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Municipal Broadband Efforts Succeed Despite Wi-Fi Meltdown

Broadband Internet connectivity helps cities diversify economies and boost efficiency.

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Given the implosion of the national municipal Wi-Fi craze, what should local governments that are still seeking some form of municipal broadband do next? The good news is they don't have to start from scratch. Not all the municipal-broadband efforts of the past few years failed:

  • The municipal fiber-optic network in Bristol, Va., earned the city a spot on the Intelligent Community Forum's Top Seven list of "most intelligent communities" -- the only U.S. city to make the cut. Bristol's network offers broadband, cable TV and telephone service.
  • Corpus Christi, Texas, purchased back its Wi-Fi network from EarthLink after the company left the muni-broadband business. The project saves the city money because the network is used for electronic-meter reading.
  • A government-installed Wi-Fi network in Greene County, N.C., diversified a local economy once reliant on tobacco.
  • And connectivity in downtown Houston that lets citizens pay for street parking with credit cards paid for itself after six months.

Where many highly publicized wireless failures -- like those in Philadelphia and San Francisco -- went wrong was relying on vendors' promises to build free networks in exchange for Wi-Fi transmitter space on city streetlights, towers and other assets. Vendors hoped the networks would create a bonanza of consumer broadband subscriptions that would pay for the installation costs.

Industry wisdom appears to have boiled down to this: Cities can't treat municipal-broadband networks like trendy clothes. As peer pressure to install municipal Wi-Fi networks grew, cities became convinced they needed municipal Wi-Fi to be "cutting edge."

Instead, successful municipal wireless networks fulfill specific community needs. Municipal broadband hasn't worked for every city, but for the ones in which it does, the advantages can be transformational.

Serving the Underserved

Given the failures of municipal networks aimed at providing commercial services, like in-home broadband subscriptions, one might assume government shouldn't try offering them. However, city and county networks that sell commercial broadband can work in areas that vendors won't serve. For example, Bristol, Va., recently became the only U.S. city named in the New York-based Intelligent Community Forum's Top Seven Intelligent Communities of 2009, in recognition of the city's municipal-broadband network. Bristol Virginia Utilities (BVU), a public utility, runs the fiber-based network, which provides telephone, cable television and broadband services to 65 percent of the city. The fiber powers free Wi-Fi at the local mall and government buildings. Many citizens also use the network for Wi-Fi in their homes, said Wes Rosenbalm, president and CEO of the BVU.

Photo: Bristol, Va., has an advanced fiber-to-the-home network that provides free Wi-Fi access to residents and has lured businesses to the area.

"For various reasons, 35 percent of the population does not have our services. In some cases, that's because it's an apartment building that we're not allowed into -- things of that nature. A fiber-optic overbuild of 65 percent penetration is impressive. They usually run in the 30 to 35 percent range," Rosenbalm said. In addition, all commercial buildings in Bristol can access the network.

The utility funded the network with bonds and federal grant money. The project cost $21 million. Rosenbalm expects the network to pay for itself in 12 to 15 years. One could argue the investment has already paid off because the network enticed technology companies Northrop Grumman and CGI to open business there. "They brought 700 jobs that paid an average salary of $50,000," Rosenbalm said. "Our average salary is somewhere in the neighborhood of $20,000."

Bristol's network succeeded where many municipal-broadband projects failed because the city was responding to a genuine need rather than desire for a novelty, Rosenbalm said. Bristol couldn't get a major vendor to build

a similar fiber-optic infrastructure in the city, and the project wouldn't have been profitable enough for a telecommunications company's stockholders, Rosenbalm explained.

The fact that a city-affiliated public utility doesn't face the same profit pressures as a private business made municipal Wi-Fi a good fit for the BVU, Rosenbalm added. The network began full service in 2003. Also, unlike several of the municipal-broadband networks attempted elsewhere, Bristol's project didn't center on free services. Citizens pay for access to the fiber.

"Our basic cable package is $36.75, and that includes 80 channels. Our basic phone line is $14. With broadband, it depends on what speed you get," Rosenbalm said, adding that the BVU's prices were less than or comparable to rates offered by other providers in Virginia.

Planning for the network began in 1999, when the BVU only intended to connect its own substations. Once the substations were linked, the city requested the infrastructure also connect government buildings. Private businesses began asking for the ability to connect to the fiber. Realizing it had a project that potentially could serve the entire city, the BVU conducted two surveys.

"One survey was internal. Another was done through RT Nielson to make sure citizens wanted this kind of infrastructure and service," Rosenbalm said. "Both were very positive. We ran two business process plans by two sources to make sure it made sense financially. Then we took the step of moving forward into doing it for every citizen who wanted it in Bristol."

Surviving Without Tobacco

While Bristol funded its own broadband network to become more sophisticated, Greene County, N.C., used municipal broadband to stay alive.

