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Faction Music

The addition of faction music in the upcoming 0.7a is probably my favorite audio feature in Starsector. Here’s a small video breaking down some of the music for the Hegemony faction, along with an explanation on how reputation affects the soundtrack.

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House Speaker John Boehner just cannot do the right thing. This weekend he apparently broke with his party's principles again to offer Barack Obama an entire year of not fighting about the debt limit, which would effectively remove all the leverage the GOP had in the "fiscal cliff" talks. He also offered to go along with raising tax rates on those making over $1 million and it looks like Barack Obama has done nothing but reject his offer, laugh at him, pat him on the head and say, "You haven't caved enough on Republican principles Johnny Boy." With friends like John Boehner, who needs enemas? (Yes, I meant that word, not the other.)

The Washington Post reports,

House Speaker John A. Boehner has offered to push any fight over the federal debt limit off for a year, a concession that would deprive Republicans of leverage in the budget battle but is breathing new life into stalled talks over the year-end “fiscal cliff.”

The offer came Friday, according to people in both parties familiar with the talks, as part of the latest effort by Boehner (R-Ohio) to strike a deal with President Obama to replace more than $500 billion in painful deficit-reduction measures set to take effect in January.

The most recent raising of the debt ceiling was to $16.4 trillion, set by Congress last year. Harry Reid, immediately following the elections, said that he will raise it another $2.4 trillion!

Currently the country is on the brink of crossing that debt threshold.

Boehner seems to be going out on a limb by himself and then sawing it off behind him. He is add odds with many in his own party, including Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnel who actually laughed out loud at Obama's proposal when Timothy Geithner read it to him.

Earlier in the weekend Boehner reportedly offered to raise tax rates on those earning more than $1 million per year.

Politico reports,

Speaker John Boehner has proposed allowing tax rates to rise for the wealthiest Americans if President Barack Obama agrees to major entitlement cuts, according to several sources close to the talks. It is the first time Boehner has offered any boost in marginal tax rates for any income group, and it would represent a major concession for the Ohio Republican. Boehner suggested hiking the Bush-era tax rates for top wage earners, including those with annual incomes of $1 million or more annually, beginning Jan. 1, two sources said. Obama and Boehner spoke by phone Friday after a lengthy face-to-face session at the White House on Thursday. The quickening pace of private conversations between the two key players in the fiscal-cliff talks shows progress is being made in the negotiations, although they are not close to a deal yet, sources said. Boehner also wants to use a new method of calculating benefits for entitlement programs known as “chained CPI,” which would slow the growth of Medicare and other federal health programs and save hundreds of billions over the next decade.

The speaker’s offer would not include extending federal unemployment benefits, and it is unclear how it would address sequestration — the tens of billions in spending cuts scheduled to go into effect for the Pentagon and other federal agencies starting Jan. 2. And Republicans remain unyielding on agreeing to raise the U.S. debt limit as part of any agreement to avoid the fiscal cliff. Boehner’s offer on tax rates was a significant move toward Obama’s position. But the proposal, as a whole, still isn’t acceptable to Democrats because of the level of revenue, the changes to entitlement programs that would hit beneficiaries and the absence of an extension for unemployment insurance benefits, according to a source familiar with the talks.

The only way to see this is that John Boehner has no true Republican principles. It's been only rhetoric coming from his mouth, but apparently that's not what's in his heart.

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U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann and seven other congressmen have formally introduced a bill that would designate the Muslim Brotherhood as a Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO) and impose sanctions on its supporters in the U.S. Though the chances of the bill passing with a Democrat majority in the Senate and Barack Obama as President are next to zero, it will force members in each House of Congress to pick a side on a matter of tremendous historical significance.

The willingness of House Leadership (hello Speaker John Boehner) to bring the “Muslim Brotherhood Terrorist Designation Act of 2014″ to the floor will also reveal leadership’s position on the matter.

Bachmann knows what it’s like to be on the right side of history by putting her Republican colleagues and other prominent figures on the wrong side of it. She did just that in 2012 after she and four other Congressmen sent five letters to five separate Inspectors General about Muslim Brotherhood infiltration. Not only did more of her Republican colleagues rebuke her than side with her (8 to 1) but the silence from those who did neither, was deafening.

As Shoebat.com reported, not only was the 90-day response deadline in each letter ignored but on the 90th day, the Benghazi attacks occurred.

Any honest attempt by the House Select Committee on Benghazi to get to the bottom of what happened there must include the issue of Muslim Brotherhood infiltration of the U.S. Government. Potentially troublesome is that Boehner – the man responsible for forming the Select Committee – was one of Bachmann’s colleagues who abandoned her and sided with Huma Abedin, a close adviser to then Secretary of State Hillary Clinton who has irrefutable familial ties to the Muslim Brotherhood, as Shoebat.com reported in 2011.

One of the Congressmen who joined Bachmann as a signatory to those five letters last year was Rep. Lynn Westmoreland (R-GA), who sits on the Benghazi Select Committee. Rep. Pete Roskam (R-IL) is one of the Congressmen who co-sponsored Bachmann’s recent bill. He too sits on the Select Committee on Benghazi. The other cosponsors are Reps. Trent Franks (R-AZ), Cynthia Lummis (R-WY), Kevin Brady (R-TX), Steve Southerland (R-FL), Louie Gohmert (R-TX), and Doug LaMalfa (R-CA).

As for Bachmann’s new bill, even though its focus is on foreign Muslim Brotherhood entities, it provides for making things extremely tough for front groups in the U.S. In talking about Brotherhood founder Hassan al-Banna, the bill reads in part:

In Muslim Brotherhood organizations and chapters throughout the world, including in the United States, al-Banna’s originating philosophy continues to be taught.

Longstanding members of Congress (like Boehner, who has been a member of the house since 1991) who refuse to admit the truth are not ignorant and this matter is not new to them. Check out this quote from Richard Clarke included in Bachmann’s bill, from 2003:

“The issue of terrorist financing in the United States is a fundamental example of the shared infrastructure levered by Hamas, Islamic Jihad and Al Qida, all of which enjoy a significant degree of cooperation and coordination within our borders. The common link here is the extremist Muslim Brotherhood—all of these organizations are descendants of the membership and ideology of the Muslim Brothers.” – Richard Clarke in 2003 Congressional testimony

The problem for Boehner and why the House Select Committee must be monitored with constant vigilance is that he has a history of standing by and allowing Muslim Brotherhood infiltration on his watch, as Shoebat.com has demonstrated.

Another portion of the bill reads…

The President shall subject to all available sanctions any person in the United States or subject to the jurisdiction of the United States who knowingly provides material support or resources to the Muslim Brotherhood or its affiliates, associated groups, or agents.

This particular excerpt is relevant in that it also shines a spotlight on Muslim Brotherhood front groups in the U.S. who hold tax exempt status; there are many as Shoebat.com has chronicled at great length.

In fact, Lois Lerner’s signature is at the bottom of CAIR’s 501(c)(3) approval letter, as reported by Shoebat.com.

Roskam should take additional interest in all of this because he also sits on the House Ways and Means Committee, which is investigating the IRS scandal. A colleague of his who sits on that committee is Rep. Mike Kelly (R-PA), who once said the claims that Malik Obama (the President’s brother) is connected to Sudan and terrorism are “spot on”. Lerner’s signature is also at the bottom of the letter granting Malik’s Foundation 501(c)(3) status.

Since Kelly has refused to pursue the Malik Obama angle to the IRS scandal – which includes Malik’s connections to… the Muslim Brotherhood, perhaps he can join Roskam in cosponsoring Bachmann’s bill.

Rep. Mike Kelly: Sits on House Ways and Means with Roskam.


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Monday, March 21, 2005

Texas Pulls Plug on Baby

When George W. Bush was Texas governor he signed the Texas Futile Care Law. The law allows hospitals to pull the plug on patients if a doctor believes the patient is unlikely to recover and if that patient can't pay. Six month old Sun Hudson was taken off of life support against his mother's wishes. Too bad his name wasn't Schiavo.


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Monday, June 29, 2009

Gate City Lodge Story Hits the Papers

For good or ill, the Gate City Lodge No. 2 story in Atlanta has hit the mainstream press.

From an article in today's Atlanta Journal Constitution.

The Grand Lodge of Georgia Free and Accepted Masons, a fraternal organization, is being sued by an Atlanta chapter and its senior officer who say the group’s state leaders are trying to disband the local affiliate because it accepted a black man as a member.

The complaint, filed by Gate City Lodge No. 2 and its head, Michael J. Bjelajac, in DeKalb County Superior Court, also names Douglas Hubert Ethridge of Atlanta, Starling A. “Sonny” Hicks of Stockbridge and W. Franklin Aspinwall Jr. of Kingsland as defendants.

