the Environmental Protection Agency would effectively ban the construction of new coal-fired power plants in the state -- by making it prohibitively expensive to build them.

Specifically, the EPA is proposing that new coal plants include "carbon-capture" technology that industry representatives say is "not cost-effective under current market conditions" and may not even help reduce carbon emissions at all. Competing fuels like natural gas not only cost less than coal, but emit about half the carbon that burning coal does. Combine this with the low prices (and lower profits) that coal companies get these days -- which don't yield enough revenue to pay for the EPA's required equipment -- and coal promoters argue that it's effectively impossible both to comply with regulations and stay in business.

The result: Coal plants cannot be built. Coal will not be bought. Coal companies will go out of business.

Coal miningA Prophecy Fulfilled

It probably didn't hurt their argument that earlier this month, we saw the first high-profile U.S. coal company bankruptcy when Patriot Coal (PCXCQ.PK) filed for Chapter 11.

The headlines practically wrote themselves: "Tragedy Strikes as Obama Regs Kill Patriot!" Over the weekend, the President told local television audiences, "If we win Virginia, then we will win the election." But even if the reverse isn't necessarily true, it almost seems as if the EPA set out to write a connect-the-dots puzzle -- and the prize for completing it is kicking its own boss out of the White House.

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So the new EPA regs may be hard on Obama's chances in coal country. But what does this whole sooty brouhaha mean to folks here on Main Street? As with so many things in life, it's a tale of good news and bad news.

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Let's tackle the bad news first: Energy prices are going up, and it's going to cost you more to heat your home (and pay your electric bill, and put fuel in your car).

You see, one of the reasons coal is so cheap right now is that natural gas is cheaper. Thanks to the fracking craze that's sweeping our nation faster than the hula hoop, natural-gas prices are close to historic lows. It's simple economics: As gas gets easier to obtain from underground shale formations, the supply rises, and the cost plunges. This undercuts the cost of more expensive-to-extract fuels such as coal and oil -- and nuclear, solar, geothermal and wind as well.

But here's the thing: The energy ecosystem is deeply interconnected. Part of the reason coal prices are low is because of the pressure from competing cheap natural gas. But if you kill King Coal (which accounts for about one-third of electricity production today), then suddenly natural gas has to carry more of the load. Demand for it increases relative to supply, and gas prices rise.

For that matter, even if the coal industry fails to just roll over and die -- even if just a handful of coal companies go bankrupt from higher regulatory costs -- this too raises the cost of gas and power in general. It's only a matter of degrees (pun intended), because even if coal remains an energy option, its supply is still dropping, and its ability to compete with gas declines accordingly.

Simply put, for natural gas prices to remain cheap, coal has to stick around to compete with it -- which won't happen if coal companies start shutting down.

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It would be hard to find another large American company as bad off as Avon Products (AVP). Avon's long time CEO, Andrea Jung, was ousted late last year after nearly wrecking the company. Avon's new CEO, Sherilyn S. McCoy, formerly of Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), joined the company in April. She has never before run a public corporation, let alone one in big trouble.

The Security and Exchange Commission's examination of Avon's communications with securities analysts already has cost CFO Charles Cramb his job. Avon is also under scrutiny over whether its Chinese operations meet compliance standards under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.

But beyond the scandals, Avon's fundamental problem is that the beauty market is highly competitive, yet management has not concentrated on its core business. As Morningstar analyst Erin Lash recently wrote, "Despite restructuring initiatives that have cost the firm nearly $800 million through fiscal 2011, it appears to us that Avon is constantly putting out fires rather than proactively moving forward."

There is much here that needs fixing. Avon announced disastrous earnings in the previous quarter, and it forecast that things will get worse.

Avon, however, is fortunate that it may have a suitor. In May, perfume company Coty offered $24.75 a share for Avon, nearly 20% above Avon's stock price at the time. Coty had the financial backing of, among others, Warren Buffett. Avon dragged its feet and Coty withdrew its offer. But Coty, another consumer products firm or a private equity house will be back. Since the Coty offer was withdrawn, Avon's shares have dropped below $16 -- down from $43 four years ago. The market has no confidence in Avon, but with its brand and revenue, it is an ideal takeover target.