By the early 2000s, declining demand for tobacco had devastated the Greene County economy. In 2005, the municipality initiated a program called Beyond Tobacco that aimed to make the local work force technologically competitive in the job market. "They were all farmers. A lot of them never graduated from high school. All they had ever known was how to do farm labor. We knew we had to change the entire community," said Misty Chase, director of Beyond Tobacco.

Chase followed a commonly executed three-pronged approach for digital-inclusion: broadband access, subsidized computer hardware and technology training. Initially the county couldn't find a provider to invest in broadband infrastructure, but the government scored a $572,000 grant to help fund its network. After collecting money of its own, the county had a total of $1.5 million for all three parts of its broadband strategy. Wavelength Broadband Internet, a North Carolina-based company specializing in rural broadband, joined the project to deploy wireless transmitters on city towers and water tanks. Beyond Tobacco purchased laptops, enabling every student in 6th grade through high school to take home their own. A side benefit was that parents learned to use computers and the Internet.

"The only way these kids get to bring this laptop home is if their parent goes through a training class," Chase said. "This way they know what their kids are doing on those computers. We all know kids can get into the wrong stuff."

The $1.5 million also funded 30 laptops for a mobile-training lab that Chase takes to the county's senior center, fire station, churches and other community organizations that adults visit. The vehicle does travel to schools, but Chase didn't want to force adults to learn shoulder-to-shoulder with schoolchildren.

"A lot of our people didn't feel comfortable going into schools because they never graduated from high school," Chase said. "We wanted it to be more about boosting morale about what they were doing as opposed to pushing them down."

The investment proved successful. Nearly 40 new businesses have moved to Greene County since it deployed its

municipal-broadband network in 2006. Chase said the broadband access empowered tobacco farmers to do Internet research that taught them ways to diversify their businesses. This prompted 12 tobacco farmers to enter the prawn farming business.

"We have a new yam processing facility that's state of the art because they were able to do Internet research that showed all the different things with a yam they could still use -- peelings and everything," Chase said.

A company that imprints tennis balls called Smart Play USA set up shop in Greene County. There's more. "We've got Accu Plan Industrial Drafting Services. They do blueprints for industry, as far as safety plans. We've got a new retail store called Sticks and More. They have a Web site, so they will start selling online," Chase said. Many at-home eBay businesses also sprouted.

Ninety-four percent of Greene County's graduating high-school seniors were accepted to college in 2008, according to Chase. Five years ago, only 24 percent of them were, she said. Chase attributes the improvement mostly to the county's broadband initiative.

"Some of them are going off to college, and they plan to come back here. Now they feel like we have given them things to come back to," Chase said.

Tried-and-True Route

One of the most effective drivers for municipal broadband is electronic meter reading. These days, most state and local government IT observers are familiar with the strategy. A government deploys the network and recovers its investment with the cost savings of electronically reading water and gas meters. Normally employees manually check the meters. Corpus Christi, Texas, invested $7.1 million in a Wi-Fi network for electronic meter reading in 2002. EarthLink later purchased the network from the city for $5.2 million, hoping to sell Internet service subscriptions to residences and businesses. The company paid Corpus Christi $3.5 million with $1.7 million to come later. When EarthLink abandoned municipal Wi-Fi, it gave the network back to Corpus Christi in exchange for escaping the remaining $1.7 million bill. In addition, the deal included $800,000 worth of Tropos Wi-Fi transmitters and $1.7 million in enhancements EarthLink made after buying the network.

"It was actually a pretty sweet deal," said John Sendejar, general manager of ConnectCC, the city's Wi-Fi program.

Corpus Christi is in the fourth year of its seven-year electronic meter reading rollout. The network should pay for itself in roughly 12 years, reported Sendejar.

As is common for these networks, Corpus Christi will use the technology to power mobile applications for government field workers, thereby tightening efficiency. Typically field workers went back to the office at the end of the day to enter data manually to a government server. Animal control officers and restaurant and fire inspection workers use the network for that purpose in Corpus Christi. Building inspectors will soon join that group, said Sendejar.

Andy Opsahl

Andy Opsahl is a former writer and features editor for Government Technology magazine.


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Milton Girls Lacrosse Keeps Rolling Along

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Milton girls lacrosse coach Tim Godby is a relative newcomer to the sport he coaches. A native of the basketball hotbed of Kentucky, Godby played and coached hoops before even knowing the first thing about lacrosse.

But while teaching middle school in the Milton district, Godby was asked if he would coach lacrosse at Milton.

"It was something new," said the coach of the No. 1 girls team in Georgia (according to "So I gave it a shot."

After learning more about the game, lacrosse became very familiar to Godby.

"It's very similar to basketball," said the graduate of Berea College. "X's and O's-wise it's nearly identical."

Once familiar with the sport, Godby began developing his program into one of the state's best. In fact, the Eagles became so good, so fast that they won the first GHSA state title in 2005 and have won state in six of the last seven years.

And, despite their unparalleled success, the Eagles have not cut corners. All of the players on the team were brought up in the school district minus a couple girls whose families moved into the area from out of state. Godby attributed the middle school feeder program and the continued development of players to his team's dominance.