In the 31-page complaint, filed June 18, Bjelajac and Gate City claim when they accepted 26-year-old Victor Marshall into membership last fall, Hicks and Ethridge wrote letters to the state organization. The letters stated allowing a non-white man into the group violated the association’s moral and Masonic laws.

Hicks and Ethridge sought to have Bjelajac expelled from the group and the dissolution of the Gate City chapter, which has 190 members and counted the late Atlanta Mayor William B. Hartsfield among its ranks.

The story grows today.

The article, Masons' spat over black inductee spills into court (Associated Press) appeared in the Washington Post. the Boston Herald, and papers as far west as Colorado)

Meanwhile, Dick Petty in Insider Advantage Georgia reports the story, pointing out:

The suit not only brings unwanted attention to a group whose internal squabbles almost always remain behind the veil of secrecy, but potentially undercuts arguments by Gov. Sonny Perdue and others that the state’s racial progress in recent years makes its continued placement under rigid strictures of the Voting Rights Act unnecessary.

  1. Here's what the GM of Georgia's take on it is:

    "Controversy began developing over the issue when the newly-created Mason attended a Masonic anniversary celebration in Savannah this past February. [b]The state’s Grand Master[/b], the highest official in Masonry in Georgia, taking note of the controversy, issued a statement declaring that the new Mason “[b]is a regular Mason and should be received as such[/b],” according to the suit."

  2. Seems the GL, or at least the GM, is working to help eliminate racism in Georgia.

  3. Brethren, this whole Gate City thing has gotten blown way out of shape.

    There is nothing in The GA Masonic Code that prevents a man of color from becoming a Mason. Therefore, the Charges filed by these two WB's are of no consequence and the Trial Commission could not find him guilty of anything.

    The Grand Lodge of Georgia has NO provisions for keeping men of color out of Masonry. If that is done at all it is at the Lodge level and as you know it is Un-Masonic to discuss a Ballot and a Brother may Ballot anyway he choses.

    This thing with Gate City would've went no where and the Master of Gate City should never have brought this to the Civil Courts.

  4. Hey Hodapp!

    I am kinda surprised this got brought into the courts but with some of the odd things I have heard about happening in Masonry lately I am not surprised.

    There was another recent incident in Georgia that makes me even sicker than this. A couple of children were accepted into the Childrens' Home in Macon. Apparently these children were either black or were mixed. Most Georgia Masons had no problem with this and were happy to be able to help any child. Sadly there were some lodges that threatened to cease contributing to the Home until these children were kicked out. Those lodges should have lost their Charter over that. As far as I know nothing was done. How sad!

    I have been quite vocal in my support for Gate City Lodge. I am sure I have ticked off a few people but I have no respect for such opinions.

    Keep up the good work Brother! Maybe I can make arrangements to see you the next time I come up to Indiana.

Kindly sign your comment posts. Anonymous postings on Masonic topics have the same status as cowans and eavesdroppers, as far as I am concerned, and may be deleted if I don't recognize you or if I'm in a grumpy mood.


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Sunday, December 30, 2007

A Thinly Veiled Attack on a Trustee?

Today’s number of Inside Higher Ed includes a feature on the recent meeting of the Modern Language Association, in particular on debates within the MLA’s Delegate Assembly over resolutions defending the academic freedom of campus critics of policies and politics in the Middle East. A resolution by Montclair State University’s Grover Furr called on the MLA to “defend the academic freedom and the freedom of speech of faculty and invited speakers to criticize Zionism and Israel” but did not refer to the Jewish state’s supporters. The resolution that prevailed acknowledged that the Middle East was a subject of “intense debate,” and stated that it was “essential that colleges and universities protect faculty rights to speak forthrightly on all sides of the issue.”

Among the voices heard in these exchanges was that of our favorite defender of free speech, Prof. "Sue," who also happens to be the Executive Director of the MLA's Radical Caucus. “Susan O’Malley, a professor of English at Kingsborough Community College of the City University of New York, said that CUNY’s trustees tried to prevent an adjunct at her campus from teaching the novel The Scar of David. CUNY officials could not be reached for comment, but press accounts suggest that the book was in fact taught.”

As by all other reports it seemed to have been. Since O’Malley is such a stickler for facts, and so willing to file libel suits against her critics, her comments in Chicago are particularly odd. Was she making a mistake when representing events at Kingsborough? If so, she owes the unnamed members of CUNY’s Board of Trustees an apology. Or was she continuing her personal, and the PSC’s political, feud with Trustee Jeffrey Wiesenfeld? If so, perhaps Mr. Wiesenfeld might want to consider legal action against her.

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Friday, March 10, 2006

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We have common ground with the Left and with the Right but we are neither. Where the Left promotes social tolerance and freedom we support them. Where the Right supports economic freedom we support them. Were either opposes freedom we oppose them.

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Friday, August 04, 2006

Homeland Security coming to a town near you soon.

Are you one of those naive people who thought the Orwellian sounding "Homeland Security" was about stopping terrorism? Still believe in the Easter Bunny as well?
Homeland Security was a power grab using terrorism as the excuse and Homeland Security doesn't protect us from terrorists as much as it assaults the rights of Americans. Let us use the case of the "dangerous terrorist" Russell Kanning as an example. Russell went to the local public office of the Internal Revenue Service with a piece of paper that he wanted to hand any employee inside. Keene believes that the money the IRS takes from reluctant taxpayers is used to fund evil things. No debate there -- from anyone I suspect. His piece of paper asked these employees to reconsider the harm they are doing and to quit their job. That's pretty much it. No threats of violence, no bombs, no violence, no Osama or "evil doers" except those in the employ of the quite legal terrorist organization known as the IRS. In fact it doesn't appear that Kanning was doing anything illegal at all.

But Homeland Security thugs told Kanning he was forbidden from walking into the office to hand out this one piece of paper. You can walk into the office if you want. I could -- not that I would, my mother told me to avoid people like that. But Kanning was specifically told he could not by these Homeland brownshirts. Kanning thanked them and went to give out the one piece of paper. They arrested him, took him to the police staation and eventually released him. A local reporter who tried to cover the story says "plainclothes agents pushed us aside, instructing us to leave the building." And for those who don't think Homeland Security is involved in such assaults on the free speech of US citizens, and is protecting us from terrorists, check out the photo below showing them pushing Kanning into a Homeland Security vehicle. It not the local police invovled in this minor incident but Homeland Security as the logo on the car clearly shows.
Kanning, after his release, drove back to the IRS building with the piece of paper and again tried to hand it to someone. You would think this paper was one of those imaginary weapons of mass destruction. The brownshirts went ballistic. He was arrested a second time and told to appear in court. He said he did not do anything illegal, would not appear in court, and would go back to try and give the one slip of paper to anyone he could.

Now the simpliest thing in the world is to let the man hand out the piece of paper to the terrorists working for the IRS. But the federal thugs would not allow this. Instead, on July 31, armed agents of Homeland Security, the police, Immigration, and who knows who else, raided Kannings home. His wife says: "They just came in and threw Russell to the ground and took him."

Fanning explained what he is doing: "The US government is killing people around the world to expand its power base. It is using our neighbors as cannon fodder and your money to accomplish their evil deeds. They are building an empire on our backs and in our names. They are imprisoning or killing those that oppose them. Enough is enough. Gandhi called his non-cooperation with evil a campaign of civil disobedience. I am calling it 'Tilting at Windmills'. An individual seems powerless against the lone global superpower, but it is the individual consent of each of us that enables them."

Fanning is being held in jail for the next four weeks before appearing in federal court for sentencing on September 6. He has gone on a water fast to protest the government's action. What I find disturbing is the almost total lack of coverage by the mainstream media. They don't seem to find it disturbing that an agency, supposedly created to protect Americans from terrorists, is operating in small towns arresting people for attempting to hnd out leaflets. For his part Fanning says he did get a chance to ask the Homeland agents to resign their jobs. They say they are "just following orders". Where have we heard that before?


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Nothing accidental about it

Brad Paisley is just a plain ol’ straight up racist.

He’s trying to defend Southern pride with sentiments that are almost reasonable.

I’m proud of where I’m from but not everything we’ve done

Which is fair enough — there’s nothing wrong with being from the South. But the beginning is about flaunting the traitor’s flag: the confederate banner which wave to defend slavery. Guy, if you’re looking for vestiges of the Southern past that you’re not proud of and that you’re willing to reject, start with that flag. It’s not hard.

Even more bewildering, though, is that LL Cool J joins in late in the song.

If you don’t judge my do-rag
I won’t judge your red flag
If you don’t judge my gold chains
I’ll forget the iron chains … Let bygones be bygones.

WTF? He’s equating wearing a scarf on your head with waving the Confederate battle flag, and worse, comparing a fashion choice with slavers shackling people in iron chains?

That is about the most screwed up song I’ve ever heard. Not to mention that it’s boring derivative C&W.