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This tiny carrier has lost any chance it may have had to compete with larger competitors T-Mobile, AT&T (T), Verizon (VZ) and Sprint-Nextel (S). Investors have abandoned the company, depressing its shares from a 52-week high of $17.84 to $5.86 -- very near its period low.

Competition with the larger companies has begun to take a significant toll. The Associated Press recently reported that, "MetroPCS Communications Inc. says it gained a net 131,654 subscribers in the quarter, the worst result in years for the first quarter, which is normally the company's strongest. It ended the quarter with 9.5 million customers." The carrier's first-quarter earnings were so weak that a number of securities analysts downgraded its shares.

MetroPCS often is mentioned as a takeover target. In May, several Wall Street analysts said that the company was in buyout talks with T-Mobile, which is owned by giant European telecommunication company Deutsche Telekom. This immediately gave MetroPCS (PCS) stock a push higher. Later in the same month, MetroPCS shares rose again as the CEO of Sprint-Nextel said he expects consolidation in the cellular carrier market. Sprint and T-Mobile both continue to struggle because of their modest subscriber bases compared to AT&T and Verizon. Each needs more customers. While MetroPCS is too small to survive on its own, its purchase would give either Sprint or T-Mobile the additional customer critical mass it needs to compete.

By Douglas A. McIntyre, 24/7 Wall St.

The Raiders will play in the NFL next year -- they just won't play in Oakland. The team, founded in 1960, was one of the original members of the AFL and joined the NFL when the leagues merged in 1970. The Raiders won Super Bowls in 1976, 1980 and 1983, but their track record has been poor over the past decade.

The Raiders left Oakland once before, when the franchise worked out a better stadium deal in Los Angeles from 1983 to 1994. Oakland lured the team back with an agreement to add $220 million in improvements to the stadium where the team would play.

This time, the team's departure from Oakland will also be driven by the financial plans of its new owners. Al Davis had controlling ownership of the Raiders from the 1960s until his death last year. His heirs and several smaller shareholders now control the team. Current team managing owner Mike Davis already has said he may move the Raiders back to L.A. to get a better stadium deal after the Oakland stadium contract expires.

Davis recently told the San Francisco Chronicle, "Yeah, Los Angeles is a possibility. Wherever's a possibility. We need a stadium." The Raiders also could move to Santa Clara, where they would share a stadium with the San Francisco 49ers, much as the New York Jets and New York Giants share MetLife Stadium.

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Launched in 1995, was one of the pioneering news and commentary sites on the Web. In recent years, it has been eclipsed by larger and better financed sites such as The Atlantic and Washington Post (WPO)-owned Slate. Of course, today, there are thousands of websites that comment on the news constantly.

One sign that Salon is very close to being shuttered: The company "lost" its CEO and CFO recently. Chief Technology Officer Cynthia Jeffers, was put in charge, but Salon will need a great deal more than new management. At the end of the final quarter of 2011, it had $149,000 in the bank against short-term liabilities that included $12.7 million in loans. During the same quarter, Salon lost $997,000 on revenue of $1.03 million.

Rumors are that John Warnock, the cofounder of Adobe Systems (ADBE), and investment banker Bill Hambrecht fund the company. But with it falling apart at the seams, more money is unlikely to be forthcoming.

By Douglas A. McIntyre, 24/7 Wall St.

Suzuki Motor Corporation sold just 10,695 cars and light trucks in the U.S. in the first five months of this year. That was down 3.9% compared with the same period in 2011. The sales gave the manufacturer a U.S. market share of just 0.2%.

The obvious reason the company has trouble moving its vehicles is their poor reputation. In the 2012 JD Power survey of U.S. vehicle dependability, Suzuki's scores in power-trains, body and materials, and features and accessories were below those of almost every other brand.