"We just work harder (than other programs)" said Godby. "It's just development of our players and the girls who come up from the feeder program."

"We have tremendous support and try to do everything we can to help our players be successful."

That support and development has been evident yet again this season, as the Eagles are the top-ranked club in the state regardless of classification. has Godby's team ranked No. 17 in the nation.

The Eagles just returned from Florida where they took their first loss of the year in a narrow 15-13 defeat to Vero Beach, the top-ranked team in Florida. In two other matches at the AmLax Challenge, one of the most prestigious lacrosse tournaments in the nation, Milton defeated two solid teams from the lacrosse hotbed of Philadelphia.

In their first match of the tourney, the Eagles took down Mt. St. Joseph 13-9. Following the Vero Beach setback, Milton won its last game of the tournament in a dramatic 19-18 win over Archbishop Carroll.

With some tough out-of-state competition out of the way, Milton looks forward to taking care of business in state. Future opponents Alpharetta (No. 6), Roswell (No. 5) and Lassiter (No. 2) are each ranked in the state's top 10.

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Region Foes Could Play For Girls Hoops Title

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North Gwinnett returns to the semifinals again after getting there last year for the first time since 1963. The Bulldogs will rely on a stiff defense, which has not allowed more than 53 points all season, and seniors Lexie Brown and Peyton Whitted. Brown averages more than 18 points per game along with five steals and seven assists, while Whitted drops almost 14 points per game. North Cobb traveled to Tifton and left with an easy 55-30 quarterfinals win in which sophomore Kyrie’ Chandler scored 10 of her team-leading 6 points in the fourth quarter. The Warriors are looking for their first state championship. Region 3-winner Langston Hughes comes in having not lost since late December. Ten Panthers average more than three points per game while leading scorer Tia Jones scores just 10. Norcross returns to the finals after a one-year absence after winning the 2010 and 2011 titles. The Blue Devils are paced by all-everything senior guard Diamond DeShields, who was recently named the Naismith Girls High School Player of the Year. DeShields had 28 points in the quarterfinal win over Cherokee while Shayla Cooper, a Georgetown commitment, led Norcross with 34.

Miller Grove will look to repeat as champions, this time in Class AAAAA. The Wolverines are led by senior guard Katie Hunt, who scored nine fourth-quarter points in the quarterfinal win over DeKalb-neighbor Tucker. Senior guard Tashi Thompson, a three-point specialist, leads the team with 13.2 points per game while Klarissa Weaver and Hunt are both around the 10-point mark. Effingham County rolls into Kennesaw after a 59-53 quarterfinals win in which Kyesha Lewis scored a game-high 23. The sophomore forward leads the Rebels by averaging almost 13 points and eight boards. Southwest DeKalb is looking to win the state title for the first time since the Panthers won three straight from 2008-2010. Coach Kathleen Walton’s team beat Stephenson in the semifinals, avenging a regular season loss. Southwest DeKalb has been hot of late, winning seven in a row including the Region 6-AAAAA tournament. Forest Park will take on SWD in a battle of Panthers and will look for a different result than the 65-33 loss it was dealt by SWD in January. Junior guard Kayla Potts leads the maroon and gold Panthers with an 11.6-point average and had 17 in the quarterfinal win over Hardaway, which came in overtime.

Class AAAA

Class AAAA features three No. 1 seeds and fourth-seeded Sandy Creek which makes its first-ever final four appearance. Sandy Creek was in a tussle with Redan in the quarterfinals, but outscored the Raiders 23-8 in the third quarter and grabbed the 50-47 road win. The Patriots are capable of making scoring runs and winning close games, but Mary Persons will aim to outpace Sandy Creek with its own explosive offense. Mary Persons showcased their firepower in the quarterfinals when it led Woodland-Henry just 31-26 at the half, but scored 44 in the second half to win 75-60. Jonesboro and Columbia is the backend of the double header. Columbia has dominated during its playoff run never winning by fewer than 14 points (61-47 over LaGrange) and crushed top-seeded River Ridge 68-27 in the quarterfinals. Columbia forward Yaktavia Hickson scored 25 and guard Miah Spencer had 17 for Columbia. Jonesboro edged Howard 51-39 in the quarterfinals behind a 16-point game from Senior Briana Benson and a big 12-point, nine rebound game from sophomore Michaelle Smith.

Class AAA

St. Pius X enters the semifinals looking for the program’s first state title since 2007. Sophomore Asia Durr leads the team with 20.4 points per game, while junior Jasmine Carter is connecting on 49 percent of her field goal attempts. As a team, the Golden Lions have averaged 12.7 steals per game. Chapel Hill will offer some stiff competition as three seniors are averaging more than 12 points per game. Ashley Chestnut is the team’s leading scorer at 12.8 points per game. In the other game, Southwest-Macon will face Dawson County. The Tigers of Dawson County put the clamps down on Decatur in the second half of a 52-47 quarterfinal victory. Senior Carly Gilreath leads the attack with 15.7 points per game while Sheyenne Seabolt collects the most rebounds per game. Dawson County is the lone team remaining that did not win its region. Southwest-Macon offers a balanced attack with SheKenya Peters, Jazmine Burgan and Jasmine Askew all a threat to notch double-digit points. Emily Pennimon grabbed 19 rebounds in the quarterfinal win over Washington County. Willie Goolsby’s team is 22-5, its best record since the 2007-08 season when the team advanced to the Sweet 16.