  1. Woo_Monster, Sniffer of Starfarts says

    It is hard to let bygones be bygones when you keep waiving that symbol of bigotry and oppression around.

    It’s almost like racist America is not a bygone age. Wait, that is exactly what it is like.

  2. Woo_Monster, Sniffer of Starfarts says

    Here’s a song about Jesus that I actually enjoyed (cause, y’know, obviously a metaphor)…

    re. songs about Jeebus, I quite enjoy Puscifer’s Sour Grapes (Legend of the Mix)*.

    “He could not only turn your awful spinach dip into cocaine… I think we could skip right over the wine. Let’s take that water… turn it into tequila.”

    “Fuckin-A Jesus! He’s Amazing!”

    *-1 for containing an ableist slur.

  3. says

    Easy enough for LL Cool J, he doesn’t have to live in the South, he doesn’t have to deal with every day bigotry in every glance and interaction of the place he has no choice but to live and he has plenty of money to keep himself insulated.

  4. The Mellow Monkey says

    It’s nice to know that two rich men can so easily sing away all the racism wrapped up in a flag and…do-rags. Because these are totally equivalent.

  5. karpad says

    I’m proud of where I’m from but not everything we’ve done

    yeah, this bothered me on Yo Is This Racist? too.

    Let’s itemize that list, shall we? If you’re proud of where you’re from, but not everything you’ve done, Mr Paisley, what, specifically, are you proud of? And what are you ashamed of? Because when you namedrop Reconstruction and say that THAT is what caused racism and negativity to persist for 150 years, I find myself questioning your motives a wee bit.

  6. cotton says

    As a fan of country music, I’d like to bring up the fact that Paisley is one of the VERY few mainstream C&W artists to have anything to do with Obama or attempt to write songs that challenge the defensive, and close minded country music that has been pumped out since 9/11. BTW it wasn’t too progressive before that unless you go back to the 70’s. Hell he sang at Obama’s inaugural ball. How many C&W artists would do that? He has also issued several songs with lyrics that try to at least broach some topics most in the south (the people vastly responsible for his success) are traditionally uncomfortable talking about. The following 3 songs I’ve excerpted were all singles released for radio:

    In the song “Camouflage”: “The stars and bars offend some folks and I guess I see why / But now-a-days there’s still a way to show your southern pride / The only thing as patriotic as the old red white and blue / Is green and gray and black and brown and tan all over too ” (a camo american flag).

    In the song “Southern Comfort Zone”:
    Not everybody drives a truck, not everybody drinks sweet tea
    Not everybody owns a gun, wears a ball cap boots and jeans
    Not everybody goes to church or watches every NASCAR race
    Not everybody knows the words to “Ring Of Fire” or “Amazing Grace”

    In the song Welcome to the Future:
    I had a friend in school
    Running back on a football team
    They burned a cross in his front yard
    For asking out the home coming queen

    I thought about him today
    And everybody who’s seen what he’s seen
    From a woman on a bus
    To a man with a dream

    I’m not defending THAT song, I’m just sayin’ the guy is trying.

    This may not seem like much to ya’ll but can anyone else name a single C&W song from a mainstream artist in the past 50 years to have ANY songs that talked about these issues, much less multiple songs across multiple albums, all released for the radio?

    People in the South are good people. I’m southern as are my family and friends. Yes, they are a bit backwards. I think Paisley is trying to take bring these things up in a way that doesn’t immediately turn people off by exclaiming how backwards they are. Yes, part of this is he would like to continue being successful but I also think he’s trying to, ever so gently, push some of the younger generations of Southerners towards appreciating diversity instead of fearing it.

    As far as the LL Cool J stuff: I dunno what to tell ya >.<

  7. Crip Dyke, Right Reverend Feminist FuckToy of Death & Her Handmaiden says

    well, that saved me some time. If I’d done something valuable, I might have spent future time looking back, trying to recapture those 5 minutes.

    For the time spent on this song? I won’t have that problem.

  8. zibble says

    Just a reminder: the “confederate flag” is not actually the historical confederate flag. Maybe if you’re actually “celebrating the history of the South” you could, like, research what that actually is.

    And maybe, you know, if you want to say how much you’re not a racist, you could care a little bit more about what that flag represents to people of color and a little less about fucking Skynyrd.

    Why is it so hard for so many to understand that yes, you CAN be accidentally racist – or at the very least, give so little of a shit about the problem that you contribute to the problem? Oh yeah, because understanding would mean they’d have to take responsibility for their actions.

  9. newfie says

    “I’m not a racist, I’m just wearing this white robe and hood for UV protection. People should understand that.”

  10. says

    Buddy Rich once said “I’m allergic to two things; peanuts and country music.”

    I concur, even though I’m not allergic to peanuts, I love peanuts.

  11. DLC says

    The vast majority of country music is without any redeeming qualities whatsoever.
    I do like some of the old, blues-influenced country, but it’s more a case of “finding a gold nugget in a bin of coal” .

    As for the so-called “Rebel Flag” — it’s nothing more than a symbol of the racist, slave-owning antebellum south, and it needs to be left in the dustbin.

  12. JohnnieCanuck says

    Ms. Daisy, great link.

    For my tastes, not exactly musical but the lyrics were funny. I should go find the lyrics printed out in case I missed any good lines. My accent is not a good match to his.

  13. chrislawson says

    As Theodore Sturgeon once said when someone complained that 90% of science fiction is crap: “Ninety percent of *everything* is crap.” Country music is no exception. The pre-chewed pablum that comes out of the major studios is no different to mass produced dance music, rock, or any other genre. I’m not a big fan of the country genre, but there are still some extraordinary artists out there: try Steve Earle, Jenny Lewis, Neko Case, Lyle Lovett, Old Crow Medicine Show, Johnny Dowd (if you have a handy supply of antidepressants), Akron/Family, the Avett Brothers, Josh Ritter, and Langhorne Slim. Even artists who usually inhabit the (to me) uninteresting core of country music can put out great work — Natalie Maines’ new cover of Pink Floyd’s “Mother” is a stellar song.

    Anyway, this is all beside the point. There is a strong backbone of racism in country music dressed up as southern pride (because it’s one of the ways you can be racist without being called out). But on the other hand there are plenty of country artists fighting against racism, too, including southerners. Just gotta pick your artists.

  14. DLC says

    chrislawson @23 : Well, I did say there were some nuggets in that coal bin. I’m not without some knowledge of the stuff. Grandmother listens to it. (yes, including Brad Paisley.) But thanks for the suggestions.

  15. sundiver says

    Chrislawson@23: For my tastes James McMurtry is an overlooked alt-country artist, (though I prefer the term Y’allternative). A songwriter that uses the term “Mason-Dumbass Line” is okay in my book. Joe Ely and Robert Earle Keen come to mind too. The plodding sludge churned out from Music Row I ignore. As far as LL Cool J goes, I have no opinion as I don’t care for that genre.

  16. Ing:Intellectual Terrorist "Starting Tonight, People will Whine" says

    I dunno my impression was half of the genre are songs about how your wife left you because you get drunk and chase beat the dog with a fuel injector and the other half is jebus

  17. says

    There can be no doubt that there are some really great artists who’s music has a C & W influence to it, Bonnie Raitt is one of my favorites, but having some knowledge of the history of western pop music, I have a hard time recognizing the genre in general of being little more than white washed blues.

  18. says

    This the old joke:

    What do you get when you play a country music record backwards?

    You get you dog back, your house back, your wife back, your job back….

  19. The Mellow Monkey says

    I dunno my impression was half of the genre are songs about how your wife left you because you get drunk and chase beat the dog with a fuel injector and the other half is jebus

    Oddly enough, despite the stereotype I can’t remember more than a handful of country songs wherein a man is lamenting being left by his wife.

    On the other hand, there are a whole fuckton of songs about spouse murdering. Some are about murdering an abusive spouse for the sake of escaping/protecting a child, but most are about killing for cheating (Garth Brooks is especially bad for this). There are also a ton of them where the killing is just threatened or someone’s property is used as a proxy and destroyed threateningly (Carrie “Jesus Take The Wheel” Underwood is an excellent example).

    There’s a lengthy history of songs about murder in folk music (and many of the classic “kill that woman” country songs are actually adaptations of songs predating the genre). I might just be more prone to noticing, remembering and being bothered by them than most people. But there is a difference between, say, Nick Cave’s Murder Ballads which lovingly adapts traditional ballads and wallows in the horror and nastiness of killers and the upbeat yee-haw! of Papa Loves Mama.

  20. ChasCPeterson says

    having some knowledge of the history of western pop music, I have a hard time recognizing the genre in general of being little more than white washed blues.

    dude, based on that sentence alone I have to question your “knowledge”.

    Anyone interested in the real history of country music could do much worse than checking out this guy‘s 22-part blog-based history, with accompanying downloadable CD compilations of the (subjective) best of each era (some possibly of, eh, questionable legality, probably), and in finding that link I see he’s put together a nice freely downloadable e-book.