One sign Suzuki is having trouble selling its vehicles is that it currently offers a very aggressive zero-percent financing package for 72 months on all of its 2012 cars, trucks and SUVs. Yet even with aggressive sales tactics, Suzuki cannot improve its position in the American market. Most of its cars sell for less than $20,000 and its trucks and SUVs for under $25,000. Almost every other manufacturer with a broad range of vehicles has flooded that end of the market with cheap, fuel-efficient models. And what is arguably the most successful car company in the U.S. based on growth -- Hyundai -- is doing particularly well in this segment, leaving little room for a Suzuki comeback.

By Douglas A. McIntyre, 24/7 Wall St.

Pacific Sunwear, which began in a surf shop in Newport Beach in 1980, built its reputation offering "California-style" accessories, primarily sunglasses, shoes and swimwear.  It was popular for years, but recently, highly regarded corporate balance sheet and earnings research firm GMI Ratings put Pacific Sunwear of California on its list of companies at risk of going bankrupt -- and that should come as no surprise.

Five years ago, the company's stock traded for $23. Recently, it dropped to $1.50. In its most recent reported quarter, Pacific Sunwear lost $15 million on revenue of $174 million. The retailer's cash and cash equivalents dropped to $22 million from $50 million at the end of the previous quarter. Pacific Sunwear management said the company would have a non-GAAP net loss in the current quarter as well.

Pacific Sunwear also disclosed it had a new line of credit with Wells Fargo (WFC). Its comments about the loan in its latest 10-Q were telling: "if we were to experience same-store sales declines similar to those which occurred in fiscal 2010 and 2009, we may be required to access most, if not all, of the New Credit Facility and potentially require other sources of financing to fund our operations, which might not be available."

Why is the company in so much trouble? It is too small and is in a commoditized business. Nearly every major department store chain sells products similar to those Pacific Sunwear offers, and so do many niche retailers. Pacific Sunwear, meanwhile, has only 729 small stores. What will happen to the retailer? It could be bought by a larger company -- its market cap is only $108 million -- or it may go out of business with its inventory sold to other retailers.

By Douglas A. McIntyre, 24/7 Wall St.

RIM (RIMM) once owned the smartphone market.  Its BlackBerry products were used largely by businesses. It is hardly worth repeating the story of how RIM was late to the consumer market, where it has been pounded relentlessly by Apple and an army of Google Android phones from manufacturers as diverse as Taiwan’s HTC, South Korea’s Samsung and Motorola in the U.S. The pace at which the company fell apart once the process began was even more extraordinary than its rise. Revenue and net income had jumped from $6 billion and $1.3 billion, respectively, in fiscal 2008 to $20 billion and $3.4 billion in fiscal 2011. In just the past year, however, the company has warned twice that it would miss its earnings forecast, replaced a longtime CEO, warned a third time and disclosed plans for layoffs of thousands of employees.

Al Gore's Current TV was on life support even before it fired its only bankable star, Keith Olbermann, in March following a set of battles with the host over his perks. He was replaced by serial talk show host failure Eliot Spitzer. Compared to Olbermann's March figures, Spitzer's ratings in April were down nearly 70%, according to Nielsen. At the time, The Hollywood Reporter wrote, "Replacement Eliot Spitzer pulled an anemic 47,000 total viewers in the first outing of Viewpoint, with just 10,000 among adults 25-54. The weeks since saw an early rebound, particularly in the demo, but in its four weeks on air Viewpoint has steadily declined in both respects."

Reuters recently reported that Current TV's audience had fallen enough that cable giant Time Warner Cable (NYSE: TWC) may have the right to discontinue carrying the channel. The closest Current TV has to a star is talk show veteran Joy Behar, a former cast member of "The View," who had her own show canceled by CNN's HLN in November. Gore does not have the deep pockets to keep a network with no future going.

By Douglas A. McIntyre, 24/7 Wall St.

Battered retailer The Talbots (TLB) is supposed to be getting purchased by Sycamore Partners for just over $2.75 a share, or $190 million, but the offer has been delayed for some reason. Sycamore already has lowered its offer once from the $3.05 a share it extended to the company in December.