Class AA

Class AA lacks the Cinderella stories, but makes up for it with top-seeded powerhouses that arrive red hot for the state semifinals. All four teams are one seeds that claimed double-digit victories in the quarterfinals. The first of the two matchups is Laney against Kendrick. Laney senior Simone Smith is a 6-foot-2 power forward and scoring machine. In the quarterfinals, she scored 12 points in the first half to give Laney a comfortable 32-19 cushion in a 59-40 win over Pelham. As undefeated Laney looks to complete a perfect season, the Wildcats will have to do it against Kendrick which also reached the semis undefeated. In the quarterfinals Kendrick trailed by two points to Lovett at the half, but leadership took over in the second half and the Cherokees scored a 53-43 win. In the other matchup, Thomasville takes on Wesleyan. Thomasville is led by senior forward Bree Brown, who averages a double-double and scored 23 of her team’s 47 points in its 47-41 win over Westside. Wesleyan standout Katie Frerking notched 26 points, five rebounds, six steals and four blocks in the 66-49 quarterfinals win over Calhoun.

Class A-Private

The semifinals consist of No. 3 overall seed St. Francis facing off with No. 2 Calvary Day in the early slot. St. Francis is an aggressive, pressing team that averages 11 steals per game. Senior Nettie Brown and sophomore Abby Grant average more than 13 points per game, while guard Candice Williams averages 12 points and five assists. Calvary Day has consistent scorers, but also boasts one of the most dangerous scorers in the state. Senior Alexus Parker, a Prairie View A&M-signee, averages 22.6 points and is coming off a season-high 38 points in the quarterfinal win. No. 4 Southwest Atlanta Christian plays No. 1 Holy Innocents’ in the late game. Holy Innocents’ has one of the most talented centers in the state in freshman Erika Cassell, who averages a double-double each game. The Golden Bears went to the foul line 25 times in their 58-43 quarterfinals win. Southwest Atlanta Christian’s offense is a high-powered machine that flew to a 41-9 halftime lead in the quarterfinals. Junior guard Marquita Daniels is coming off a 27-point outing and averages more than 12 per game. Center Alexis Carter tallied 11 blocks and 10 rebounds in the quarterfinals.

Class A-Public

The Randolph-Clay Red Devils bring an 18-game winning streak and a 28-2 record into the semifinals against Wilkinson County. Head coach Jennifer Acree has two pairs of sisters that seem to push each other to being better each game. Kobi Thornton was the second-leading scorer with 14.2 points per game and scored 21 in the quarterfinal win over Mitchell County. Brianna Thornton scored 12 points and had 10 rebounds. Whenika Washington scored 16 points and her sister Kaneika notched 10, nearly five below her average. Adriana Blackmon is the point guard that runs the show. Wilkinson County is paced by a pair of juniors in Lyric Jordan and Ngozi Ware, who each average more than 10 points per game for coach Jenean Cooper-Bolston. Samford-signee Kassidy Blevins scored 30 points and grabbed 10 rebounds to help Gordon Lee to the program’s first semifinal appearance. Blevins has teamed with fellow senior Katie Barger all season to lead Gordon Lee to a 23-7 record. The Lady Trojans will face Towns County, a team they defeated 70-69 earlier this season. Towns County edged Claxton in the quarterfinals and is led by sophomore Stephanie Patton.

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I put on a few L.B.'s over the winter, and I'm looking to drop them in time for beach season. Do you have a regimen you adhere to?

Actually I just lost, over the course of several months, what the Brits call a stone. I like this unit of measurement because, in fact, fourteen pounds is about the weight of a man-sized bowling ball. When you think about fat in terms of a bowling ball, it becomes easier to want to get rid of it. At this stage of my life, I go on the cuttingdown method: carrying on as usual, but with considerably less. Less food, less drink, less bread and cheese, far less dessert, and absolutely no beer. Years ago I spent several days with ZZ Top, and Billy and Dusty had both shed a lot of weight. They were on the "half diet." Billy explained to me that he would drink only a half bottle of beer or eat half a plate of food. (Although he actually would drink half of several beers.) It seemed like a good way to think about one's appetite. Moderation beats self-denial every time.


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McLaren could revert to 2012 car for Chinese and Bahrain GPs

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McLaren is considering reverting to last year's MP4/27 in the aftermath of a disastrous Austrian Grand Prix with this year's MP4/28 chassis. Jenson Button could only manage ninth place at the opening race of the season, while newcomer Sergio Perez finished the Melbourne race in 11th place, missing out on the final point.

During the entire weekend, in full wet, humid or dry conditions the two Mclaren drivers were never capable of running close to the front of the field, lapping some two seconds off the pace for most of the event.