  21. chigau (ouch ouch ouch) says

    It’s not like ‘country’ and ‘western’ are uniform throughout…

  22. scienceavenger says

    Country combined with rap…could the stupid get any deeper? The only surprise to me is that this could surprise any of you.

  23. Dee Phlat says

    I’m much more offended by the US flag. It represents everything the CSA was about, plus 200 more years of genocide and slaughter.

  24. thumper1990 says

    Through following Zibble’s link, I have discovered that there is a Christian flag. I was genuinely unaware of this. It seems to be used exclusively in the Americas, and mainly the USA. Huh.

  25. says

    dude, based on that sentence alone I have to question your “knowledge”.

    frankly idgaf what you question “dude”. I’ve been living breathing, eating sleeping and shitting music since I was 10 years old. I’m college level educated in the subject including the history and it’s racist underpinnings.

    C & W is the blues with out the shuffle, because the shuffle was a black thing.

  26. M, Supreme Anarch of the Queer Illuminati says

    erikthebassist @ 39 —

    Being a bassist might also contribute to being less than fond of country. I’m purely amateur as a bassist, but the thought of playing country puts me right to sleep.

  27. Uncle Ebeneezer says

    IIRC, Paisley also did a song supporting gay marriage, and yes he is notably more open-minded/liberal than most Country stars. That said, yeah, I’m quite tired of Southerners pointing to the Rebel Flag as the only possible way they can celebrate their heritage. They need a better symbol. One that isn’t associated with a fight over slavery.

    It’s a shame to see this kind of sentiment in his lyrics, because I admire his guitar playing skills very much.

    Also want to agree on “Confederates In The Attic.” Amazing, though-provoking (and very funny) book.

  28. ButchKitties says

    I’m purely amateur as a bassist, but the thought of playing country puts me right to sleep.

    The bassist I lives with calls it yo-yo bass. Sometimes people do fancy tricks, but most of the time it just goes up, down, up, down, up, down.

  29. redmann says

    chigau (ouch ouch ouch)
    I was a member of the Northern Nashville Country Music Assocation back in the 70’s in the far north of Scotland (Thurso for those who care to know). We got CW acts on their way to the North Sea oildfields and a lot of local talent. CW was, and maybe still is, very popular in the UK. A friend of ours who was an office in the Royal Navy was the lead singer in a local group called “Johnny May and Luckenbach”. As I remember Jim Reeves was more popular in the UK than the States.

  30. chigau (ouch ouch ouch) says

    I saw a “Country” band in a lounge in Fiji in 1980.
    All locals.

  31. says

    Yes, playing C & W on bass is about exciting as watching paint dry, I won’t deny it, but there are plenty of artists who’s music I thoroughly enjoy for who the groove or bass parts are an afterthought. I know some bad ass country musicians who you’d never think would be until you see them on a stage playing too. This isn’t about musicianship for me.

    What bothers me are the people who go beyond enjoying the music and embrace the red neck culture. There’s a guy where I work who has a deer head and the words “Ditch the Bitch, Let’s Go Hunting” emblazoned on the rear windshield of his pickup truck. He has “Country Music” stickers on the rear side windows too.

    I live in Buffalo, NY. This guy isn’t from the south or Texas, but he wears a cowboy hat and shit kickers everyday. He adopted redneckism.

    That’s what I’m talking about, the culture of country music, the confederate flag waving. It’s blatant racism and blatant misogyny very often as well.

    So my point is this, why bother providing a market for that crap. I know not every country fan or artist is racist, but it’s a common enough theme that I don’t feel the need to go looking for the diamonds in the rough when there is plenty of other great shit out there to support.

    I don’t listen to 80’s hairspray rock or rap for many of the same reasons. It bothers me that people use music as a cultural identifier. Music is art, it should speak to every one, or at least try. When it speaks to one demographic it becomes divisive, and in my fantasy land bubble, music is inclusive. It should cross cultural boundaries not reinforce them.

  32. firefly says

    I work in the country music industry in Nashville and I was actually called to do a TV interview about this song this morning.
    Calling Brad a “straight up racist” is extremely unfair to him. Of the high-profile artists, he is the most outspoken on issues of equality and he is really trying to bring that into his music more and more. Because of country radio’s main audience, he has to do this carefully. We may all wish he didn’t have to, but that’s the reality. The do-rag/red flag and gold chains/iron chains lines are, I assume, well-meant but I agree that they don’t help at all. And any glorifying of that “red flag” just seems irresponsible to me. The song’s message is still great and very important, no matter how clumsily it’s been expressed.
    For some of the people upthread commenting about drinkin’ and cheatin’ songs, check out the current country radio #1 song (and don’t let the title mislead you):

    Lee Brice – I Drive Your Truck

  33. Thomathy, Gay Where it Counts says

    Does anyone know how long it took me to figure out that C&W meant Country and Western*? (I can’t load the video from this machine.) I thought it was the name of some collaborative musical effort. Why else would a rapper be on a track with a country singer? Of course, I was at a loss to explain the meaning of C&W.

    Knowing the meaning doesn’t change my reaction to the lyrics, but at least I won’t accidentally subject myself to actually listening to it for the complete lyrics.

    Seriously, WTF …wtf.

    setunim elohw evif *

  34. says

    I see a lot of insinuation here that Country and Western is one monolithic genre. It isn’t. Unless you can combine Cajun and Bakersfield Honky Tonk and Appalachian old-timey and bluegrass and Alt-country into one genre without your head hurting.

  35. The Mellow Monkey says

    firefly, thanks for that link. Not listening to much radio these days, I always tend to discover these #1 songs months later. That’s just the sort of thing that would make me cry in the car and feel silly…except, y’know, in a good way.

    Chris Clarke

    Unless you can combine Cajun and Bakersfield Honky Tonk and Appalachian old-timey and bluegrass and Alt-country into one genre without your head hurting.

    Are you suggesting that there’s some kind of difference between Zydeco and Shania Twain? Preposterous!

  36. says

    Chris I’m referring to pop country, you know, the popular stuff. Dixie, bluegrass, cajun, may be derivatives but that’s not what we’re discussing, well at least that’s not what I’m talking about.

  37. Uncle Ebeneezer says

    I’m currently learning a bunch of modern radio country tunes for a tryout on Friday. It’s not my favorite music by any stretch but it’s almost the same as Pop music in most regards. And some of it’s pretty catchy. Fortunately the tunes I’ll be playing fall into the classic hard drinkin’, love my truck kinda lyrics. If they got too into Southern Heritage or even Ra Ra America!! I’d have a real tough time biting my tongue. I look forward to the gigs, which for me will be an interesting chance to see a world much different than what I’m used to.

  38. Tethys says

    All those genres of music fall into the category of folk music, and I enjoy listening to them side by side for comparison purposes. I especially recommend the second link for master musicians and imaginative percussion.

    Gypsy Swing Harmonious Wail
    More Jazz/ Gypsy Swing Harmonious Wail
    Cajun/Zydeco Dewey Balfa

    BluegrassFlatt & Scruggs

    Country music covers a lot of very different artists, from Johnny Cash to this Brad Paisley fellow.

  39. Uncle Ebeneezer says

    Tethys- your second link just leads back here. I was all excited for imaginative percussion! ;)

  40. kayden says

    @8. Cotton:

    Brad Paisley seems like a cool guy. That’s why I am kind of shocked at the song featured in the post. Not cool. And shame on LL Cool J, who is also a cool guy. They seem confused about what the rebel flag stands for.

    Heard that even Lynyrd Skynyrd briefly considered not waving the rebel flag at their live shows, but changed their minds.

  41. Tethys says

    The amazing things one finds on youtube! A clip of a young Hank Williams singing a duet with an even younger Anita Carter. (sister to June Carter, who married Johnny Cash)
    )I Can’t Help It

    Its pretty damn adorable.

  42. firefly says

    You’re very welcome, Mellow Monkey. If that song doesn’t win Song of the Year at the CMA Awards in November, I may have to go all Kanye West on whomever does win… :)
    I get that anti-popular-country music snobbery from the East Nashville crowd all the time. I never understood why, if people don’t like certain music, they also don’t respect it or the artists who play it.
    Kayden, #59, Brad is indeed a really cool guy. He wrote this song with Lee Thomas Miller who is one of my favorite writers here in town. But this isn’t the first song these guys wrote where I discover some unexamined privilege. On the Skynyrd thing, it’s a shame they decided to pander to their audience instead of use a chance to educate them.
    Uncle Ebeneezer, #55, you’re not having to learn ‘Truck Yeah,’ are you? :)

  43. Uncle Ebeneezer says

    @58 Tethys- Wow!! Very cool. Amazing musicianship and really lovely music. Thanks for sharing that.