Among the retailers most badly damaged by the recession, Talbots has to be near the top of the list, and its problems were compounded by its failure to appeal to consumers with distinctive products. While its shares traded for almost $26 five years ago, they now change hands for $2.50.

It's a wonder that Sycamore wants to buy the retailer. Even if the deal closes, Sycamore may find there is no solution to making the company viable again. When it last announced earnings, Talbots management said it planned to close 110 stores. The company also said it would try to find a new CEO. Talbots made only $1 million last quarter on $275 million in revenue. At the same time it announced earnings, it admitted that it could be in default under its debt facilities if its financial condition deteriorated further.

Talbots has been flanked by a number of department stores that carry women's discount ware and a number of niche chains, including Ann Taylor (ANN), Chico's FAS (CHS) and Limited Brands (LTD). The company's earnings demonstrate clearly the extent to which customers have abandoned Talbots. Its revenue was $2.3 billion in fiscal 2008, a figure on which it lost money. Annual sales are barely half that now. With the exception of a tiny profit last year, the retailer has lost money every year in the past five.

By Douglas A. McIntyre, 24/7 Wall St.

American's parent AMR filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in Nov. 2011. The airline itself still operates largely as it did prior to the filing, but with some of the advantages the bankruptcy brings. Labor costs will be cut, along with debt service and lease obligations for airplanes.

AMR says it plans to emerge from Chapter 11 as a viable airline. But that will not happen. US Airways (NYSE: LCC) already has made it clear that it wants to buy American's assets. As soon as the rumors of a potential buyout started in April, some of American's largest unions said they backed such a plan as a way to protect jobs.

Earlier this month, US Airways CEO Doug Parker announced his desire to merge the two airlines. With US Airways probably willing to give AMR's creditors a good deal to get American's assets, the potential deal received tremendous support from bondholders and analysts. US Airways has much to gain from this transaction, as its position in the carrier market has been eroded by the mergers of Northwest and Delta and the later combination of United and Continental.

By Douglas A. McIntyre, 24/7 Wall St.

If the EPA regulations come into force and coal companies go out of business, they won't be polluting the air anymore or contributing to climate change. And if it turns out that the coal companies are exaggerating the dangers to their industry and can remain in business under the new regulations and produce cleaner power, then greenhouse gas emissions will be reduced that way as well.

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Savings Experiment: Vitamins The cost of bathroom essentials can add up quickly, so knowing where to shop is key. Here, our experts head to three major retailers to find out which one offers the best bargain on bathroom basics.

First, a list of bathroom essentials was compiled. This included, towels, a bathmat, a shower curtain, a toothbrush, soap, toilet paper and more. The Savings Experiment team then went to Kmart, Target and Walmart to purchase the same items. The shopping list cost a total of $130.03 at Kmart, while the items were $118.35 at Target. However, Walmart came in as the clear money-saver. All of the items totaled just $84.64 there.

The items made for Walmart's private brand, Mainstays, offered the best deal, but if you're looking to splurge on quality, Target is the place for you. Its Room Essentials brand received high marks for colors and prints, and its towel line is made of thicker terry cloth fabric, which is softer, more absorbent and dries faster.

Bathroom accessoriesSo, when stocking up on bathroom essentials on a budget, head to Walmart for the best deals. If you're okay with spending a little more, shop Target for quality items. Your home and your wallet will thank you.
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Cancer just might be one of the scariest words in the English language. What goes through your mind when you hear that someone close to you has cancer? Sadness, probably. Fear, quite possibly. And there's always a sense of relief if you learn that the cancer is treatable.

The good news is that more and more forms of cancer are treatable, with researchers marching full steam ahead to discover more effective treatments. Some of these treatments build upon previous approaches while others introduce surprising new twists. Here are three intriguing approaches to fighting cancer that could be on the way.

1. Feed a virus, starve a cancer
You have probably heard the old expression, "Feed a cold, starve a fever." Now there could be a new spin on the old adage: Feed a virus, starve a cancer.