At the end of the Australian Grand Prix, Jenson Button was quick to admit no one is enjoying life at McLaren right now: "In these difficult days, it is important that we make the best of it. Everyone is quite down, because the team are used to winning. I have been winning Grand Prix for four years with McLaren."

"You don't enjoy it but you have to have bad times and we must do what we can to get out of this. There have been non-stop meetings and discussions - there is an understanding that it is not OK. We know there are fundamental things that we have to change. We are doing everything we can to improve."

Given the lack of time available before the next race, McLaren's management is expecting another difficult weekend at the Malaysian Grand Prix. Team Principal Martin Whitmarsh admitted, "We've got to be realistic. I hope we can make some progress and we're going to be working incredibly hard in the next few days to do that. We've really got to learn about this car, we've got to work these problems out, and we've got to solve it. It isn't good enough at the moment, and that's not a good feeling. I'm sure we'll get it right. We might not get it right as quickly as I would like, but we'll see."

"We struggled to have a proper understanding of the car in testing. Winter testing was very strange this year. We knew we weren't coming here with masses of confidence. I think it frankly was a little bit worse than expected. We knew to an extent that this circuit would play to our weaknesses, and I think it certainly managed to do that. We didn't have enough of an understanding to fix the problem yet, but I think we're gaining that. I think you've got to know what you're trying to do, you've got to understand what the problems are, and then you've got to work hard to fix it. Sadly there's no magic, we've just got to work hard now and get it right. I hope that we won't be quite so far off the frontrunners in Malaysia, but I'm not promising that we will be with them either. I think we've got to be realistic about what can be done in the few days before we get there. It's a very different circuit of course, but we'll see."

Asked if the team would be considering using last year's car for a few races until the problems with the MP4/28 are sorted out, Whitmarsh said, "That is not a serious option for Malaysia! I think at the moment we've got to work hard on this car. We know it's got some areas of high potential, and we know that it's potentially got more downforce than last year's car. I think there are other issues we've got to understand, and make sure it's accessible."

According to team sources, McLaren found out in testing that only running the MP4/28 with a very low ride height they could make the aerodynamic package work, but that was not possible to do in Melbourne due to the bumpy nature of the Australian street circuit. In Sepang it will be possible to run the cars slightly closer to the ground and that should help McLaren be a bit closer to the front of the grid, but there are other issues that prevent the MP4/28 from being a winning car: McLaren is still struggling to understand how to get the most out of the new pull rod front suspension – that was chosen for the aerodynamic and centre of gravity benefits which brings to the car – and that is hampering the normal set-up work, as the car is not reacting the team the engineers expected.

Using last year's model for the Chinese and Bahrain Grand Prix, that are held in the third and fourth weekends of April, respectively, would give time for McLaren to work on the simulator and on the seven-post test rig with the MP4/28 to try and find the root of the car's problems, before doing a couple of straight line speed runs with it to try and make sure the car could be competitive in the following races, starting with the Spanish and Monaco Grand Prix.

For the time being McLaren is fully focused on making the current chassis work to the best of its ability in the Malaysian Grand Prix and only after the Sepang race a decision about what to do for the next two races will be made at a high-level meeting scheduled for next Tuesday in Woking.

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Bonnie 'Prince' Billy's BEWARE Streets 3/17/09

Breaking through the dirt and shooting upward into our atmosphere is a new variety of exotic Bonnie 'Prince' Billy plant. Stronger. Stinkier. It blooms in low light and cold but thrives in the sun as well, showing enticing spots and eating small creatures as they wander into its jaws. They had it coming, they were weak…and you're next! Beware.
Though Beware shares spit with its immediate predecessor released this past summer, Lie Down in the Light, it's reach is longer and stronger, more grandiose. Where fiddle and steel contribute their rustic timbre alongside guitars and voices, a thickening thud of low tone rolls beneath, giving the record a bottom that's fun to watch bounce in new clothes. This indensifies the air and heralds Beware as Bonny's biggest, most ambitious record to date – yea, bigger and more ambitious than even The Letting Go! A listen or two through and you too may conclude that this could also be the great Bonnie 'Prince' Billy contempo-country record – though, as always, the 'Prince' goes his own special way, even when climbing the charts with brawny arms and classic titles like "I Don't Belong to Anyone," "You Can't Hurt Me Now," and "I Am Goodbye."
Though the title (and catalog number - DC666!) portends horror, Beware is a much more measured exploration of the soul's frailty and the sorry state of human relationships than your typical, everyday, bleaked-out, all-and-nothing roots rock platter. Song titles suggest half of a heated dialogue, perhaps just one side of a super-apocalypto phone call. Yet, there's humor here as well, some of it too cute to call black. Lyrically, domestic ripostes are mixed with I-thou asides, statements of lusty selfhood and subtlety in between the lines, examining culpability and the need for release and rebellion, if you must know. Basically, if you haven't learned already, love goes down mazy, anfractuous paths, on some days giving rise to irritations (both spiritual and physical) and the difficult consideration of an alternative fate. Sometimes all you want to do is f**k. Then there's the times of fun, laughter and learning, and the sudden appreciation of your partner, your only friend. And with all these things in hand, Bonnie 'Prince' Billy says Beware.