  44. Uncle Ebeneezer says

    @Firefly- No it’s not on the list. At least not yet. They do keep adding songs so anything is possible.

    Speaking of trucks, here is a song about trucks by a swamprock band/friend of mine. Warning it is NOT Country, at all ;)

  45. firefly says

    @Uncle Ebeneezer – “crushes road like a 4-wheeled thunderdome” – that’s a pretty cool line. :)

    If you like swampy southern rock, though a little less heavy than that, check out my buddy’s band The Cadillac Three. They signed a major label deal now but hopefully will be able to keep their own sound.


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November 7, 2015

New Hats

I've started wearing a couple of new hats, that of a work-at-home-mom and the other of a blog contributor.  I know.  That last one seems almost laughable considering how frequently I've updated my own blog lately.  My first contributing post albeit short but sweet went live yesterday.  I was asked to shoot some photos initially and this just sort of happened.  You can check it out at

Kind of like work.  I wasn't looking for a job.  One just happened to find me.  The arrangement is right for a busy mom with littles that still need a whole lot of little kid sort of attention.  I work  from home in the afternoon while Maxwell naps and/or at night once both boys are in bed.

So October passed in a blur of foodie photo shoots, a weekend at the cabin to help chop wood for winter, a trip to the neighbor's family farm, trick-or-treating and a myriad of other adventures big and small that keep us Flynns hopping.

You'd never guess from some of these photos that this is October at Horseshoe:

Yep.  Our kids were IN the lake.  Swimming.  In October.  It was crazy.  Those kids are crazy.

And the Landelin Farm.  Oh my.  I shot well over a thousand pictures that day.  Seriously.  We took Gator rides, played hay stack tag, made friends with horses and kittens, picked pumpkins big & small and got a first-hand view of what a real, honest-to-goodness, all-American farm looks like.  Agriculture.  It was incredible. Awesome.  This, friends, is how food gets on our tables.  It's pretty amazing to think about.

Halloween brought with it the appearance of Bat Max and Super Chan.  (Don't tell Channing I called him Chan.  He much prefers Channing and is very vocal about it.)  It was chilly.  The boys had a whole lot of fun though.  And candy.  Way.  Too.  Much.  Candy.  Of course.  That's what Halloween is all about.

Right around the corner is Channing's birthday.  We're going with a Scientific Celebration this year.  He's inviting a few friends from the neighborhood and a few more from his class at school.  We've traditionally invited parents and siblings too.  It's hard to break away from that.  This year felt like time to do it, especially since the kids will be doing hands-on experiments at the party.

And that, in a nut-shell, is October.

October 1, 2015

On Turning Three

Maxwellie, our charismatic little man, is three.  Three!!  In the blink of an eye, it's happened.  I caught these sweet images of him on his birthday a few weeks back.  He tried so hard to get his little fingers to cooperate and was incredibly proud of himself when they finally did.

We celebrated with family and friends on a warm fall day with a tractor themed cake and hay rides.  We got lots of waves as our neighbor, Trent, drove our riding lawn mower around the neighborhood loop pulling the kids behind him in a borrowed trailer.  Maxwell was delighted by every bit of it.

And, his birthday celebration continued yesterday with the arrival of Flame.  The Flynn Family aunties, uncles and cousins got our critter-loving boy his very own (soon-to-be) frog for his birthday. Surprisingly, it came in a box in the mail.

Without even opening the package, he declared its name was Flame.  Little Flame had quite the welcome.  First, it went to the bus stop and then to the grocery to get a couple of jugs of spring water so we could appropriately set up its habitat.  Together, Max and Channing put everything in its place and eventually Max released Flame into his new home.

For the time being, Flame will live in this little cube.  Once its tail all but disappears, it will be moved to a larger tank.  Regardless of living arrangements, Max is absolutely delighted.

August 19, 2015

No Buddy

These two.  There are days when they're at each other from the moment their eyes open in the morning.  And then there are days like this.  They're the best of best friends.

It was drizzling as we left our house and headed out in search of a frog or two.  These guys didn't mind one bit.  They were decked out in their rain gear, and with their red Radio Flyer wagon, butterfly nets and animal cracker tub turned critter keeper, they were ready.

On the path to adventure, they stopped to pick flowers for me and to speculate where the leprechaun was as they discovered a nice, thick patch of clover.

With Channing trolling the edge of the path and Maxwell hauling the gear, they managed to nab a few creatures for their always-evolving collection.

Maxwellie has a soft spot for anything that creeps or crawls.  I kid you not.  Papa Doug found him out front one sunny afternoon with bumble bees pinched between the thumb and forefinger of each hand.  A big, fat toad spent the better part of another afternoon blasting into outer space, as with Max's help, he flew the rocket ship from the space station play set.  And today was no exception.  He found himself a 'gwasspapa' as big as my middle finger, gave it a kiss and told it, 'It's OK.  I'm a nice boy.'  (Despite Max's assurances, that grasshopper made a hasty escape the first chance he got.)

Nearly two hours and a mere half mile later, we made it home.  Muddied boots were cleaned.  Bugs were again carefully inspected.

And, this mama's heart smiled, as truly 'there is no buddy like a brother.'

July 23, 2015

After five years, I can still smell her sweet baby perfume and feel the weight of her little head resting on my shoulder.

Today, we celebrate her.  Happy fifth birthday to our sweet, bitty girl.  We love you, Sophie!

June 8, 2015

To 'luth

The boys are always, always asking if we can go to 'luth, as Maxwell calls it.  Friday, we packed up the car and headed north.  Duluth was calling.  The lake was singing it's siren song.  Grandma, Grandpa, Aunt Melissa, Andrew & Olive were anxiously awaiting our arrival.  We had important business to attend to, like meeting this little cutie.

Olive.  She's Andrew's new puppy.  So cute.  And squishy.  And both boys loved playing with her.

Mom & I celebrated the pending arrival of Baby H.  Or Wenceslas Steven as he's fondly referred to by his glowing mama.  (And, no, that is not the name Shanda & Ryan have chosen for him.  That's still a secret.  Shhh...)

The whole family took a ride on the pizza train.  We settled into our vintage train car, watched the rainy lakeshore scenery pass by and had a slice of pepperoni or two.  There was even live music.  If you follow WM on Instagram, you may have seen me singing along.  I just couldn't help myself.

And, of course, we had to throw rocks.  On Saturday's bitterly cold morning, we braved the wind and waves on Brighton Beach.  Today, we enjoyed the warm sunshine and calm waters in Canal Park.  Papa even talked Maxwell into putting his toes into the big lake for the first time.  Channing followed suit insisting the water was hot.  I tried explaining that it was so cold it burned.  He just told me I was wrong the way that six-year-olds do & went about his rock throwing business.

It was good to be home.  It was better to be in Duluth as a family. And even better still to be making those oh-so-important childhood memories.


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Prayer Request

It was been sometime when somebody approach me to pray for their loved ones. Sometimes, I cannot remember anymore their names except for those whom I personally met. One time, some one approach me for the second time and give me a piece of paper wherein the intention was written - For fast recovery of Sofronia T. Atienza, it says.

Frankly speaking, I am poor in memorizing names, and I am taking account of it by taking notes especially for those who are asking prayers.

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Candace Nicole Parker who is known with her professional name as Candace Parker was born in April 19, 1986. Professionally, she is adopting her profession being as a basketball player. Her nationality is American and she was born in St. Louis Missouri and her height is the main source of her trade mark which she is 6 feet and 4 inch in tall with 79 kg that is around 175 lb.

She holds the forward position in the basketball playing and plays for the Los Angeles Sparks. She completed her high school from the Naperville Central around the year 2000-2004 and later in the year 2004 to 2008 she joined to the University of Tennessee as her college. She got married with her boyfriend after a long affair named Shelden Williams in November 13, 2008. She is also listed under the list of 100 most beautiful people in the world. Her husband with whom she got married with was also playing basketball during his college days in Duke University.

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Parker is the youngest sister of her two loving brothers who were also formerly playing basketball for NBA. Due to her family background in sports she was highly influenced by her family members. Her one of the brother is professionally doctor.

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She joined her high school in the year 2004. She used to be the leader of the basketball team during her school times. She also won various medal making her school with 1st position in the basketball team that was a great symbol of her career.

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She met her fiancé in the year 2007, right after they met for the very first time; they started liking each other and expressed their views for dating. This might also be the reason why they are together till the present time with no conflicts.

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Parker in May 13, 2009 gave birth to a beautiful girl who was later named as Lailaa Nicole Williams. Parker also mentioned after giving birth to their daughter as their love symbol they were closer and comfortable among each other.

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AMD has released source code for BIOS of a Gigabyte Technology motherboard. The move will allow Open Source developers to reprogram BIOS according to their needs. It will help Linux users to get better overclocking functionality or unlock some of the features.