Oncolytics Biotech counts more than a dozen clinical trials under way with its product, Reolysin, targeting various forms of cancer. Reolysin is Oncolytics' proprietary version of respiratory enteric orphan virus, or reovirus. Chances are pretty good that you have had a personal encounter with the all-too-common reovirus sometime in your life.

When the reovirus infects a typical human cell, the cell fights back and keeps the reovirus from replicating. However, Oncolytics' research found that this doesn't happen when the reovirus infects a cancer cell. Instead, the reovirus replicates like crazy -- and that ultimately kills the cancer cell.

A late-stage trial for Reolysin in treating head and neck cancers is under way. Oncolytics announced positive preliminary results in December from this study. The company has also seen positive results from mid-stage trials for Reolysin focusing on the treatment of lung cancer andcolorectal cancer.

Meanwhile, Amgen thinks it might be on track to fight cancer using another virus. Talimogene laherparepvec is an experimental drug currently being studied for the treatment of melanoma. The drug uses the herpes simplex virus, or HSV, tag-teamed with a GM-CSF cytokine to harness the body's immune system to kill cancer cells. Amgen expects to announce late-stage results this year.

2. From World War I to the war on cancer
The German army introduced the use of mustard gas during World War I. Several years later, though, scientists researched the possibility for the alkylating agents previously used for mustard gas to treat cancer. This work paid off with several chemotherapies ultimately stemming from the research over the next few decades.

One of the latest cancer drugs to emerge from research on alkylating agents is Ziopharm Oncology's  palifosfamide. Like other alkylating agents, palifosfamide works by interfering with the DNA of cancer cells. Alkylating agents have proven to be quite effective but also can be extremely toxic. A key advantage for palifosfamide is that the drug was designed to be much more tolerable than other similar chemotherapies.

Ziopharm has two late-stage clinical studies in progress for palifosfamide. The study farthest along targets treatment of metastatic soft tissue sarcoma using palifosfamide in combination with doxorubicin. Ziopharm expects to announce initial results from this study within the next few weeks. The other phase 3 trial focuses on using palifosfamide in combination with carboplatin and etoposide as a treatment for patients with extensive-stage small cell lung cancer. Patient enrollment is under way for this study.

3. Cancer, take your vitamins
Have you taken your vitamins today? A major pharmaceutical firm thinks that enabling cancer cells to take a vitamin just might help keep the rest of the body healthy.

Merck is currently awaiting a decision from the European Medicines Agency on vintafolide for treating ovarian cancer. The company licensed the drug from Endocyte in April 2012. Merck and Endocyte also have a phase 3 study under way for vintafolide.

Vintafolide works through a process known as folate targeting. This process takes advantage of the fact that some cancer cells are highly receptive to folic acid, also known as vitamin B9. Vintafolide combines a chemotherapy combined with vitamin B9. The cancer cells soak up the vitamin but also receive a nasty surprise with the cancer-killing chemotherapy. Folate targeting basically is like a pharmaceutical version of the fabled Greek Trojan horse.

Not every patient can benefit from vintafolide because some tumors don't express folate receptors as much as others. To help identify those patients who are good candidates, Endocyte developed a companion diagnostic imaging agent called etarfolatide. This agent enables a non-invasive image of a patient's full body to be evaluated to determine if vintafolide is a good fit.

While these prospective cancer treatments are intriguing, so are the companies behind them. Investors who are interested in stocks with high risk but potentially high rewards might want to check out Endocyte, Oncolytics Biotech, and Ziopharm. For those who prefer growth with somewhat less risk, Amgen could be a good pick.

Dividend-oriented investors might be enticed by Merck, which currently sports an annual dividend yield of 4%. However, Merck also faces challenges from loss of patent protection for several drugs and recently announced an executive shakeup. Even blue-chip stocks carry risk.

The good news is that multiple ways exist for investors to profit from these new cancer approaches. Even better news is that cancer patients could benefit from these new approaches in the foreseeable future if all goes well. Maybe, just maybe, with more innovative treatments like these, we'll reach the day where cancer isn't quite so scary.

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