Joining Bonny deep in the mix of Beware, the roll-call of top players include the band (Josh Abrams, Jennifer Hutt, Emmett Kelly and Michael Zerang) and special guests (Dee Alexander, Leroy Bach, Jim Becker, Robert Cruz, DV DeVincentis, Jon Langford, Greg Leisez, Rob Mazurek, Nicole Mitchell and Azita Youseffi)!

Beware will be released on Drag City on March 17, 2009. Bonny does not tour in support of records, however he will tour simultaneous with the record release, even in major markets. Beware!
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 3. My Life's Work
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 6. You Don't Love Me
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 8. I Won't Ask Again
 9. I Don't Belong to Anyone
10. There Is Something I Have To Say
11. I Am Goodbye
12. Without Work, You Have Nothing
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North Coast Music Festival is thrilled to announce the initial 5th Anniversary lineup featuring one of North America's top DJs and performers, BASSNECTAR, Grammy-nominated hip-hop artist KID CUDI, the legendary SNOOP DOG, instrumental jam band STS9, and many more!

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Adventure Club | Griz | Showtek | Wolfgang Gartner | W&W
Action Bronson | Boombox  | Cashmere Cat | Chet Faker | Emancipator Ensemble
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Papadosio | Riff Raff | Washed Out | What So Not | Wild Belle
Autobody | Bad Bad Not Good | Break Science
Cosby Sweater | Dopapod | Grandtheft | J Phlip
 Midnight Conspiracy | The Motet | Muzzy | The Nth Power
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ProbCause | Thibault | Tourist | Wick-it the Instigator | Zebo

In 2014, North Coast Music Festival is expanding the grounds by opening new sections of Union Park to the general public. The festival is also reconfiguring stage placements and streamlining traffic flows in and around the park. The upgraded NCMF VIP Experience also features air-conditioned restroom trailers, expanded bar options with spirits and mixed drinks, free bottled water, express entry, reserved viewing areas, complimentary cell phone charging stations, and much more. The NCMF VIP Experience is strictly for those 21 years of age and older, so you can enjoy your festival experience with your peers.

North Coast Music Festival was originally founded in 2010 by a group of independent promoters who set out to produce a festival for all the underserved genres in the city. Between them, they brought together emerging artists from hip-hop, indie, jam bands, and dance music to create one of Chicago's most unique festivals. Some of the these artists from previous years are now headlining festivals across the world. "We're humbled by the support here in our fifth year anniversary," says Pat Grumley, one of the founders of the festival. Adds Michael Berg, "When we first conceptualized this festival, we had no way to knowing it would be so warmly received by the city of Chicago, the artists and their respective teams like it has... but far and away the most rewarding and inspiring thing to our team is the support of our fans, who we call 'the coasties!'"

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CDOT installs new signs marking highway crossovers in Weld County

The Colorado Department of Transportation has been busy at work installing new signs marking highway crossovers in Weld County and across Colorado.

The new signs are being installed along Interstate 25 north, Interstate 76 between Lochbuie and the state line and U.S. 85 north of 168th Avenue. The black and blue signs are approximately 12 inches wide by 36 inches high and are located in the medians of major highways to identify authorized crossovers.

“The new signs replace the previously standard small blue delineator buttons that are only an inch in diameter,” said CDOT Traffic Operations Engineer Larry Haas. “Because these panels are much easier to see, especially during inclement weather, they better aid emergency responders, plow drivers and other road warriors to better recognize when a safe median crossover is coming up.”

The new signs appear approximately 500 feet before a crossover and on either side of the crossover.

CDOT urges commuters not to use the crossovers for their own use because they are strictly for emergency personnel.

The new signs, which CDOT started installing in 2012, will make emergency response faster and snowplowing safer.

“It’s a safer way for emergency response crews to travel along the highway and not miss their turns,” said CDOT spokeswoman Ashley Mohr. “It really cuts down on travel time, increases safety along the highway and cuts down stress. It’s a small thing that’s been really effective.”

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PHOTO STORY: Thursday events at the Weld County Fair

The Weld County Fair will take place through Monday at Island Grove Region Park, 501 14th Ave. in Greeley.