The BIOS has been released under the GPL and relates to the Gigabyte M57SLI-S4 motherboard's BIOS. Gigabyte M57SLI-S4 motherboard is based on Nvidia Nforce 570 SLI core-logic, and supports various AMD processors in socket AM2 form. The board also supports four slots for DDR2 memory, two PCI Express x16 slots for two graphics cards in multi-GPU SLI mode, three PCI Express x1 ports for add-in cards, six Serial ATA-300 connectors for hard disk drives with RAID support, ten USB 2.0 connectors and three Firewire ports.

The Free Software Foundation has been campaigning for some time for a Free BIOS because it is a key component in the software stack of personal computers. We don’t know if this is an isolated case of more manufactures will release their bioses for public use. It is an outdated motherboard but it is a step forward.

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Support : 2670, 2650, 2620 level.
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20100310 1000 Malaysia Corporate News.

Bahrain Asphalt Establishment B.S.C. (BAE) has served a request for arbitration against the Gamuda-WCT JV pertaining to the subcontracted pavement works for the completed Dukhan Highway in Qatar. BAE is claiming a total sum of RM101.1m comprising RM87.8m for the prolongation, escalation and associated cost for the delay in completion of subcontracting works, RM12.4m for overcharging/wrongful deduction of aggregates and RM0.9m for wrongful deduction for the supply of bitumen. Gamuda-WCT JV highlighted that the request for arbitration by BAE is premature as the preconditions for the arbitration have not been met. This suggests that the JV has a good defence against the claims. (BMSB)

The price of palm oil may rise to as high as RM3,300/MT in 2H2010, as the global supply of vegetable oils struggle to meet burgeoning consumer demand, industry experts predict. "Vegetable oils supply is under pressure. For the first time in history, Malaysia's palm oil production will fall for two years in a row, and this year it is likely to be 17.2m tonnes.
  • My reasons are already well-known - the prevailing El Nino, the government's ongoing replanting scheme and most biological cycle of palm trees," said India's Godrej Group director Dorab Mistry. Mistry also said that a strong US dollar in the next few months acts as a calming influence on commodities prices. However, he expects the greenback to weaken around July, prompting commodities to move ahead strongly. (BT)
The new US dollar-denominated palm oil futures contract is scheduled to be launched in Kuala Lumpur on May 24 and simultaneously in Chicago on May 23. "It is an outstanding development. I think it will increase the portfolio of contract in the palm oil industry on a global basis," said Attunga Capital Pty Ltd's portfolio manager Phillip Pyle. (Bernama)

Malaysia is confident of exceeding the total palm oil export figure of RM50bn registered last year. This follows a strengthening of CPO price and a forecast increase in production for this year. "The price is better this year and we are certainly going to exceed the 2009 figure. As for surpassing the 2008 figure, we will work on that," said Minister of Plantation Industries and Commodities, Tan Sri Bernard Dompok. (Bernama)

Palm oil will continue to play a leading role in sustainability as well as major role in feeding the growing world population. United Plantations vice-chairman and ED of corporate affairs Datuk Carl Bek-Nielsen said palm oil continues to lead in sustainability as oil palm areas as at 2009/2010 only cover 5.5% of world agriculture area compared with soyabean's 44.3%. (BT)

Telekom Malaysia (TM) which is set to launch its triple play retail service bundle by month's end, is open to leasing capacity from other players to deliver its high speed broadband (HSBB) services should such commercial arrangements make sense, its group CEO Datuk Zamzamzairani Mohd Isa said.
  • "At the end of the day, it's all about (financial) feasibility...Why not lease if it makes sense? We (TM) would have rolled out a HSBB network even without the partnership with the government, but the rollout would be purely done on a commercial basis because we (as a public-listed company) would have obligations to shareholders," he said.
  • Meanwhile, TM would expand its HSBB network beyond the 1.3m premises (by 2012) stipulated under its partnership with the government, Zamzamzairani said but this would be done for areas with sufficient demand. (Financial Daily)
DiGi plans to invest another RM60m in sustainable programmes in Malaysia until 2012, said its CEO Johan Dennelind. DiGi had invested RM40m since 2008. (StarBiz)

Broadband provider Tanjong Agas Technology (TATSB) said its high-speed broadband dubbed "TARB" is to complement the market and not to compete with existing broadband players to provide retail business, said its managing director Mohd Faidzal Ahmad Mahidin.
  • "We have no plans to go into the retail business," he told Business Times in Kuala Lumpur last week.
  • He said TATSB is more comfortable in providing high-speed broadband infrastructure to the market. It is ready to expand its broadband services nationwide before the end of this year.
  • He said the company will provide the broadband connection through a system called Broadband Over Power Line (BPL). (BT)
Privasia Technology has been awarded the contract to design, supply and install equipment for Phase 1 of the high speed broadband network by Jalur Lebar Nasional (Jalenas). The job involves setting up the infrastructure in Kuantan, Pahang. Under the agreement, Jalenas also has the option of appointing Privasia for the subsequent maintenance and support services for the active components rolled out under Phase 1. (BT)

Billet prices into Southeast Asia have risen by US$45 per tonne cfr in the past week due to higher scrap costs. Prices have risen to US$500-545 per tonne cfr, from US$490-500 per tonne cfr last week. Offers from Turkey, Russia and US continue to jump, reaching US$540-550 per tonne cfr, from US$520-530 cfr last week, said sources in Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam and Indonesia. Malaysian billet offers have also gone up to US$520- 540 per tonne fob from US$500-535 fob last week, said sources.
  • Billet offers are highest in Vietnam at US$540-550 per tonne cfr but the "highest bid is only at US$520 per tonne", said a Vietnamese mill official. "We are still waiting to see if the traders from Turkey and Russia will accept the bids," he said. Turkish and Russian billet are cheaper than Malaysian material and so are more popular in Vietnam.
  • Billet transaction prices are highest in Indonesia when some mills are buying Malaysian billet at US$545 per tonne cfr. Most Indonesian buyers however are staying away from the market.
  • Meanwhile, billet prices in the Malaysian market have risen to touch US$525 per tonne, the highest in any domestic market in the region, said sources. (Metal Bulletin)
Malaysia Airlines, which carried 3.5m passengers from Kuala Lumpur to destinations in Australia last year, expects a 5% growth this year. Its assistant general manager of sales for Malaysia and Brunei, Azman Ahmad, said MAS would introduce two new weekly direct flights to Brisbane from March 28.
  • “The flights on Fridays and Sundays will complement our current five weekly flights from Kuala Lumpur to Brisbane via Sydney,” he told a press conference after the launch of “Only in Oz Holidays” campaign in Kuala Lumpur yesterday. Azman said MAS would also increase its flights to Perth to 10 weekly. (Bernama, BT)
PLUS Expressways says it does not see the need for a second north-south highway because Malaysia does not have the traffic volume. MD Noorizah Abd Hamid said the existing North-South Expressway (NSE) was still underutilised and it would be costly to build a second one. (BT)

Petronas is keen to work with Norwegian oil & gas firms to leverage on their expertise in deepwater exploration, said president and CEO Datuk Shamsul Azhar Abbas. “Recently Petronas acquired six new exploration blocks in Greenland from UK’s Cairn Energy plc with the aim of strengthening its presence in exploration," said Shamsul. He added that if the partnership with the Norwegian firms is successful, it could pave the way for similar mutually beneficial alliances in other areas of exploration. (Bernama)

Naza Group and TH Properties have agreed to work together in various initiatives that the two can collaborate in. The first venture involves the development of 52 high-end residential enclave bungalows with a GDV of RM100m at Bandar Enstek, Selangor. It is understood that the project, which is specifically targeted at the Malaysia My Second Home (MM2H) market, will see the properties bundled with vehicles from Naza. (BT)

Kulim (M) is selling Menara Ansar in Johor, to AmanahRaya Trustees Bhd for RM105m. Kulim will be paid partly in cash of RM63m, while the remainder will be through the issuance of 42.9m new units of Al-'Aqar KPJ REIT at an issue price of 98 sen per unit. Kulim MD Ahamad Mohamad said proceeds from the divestment will be utilised for repayment of the group's borrowings. (BT)

Bolton will launch four projects worth RM1bn this year as it is bullish on the market, its chief said. Executive chairman Datuk Azman Yahya expects its property sales to improve 50% next year to some RM425m. On the redevelopment of the 12-storey "Bolton Court" in Bukit Ceylon, Kuala Lumpur, Azman said the company will start building a 33-storey condominium block on the site six months from now, to be named "sixceylon". (BT)

Malaysian Merchant Marine will downsize its operations in all areas to contain operating and administrative overhead costs. This follows its inability to buy a chemical tanker that was instrumental in the company’s turnaround plan. MMM will sell its wholly owned subsidiary in Singapore, C M Ram Holdings Pte Ltd and its four subsidiaries. “The subsidiaries are being disposed to Mr Gurudaib Singh for S$1 per company. There are no related party transactions in this disposal,” it said. MMM did not identify who Gurudaib is. (BT)

Sumatec Resources’ sub-subsidiary Sumatec Engineering & Construction has secured a RM49.24m contract from Asean Bintulu Fertilizer to upgrade its plant. (Financial Daily)

20100310 0950 Malaysian Economic News.