Thursday’s schedule of events includes:

7-10 a.m., Farm Bureau Free Breakfast, between Event Center and Exhibition Building

8 a.m., Dairy Cattle Showmanship and Show, North Oval

8 a.m.-8 p.m., All buildings open to the public

8 a.m.–8 p.m., 4-H Leaders Food Booth open, north side of 4-H Building

All day, Sandpile for Fun, Center Oval

8 a.m.-3 p.m., Market Goat Show, pygmy and all other goat shows, Event Center

8:30 a.m.-5 p.m., 4-H Youth Rock Cafe Open, 4-H Building

1 p.m., Dairy Heifer Sale, Oval

1:30 p.m., Ag mechanics judging, Exhibition Building

6 p.m., Blow-n-go Beef Showmanship, North Oval

6 p.m., Rabbit Showmanship, Event Center

To learn more about this year’s fair, call the Colorado State University Extension office in Weld County at (970) 304-6535, or go to

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Pacific, 2008. Activists deploy a banner reading "No Fish No Future" next to the Albatun Tres, the world's biggest tuna fishing vessel, known as a super super seiner. The ship can take 3000 tonnes of tuna in a single fishing trip which is almost double the annual catch of some Pacific island countries.

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Greenpeace welcomes moves to reduce coal use in the Philippines

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Manila, 30 May 2016 - Greenpeace Philippines welcomed the Climate Change Commission recently released Commission Resolution 2016-001, which calls for a "national policy review” of the country’s energy policy in order to reduce the country’s...

Activists bring coal supply to a standstill at massive Indonesian power plant

Press release | May 15, 2016 at 12:39

Jakarta, 15 May 2016 – Greenpeace Indonesia activists today climbed the cranes of two grab-type ship unloaders, blocking the supply of coal for the Cirebon Coal Power Plant. The protest in Indonesia, the world’s second biggest exporter of coal,...

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The world is quickly reaching a point of no return for preventing the worst impacts of climate change. Continuing on the current course will make it difficult, if not impossible, to prevent the widespread and catastrophic impacts of climate...

The World Bank must stop support for coal in Indonesia: Springs Meetings must lead to...

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April 15, 2015 – Activists are calling on the World Bank to heed its own advice and follow a clear pathway to low-carbon development – starting with its own energy sector operations. While the Bank has ruled out direct support for coal plants in...

Coal expansion in Vietnam could claim 25,000 lives per year

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Hanoi - Existing coal plants in Vietnam cause an estimated 4,300 premature deaths every year, which can be avoided by switching to renewable energy, according Harvard University research presented at ‘Coal and Coal Power: The Unknowns’ conference...

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Each year that World Water Day is celebrated, we get an opportunity to focus global attention on the importance of water and the need to ensure that this seriously imperilled resource is sustainably managed.

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Greenpeace flagship Rainbow Warrior today sailed into Maasim, Sarangani in Mindanao in southern Philippines, to join thousands of Sarangani folk as they sought to ‘knock out’ coal and broadcast their rejection of dirty coal power.

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Two Fingers Cleaning ProductsWe thought you’d like to know about the new powerful eco-friendly cleaners that don’t contain the toxic chemicals you’ll find in a lot of other cleaners – and it’s called Two Fingers.

Everyone recognises that we live in an environment that is constantly under threat from the things we pump into our skies, bury in our land and pour into our rivers and oceans – and everyone knows that we need to change.

Our way is to say Two Fingers, to dirt, to waste, to toxic cleaners. That’s who we are and that’s why we exist. At Two Fingers our whole approach is about protecting the environment by preserving precious resources, respecting the need to conserve, and doing everything possible to minimise the impact of excessive packaging, transport and distribution.

Our entire range is ONLY made from ingredients derived from natural, readily biodegradable, renewable and sustainable botanical resources, principally plant and vegetable derivatives. All our products are non-hazardous and have never been tested on animals.

Two Fingers cleaning products are unique in that we transform plant and vegetable based ingredients into particles called micelles, which disrupts the bonds of material to not only clean, but disintegrate dirt and oil.

These micelles are much smaller than that of typical soaps and detergents and (here’s the clever bit) they surround dirt with detergent making the dirt more soluble and lower the surface tension so the dirt comes away from the surface with a simple wipe of a cloth.

Even better is that Micelle products are non-hazardous, non-fuming, non-caustic, non-corrosive, non-combustible, non-explosive, non-hazardous. While highly effective, they are exceptionally gentle, safe and readily biodegradable.

Wherever possible, everything we use in our products including getting them to you – must be made from renewable resources and meet the most stringent environmental standards. What’s more, everything about the way we do business aims to minimise our, and your carbon footprint, such as making our products in the UK.

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The fund is SolarCity’s largest project financing fund and the largest residential solar fund created in the U.S. SolarCity has built 15 project funds with seven different partners to finance more than $1.25 billion in solar projects.

Until now, the money has mostly come from the banking industry.

"I'm a big believer that corporations and utilities need to get into this space," said Lyndon Rive, the CEO of Solar City, adding, "The top 200 corporations in the U.S. are sitting on more than $1 trillion in cash on their balance sheets."

Google is no stranger to solar power -- albeit through investments in CSP for the BrightSource Energy's Ivanpah project and eSolar's CSP technology. Recently, Google invested in Clean Power Finance, a SaaS startup using software targeted at installers to help ease the paperwork required to deploy solar panels.

Google has invested a total of $680 million in a wide range of clean energy technologies.