Malaysia is ready to sign the joint declaration on economic cooperation (JDC) with the European Free Trade Association (EFTA), the Minister of International Trade and Industry, Datuk Seri Mustapa Mohamed said. The EFTA comprises Switzerland, Iceland, Norway and Liechtenstein. "We are pleased to announce that all outstanding matters have been resolved and the JDC is ready for signing," he said. (Bernama)

RAM Holdings Bhd group chief economist, Dr Yeah Kim Leng said that the government's 5.1% fiscal deficit target for this year is achievable provided there is no unexpected spending, said an economist. The country's deficit level was considered moderate compared to the advanced economy. Malaysia's moderate debt level and strong funding capability with low external debt suggested no fiscal risk as long as fiscal retrenchment continued without derailing growth, he added.
  • 5.0-6.0% economic growth this year is within the country's reach, helped by factory restocking activities and a global recovery, even though it has forecast 4.9% growth in the economy this year. Factories ramping up stockpile, will alone contribute 1.0-2.0% to the gross domestic product (GDP) expansion this year
  • Inflation would be at 2.5% this year. It would be cost-push rather than demand-pull and still below the trend of around 3.0-3.5%.
  • The ringgit was likely to strengthen following better growth performance, high account surplus and positive interest rates. It is expected to strengthen by 2.0-3.0% to between RM3.20-RM3.30 by year-end. (Bernama, BT)
The government is considering an application from SME Bank for new allocation under the 10th Malaysia Plan to implement and develop its factory scheme. Deputy International Trade and Industry Minister Datuk Mukhriz Mahathir said the ministry through SME Bank was giving priority to entrepreneurship programmes, particularly those involving small and medium scale Bumiputera entrepreneurs, in the country's development. (Bernama)

The government is expected to table the proposed Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) Masterplan 2011-2020 by June 2010. International Trade and Industry Deputy Minister Datuk Mukhriz Tun Mahathir said the government and other related agencies are currently studying the matter and putting in the details before tabling it to the Cabinet. It was reported that the SME masterplan is aimed to increase and synchronise the development of the sector with the new economic model. (BT)

The Federation of Malaysian Manufacturers (FMM) suggested that the government consider a Retail Sales Tax (RST) as the country was not ready for the Goods and Services Tax (GST). Chairman of the Task Force on GST Datuk Lee Ow Kim recommended that the GST be deferred until Malaysia was ready when average income was higher and the income disparity was smaller. The RST is an alternative which was simpler, less costly for government and businesses to administer but generates the same revenue to the government, he said. (Bernama)

The Malaysian Trades Union Congress (MTUC) called on the government to provide tax incentives to coffee shop and restaurant owners to encourage them to employ locals. The incentives could be in the form of rebates or lower tax when more locals were employed, said its vice-president, A. Balasubramaniam. (Bernama)

20100310 0936 Global Economic News.

Most US employers are still cautious when it comes to hiring, planning neither to add nor cut jobs from their payrolls this spring, according to a staffing firm survey. About 73% of employers surveyed by Manpower Inc. expect no change in their hiring plans from March to June this year.
  • But there were also signs of improvement in the hiring outlook. Only about 8% of employers said they plan to make cuts, down from 12% in the previous quarter, and 14% a year ago. About 16% of employers said they expect to add to their payrolls, up from 12% last quarter.
  • Of the 13 industry sectors Manpower surveyed, employers in leisure and hospitality, business services and mining reported the strongest hiring outlooks for the quarter. (CNN Money)
Restrictive credit and other headwinds are "abating" this year, but for those 40% of the unemployed without a job six months or more, even an improvement in the unemployment rate may not help as much as hoped, Chicago Federal Reserve Bank President Charles Evans said. Evans said the "unprecedented" duration of unemployment may have "longlasting effects on consumer confidence and demand" even as the economy improves. (Xinhua)

US President Barack Obama gave a positive response to the European efforts to combat some aspects of market speculation that could destabilise markets and the euro, Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou said following a meeting at the White House. "The European Union is ... stepping up to its responsibilities to deal with this issue, and I think that is a very important signal around the world because what is saying is that Europe is united on this cause, there is solidarity, and it will not allow speculators to play around with the stability of the eurozone and the currency," Papandreou said. (Xinhua)

European Central Bank (ECB) council member Axel Weber said the bank could accept government bonds with lower credit ratings as collateral against loans if a higher risk premium were applied. “It’s not necessarily the only solution to have a level of rating at which we cut off the access to the central bank. We could take higher haircuts for lower ratings; we could have a more continuous collateral framework,” Weber said. (Bloomberg)

European Commission President Jose Barroso said the bloc will consider banning “purely speculative” credit-default swaps (CDS) as German Chancellor Angela Merkel called for a crackdown on derivatives trading to prevent a rerun of the Greek financial crisis. “We’re of the opinion that a quick implementation of actions in the area of CDS has to happen,” Merkel said. (Bloomberg)

Japan’s broadest indicator of economic health rose for a 10th month, extending the longest streak since 1997 as exports fueled the recovery. The coincident index, a composite of 11 indicators including factory production and retail sales, climbed from 97.4 to 99.9 in January. Economists had forecast for an advance to 99.6. Leading index rose from 94.7 to 97.1 in January, which was above the market consensus for an increase to 96.6. (Bloomberg)

China’s yuan is facing increased pressure to appreciate as a widening interest-rate differential spurs inflows of funds through "underground money shops," said Yi Gang, head of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange. The yuan’s exchange rate will be kept stable at a “reasonable and balanced level,” he reiterated. (Bloomberg)

China would step up work to monitor non-banking financing, said Liu Mingkang, chairman of the China Banking Regulatory Commission (CBRC). He added that more focus would be put on businesses in connection with trust companies and the real estate sector to prevent banks from using non-banking financing to circumvent policies. The 2010 government loan target is RMB7.5tr (US$1.1tr). But in January alone, banks extended RMB1.4tr in new loans or18.5% of the full-year target. (Xinhua)

Deputy Governor of China Central Bank Yi Gang said that gold stock may be a good asset but is no longer the major component of China's foreign exchange reserve. As the world gold market was limited, large purchase of the precious metal by China would further push up the international price, he said. China would consider "cautiously" based on market conditions on any suggestion to increase its gold reserve. (BT)

The Monetary Authority of Hong Kong announced that additional exchange fund bills of HK$18.0bn (US$2.3bn) will be offered in tenders on 16, 23 and 30 Mar to meet banks' increased demand for the paper given the abundance of liquidity in the banking system. Interbank liquidity is expected to remain abundant after the issuance of additional bills, which is not expected to have a significant impact on liquidity conditions and interest rates. (Xinhua)

Singapore’s petrol dealers raised their pump prices. Shell, Caltex and ExxonMobil increased prices by 4 cents a litre. With the increase, 98 grade petrol costs S$1.940 a litre, 95 grade fuel costs S$1.857 and diesel costs S$1.313 a litre. (Channel News Asia)


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Empire State Building: Movie Star

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Warner Bros. has acquired the rights to Empire Rising by Thomas Kelly, a novel set in 1930 just as construction on the Empire State Building is beginning. Although the narrative centers on a love triangle in New York, the real star of the story is the landmark.

This might be the Empire State Building’s biggest role yet, but the building is no stranger to the big screen. The skyscraper has been used as a backdrop in more than 100 films, usually to establish that the story is, in fact, taking place in New York. Here are some highlights from the Empire State Building’s film career:

Andy Warhol Exhibit Opens In China, But His Chairman Mao Portraits Are Forbidden

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The Power Station of Art in Shanghai has opened a new exhibition by Andy Warhol, but the famous pop artist’s portraits of Chairman Mao have been left out of the picture.

Agence France-Presse reports that the Andy Warhol Museum, which created the traveling exhibition, was told by the Chinese government that images of Mao would not be needed. Warhol painted many pictures of the Chinese revolutionary leader, such as this one hanging in Berlin shown here courtesy Wikimedia Commons.

As everyone knows, China has been reinventing itself as a capitalist superpower while still maintaining its Communist leadership. Images of Chairman Mao have been steadily disappearing from public display because the new China doesn’t jive with his idea of a peasant revolutionary Communist state. Bringing up memories of his Cultural Revolution, which saw countless works of art destroyed, also doesn’t sit well with Shanghai’s new image as a center for the arts.

The traveling exhibition, titled “Andy Warhol: 15 Minutes Eternal,” has already been to Singapore and Hong Kong and will run in Shanghai until July 28, at which point it will continue on to Beijing and Tokyo.

Art On The Rhode: Take A Creative Vacation In Providence

New England is known for its captivating coastline and rural charm, but it is also a great retreat for artists and art lovers. Sure, big cities such as Boston have thriving art scenes, but there are several smaller-sized cities with artsy vibes throughout the region. One such place is Providence, Rhode Island, a city recently tagged “The Creative Capital” that has become a magnet for cultural action. Spend some time in Providence and you might agree the city could very well be the next Austin, Texas, or Portland, Oregon. Below are just a few of the ways you can immerse yourself in the arts while in the city.

Check Out A Gallery Show or Performance at AS220
Downtown Providence is home to AS220, a community arts center with multiple exhibitions spaces, a performance space and artist workshops spread throughout several buildings. The galleries are worth a peek, especially if you are interested in scoping out some up-and-coming talent. There is also an AS220-run bar and restaurant, Foo(d), that uses locally-sourced ingredients and has plenty of menu options for vegetarians and vegans. Adjacent to the restaurant, the organization runs a venue hosting live music most nights of the week. If you come early or a band isn’t scheduled, check out the locals-only jukebox in the restaurant for a true taste of Providence. In the summertime, AS220 puts on Foo Fest, a block party featuring music, performances, art installations and more – but year round anyone can check out great art in their public spaces or sign up for a workshop to create some art of their own.

Take a Peek Inside Nazo Lab
Crammed with sci-fi stage props, larger-than-life puppets and other bizarre creations, Nazo Lab is the workshop of a local performance art troop called Big Nazo. The lab has an “open door” policy, meaning passersby are welcome to pop in and check out what creatures the local visual artists and masked musicians, who call the lab home base, are working on. Past projects have include masks and body parts for Broadway shows and props for television commercials and Mardi Gras celebrations, while puppets made at Nazo Lab have been spotted on stage with the Flaming Lips, George Clinton and more.

Partake in a Workshop at the Steel Yard
If you’d like to pick up a new skill or hone a talent you already have, consider planning your trip around a weekend workshop at the Steel Yard. Once a contaminated industrial wasteland, the Steel Yard is now a fully functioning, community-based space focused on technical training in the industrial arts. Individuals, couples or even entire families can take classes that range from blacksmithing to jewelry making. No matter what you choose, it’s guaranteed you’ll always walk away with a unique reminder of your trip. Free public tours are also available at the site every Wednesday at noon.

Browse Art at the Rhode Island School of Design’s Museum of Art
With more than 86,000 works of art that range from ancient artifacts to contemporary pieces, the Museum of Art at the Rhode Island School of Design has a little something for everyone interested in the arts. Just a few of the famous names you’ll find hanging in the museum include Picasso, Monet, Warhol, Koons and Twombly. Don’t miss the enormous 12th-century Buddha, the largest historic Japanese sculpture in the United States. On Sundays, museum admission is pay-what-you-wish (normal admission is $10 for adults).

Watch WaterFire
What is WaterFire? Well, I guess it’s exactly what it sounds like. In 1994, artist Barnaby Evans began lighting bonfires that burn just above the surface of three rivers that converge in the middle of downtown providence on fire. Part performance art, part urban festival and part public art installation, the work forever transformed downtown Providence and has become known nationally and internationally. The event’s symbolism can be interpreted however you choose, but one thing is certain: with an average attendance of 40,000 people per night, everyone seems to love the spectacle. WaterFire can be seen on select Saturdays from May through October, plus some additional dates on special occasions.

Shop for Goods by Local Artists
With so many artists around, it’s natural that Providence would have a great collection of local shops, coffeehouses and restaurants. Take a stroll down Westminster Street and you’ll pass by several shops worth peeking into, including Craftland (pictured above) where you can purchase shirts, prints and jewelry by local artists. Across the street is Symposium Books, where you can check out zines made by locals (while also browsing through beautifully-bound art books, a great collection of comics and more). Near to Symposium you’ll also find Queen of Hearts, a locally owned fashion boutique where you can purchase pieces by the shop owner and designer, Karen Beebe.

Celebrate Locally Made Foods
You’ll probably be hungry after all that shopping, and what the heck – food is art, too. Take a break at Flan y Ajo (also on Westminster Street), a cute bohemian eatery with pictures of bullfighters on the walls and a pinball machine that serves up small bites in the form of tapas. As their website advertises, they only have four stools and do not take reservations, but the wait is worth it. If, instead, you’d like to talk a walk around the Rhode Island School of Art and Brown College campuses, consider first stopping at Duck and Bunny, a cozy “snuggery” with an unassuming pink facade. The white vinyl booths, lace window treatments and marble table tops will have you feeling like you stepped into Alice in Wonderland. Order afternoon tea and some finger sandwiches or go for dessert with a locally made cupcake or ice cream sundae. If the cafe sounds a little too ladylike, remember that the Duck and Bunny isn’t all soft – there’s also a beer and cigar menu. Ship Street Farmers Market (pictured at the top of the page) and other area markets also make for a great lunch option.

[All images by Libby Zay]

Iconic Absolut Vodka Ads On Exhibit at New Spiritmuseum in Sweden

Quick! What’s the first thing you think about when you think about Sweden? If it’s not IKEA, smorgasbords, or cold winters, then it’s probably Absolut, the vodka brand whose bottle inspired 850 works of Pop art from 1986 to 2004. Now, 70 of the best of those works of art are to be featured at the Spiritmuseum.Located in Stockholm on the island of Djurgården in some restored, 18th century shipping sheds, the Spiritmuseum is actually a relaunch and relocation of the former museum “Vin & Sprithistoriska,” a museum dedicated to Sweden’s drinking culture. The centerpiece of the relaunch is an exhibition entitled “Face It!” which features art from the iconic Absolut Vodka campaign. Included in the exhibit are works by Andy Warhol, whose “Absolut Andy Warhol” painting in 1986 sparked the worldwide advertising campaign; Keith Haring; Damien Hirst, and many other artists from Sweden and beyond. “Face It!” will be on display until January 2013.

Two other exhibitions join the Absolut exhibit in the Spiritmuseum relaunch. “Sweden: Spirits of a Nation” takes on the “bittersweet relationship between Swedes and alcohol,” with displays on Sweden’s alcohol production, prohibition, taxation, and recreation. Temporary exhibit “Finally Friday,” which will run through November 2012, will be divided into three rooms: Home, The Pub and The World of Dreams and Expectations. Beyond the galleries, the museum’s new digs also includes space for a tasting room, bar, restaurant and open-air café.

Six new Virginia tourist attractions to visit in 2012

Demonstrations by skilled artisans, Civil War attractions, an amazing new treehouse, and a historic home that will make you feel (or at least sing) “crazy;” visitors to Virginia in 2012 will find several new vacation experiences. Throughout the next year, here are some of the new reasons to travel to the state.

Abingdon, Virginia
Billed as “Southwest Virginia’s Artisan Gateway,” this new facility adjacent to I-81 is home to regional artisans working in music, crafts, food and wine. There are also galleries and interactive exhibits, a shop, restaurant, and coffee/wine bar.
Winchester, Virginia
If Patsy Cline makes you “fall to pieces,” then this new historical site is worth the trip. The modest white house that the music legend lived in from ages 16 to 21 is now open to the public. Furnished with period pieces and some originals, it has been revamped to look almost exactly as it did when Patsy Cline lived there. Guided tours are available for those who want to know all the details on where Patsy Cline lived while beginning her music career.
Hampton, Virginia
After more than 150 years as an army post, the largest stone fort ever built in the United States officially became part of the National Park System on November 1, 2011. Nicknamed “Freedom’s Fortress,” the fort provided a safe haven for hundreds or runaway slaves during the Civil War. In 2012, walking tours of the fort will be available during the summer.

Appomatox, Virginia
The buzz surrounding the 150th anniversary of the Civil War brought new opportunities for the Museum and White House of the Confederacy in Richmond, which will expand its presence with a secon facility in Appomattox set to open in Spring 2012. The $7.5 million museum will focus on the end of the Civil War, the surender at Appomattox, and the reunification of the country.

Williamsburg, Virginia
Known simply as “the Pottery,” Williamsburg Pottery has been a shopping destination since 1938. This April, the site will be reborn with a half-mile of new buildings–including a new cafe, restaurant, and bakery.

Meadows of Dan, Virginia
One of the world’s top treehouse architectural firms has designed a new, unique lodging experience at Primland Resort. Built on the boughs of one of the resort’s oldest and most beautiful red cedar trees (without the intrusion of a single nail), the treehouse overlooks the Dan River Gorge. Inside is a king bed, enormous deck, and other luxurious amentities.
The state will also host several new exhibits, including welcoming the Space Shuttle Discovery at the National Air & Space Museum in Chantilly and hosting a show of Andy Warhol Portraits at the Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art in Virginia Beach.


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