As testament to its earnestness about greentech, Google has also invested in geothermal startups Altarock Energy and Potter Drilling and high-altitude wind innovator Makani Power. In the last year, Google signed PPAs with two wind farms in the Midwest to supply 215 megawatts of wind generated electricity to the company’s datacenters in the region. It also bought into the 845-megawatt Shepherd’s Flat wind project in Oregon, which will be the biggest U.S. onshore wind farm. And it joined a consortium preparing to build a 6,000-megawatt capacity transmission backbone for Atlantic coast offshore wind.

According to Rive, "Investments in solar energy generate returns for corporate investors, cost savings for homeowners, clean energy jobs for jobseekers, and protect the environment."

Solar leases and PPAs let consumers install solar on their homes without the large upfront investment in purchasing the systems.

The big names in this business are SolarCity, SunRun, and Sungevity.  Solar City controls the value chain from customer acquisition through design, installation, financing, and service. SunRun and Sungevity subcontract out the installation. The advantage to subcontracting the installation, according to Rive, is scaling the business. The disadvantage is the issue of quality control, according to the CEO.

There are also other, smaller residential solar leasing firms such as Solar Universe, Ontility, SunPower, SolarCraft, Sun Edison, CentroSolar, and Suntech’s BriteLease program.

Paraj Chokshi, Public Affairs Manager of Clean Energy at Google, noted that distributed generation and residential solar rooftops were an important piece of the renewable puzzle.

SolarCity has more than 15,000 solar projects completed or underway with 12,000 of those customers choosing SolarCity’s financing options. The firm has 1,200 employees; 600 were hired in the last year.

Rive has seen a pattern in the way this type of capital is committed. The company wouldn't engage in the investment if it didn't envision a reliable return. But "the first fund is the hardest," according to Rive, because every group in the company has to buy in -- tax, treasury, finance, business development, etc.

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The Big Horn County Commissioners are teaming up with Lovell, Inc., and Grow Big Horn County to create a county-wide strategic plan for economic development.

The county has retained Community Builders, Inc. (CBI), a Wyoming consulting firm, to assist with development of the strategic plan.  As part of the planning process, the team will be conducting an online survey in all of the communities in Big Horn County.

“We want to know what residents want for their local community,” said Jerry Ewen, chairman of the Board of County Commissioners.  “While there are some basic economic development functions that apply to all of us in Big Horn County, we think that there are different desires and visions in each community.”

“There is so much more to economic development than just recruiting businesses,” added Sue Taylor, CEO of Lovell, Inc., and Grow Big Horn County.  “By creating a comprehensive plan that address all of the building blocks of economic development, each community can work at its own pace and use the plan to create the future it wants.”

According to Joe Coyne, principal consultant with CBI, economic development strategies are commonly used by local governments and private organizations to encourage growth in a responsible manner.  “Most communities in Wyoming are currently investing in infrastructure to support growth.  Those towns and counties that are able to support a local economic development agency are also making significant efforts to help existing businesses grow,” Coyne said.

“Everyone has a stake in our future, and we would like to hear their thoughts,” added Taylor.  She encourages all local residents, workers, businesses, and property owners to take the online survey, which can be found at:

The survey will close on March 20, 2014.  CBI will then compile all results and present them to the Big Horn County Commissioners and Lovell, Inc..  The planning team will then begin evaluating specific development projects, facilities, and scenarios for each community in Big Horn County.  The completed economic development strategy and implementation plan should be completed by May 31, 2014.

To pay for CBI’s development of the economic development strategy, Big Horn County successfully obtained a Business Ready Community Planning grant from the Wyoming Business Council of $37,500.  That grant is being matched with $12,500 from the towns of Lovell, Greybull, and Basin, and from Big Horn County.

Anyone interested in this project is asked to contact Lovell, Inc./Grow Big Horn County CEO Sue Taylor, (307) 548-6707,

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MCIT SUP enhances rigidity and stability, revolutionizing inflatable SUP performance

Encinitas, CA (November 9, 2011): Boardworks, a market leader in the standup paddleboard (SUP) industry, recently announced a new game-changing inflatable SUP predicted to lead the market in terms of performance and stability.

Registering a patent on its new innovation—Multi Chamber Inflatable Technology (MCIT) and the Axially Stabilizing Apparatus— the company has challenged the design constraints of existing drop-stitch inflatable SUP technology to create a board with tapered rails and enhanced rigidity. The result is Boardworks/Badfish’s new MCIT Inflatable for 2012.

“Conventional drop-stitch material construction which is used by the leading inflatable SUP manufacturers, has a consistent thickness, limiting design variations to outline shape and rocker curve,” says designer Phil Rainey. “Our new technology lets us create design elements previously only possible in hard boards including tapered rails which increase responsiveness and stability.” Rainey adds that MCIT’s I-Beam Stiffening System is another design innovation that greatly boosts rigidity.

These features and more make the MCIT the perfect choice for all levels of SUP paddlers, from beginners and surfers to fitness paddlers and river runners. It’s also perfect for instructional programs, combining ease of storage and transport with stability, safety and durability.

With its superior rigidity and stability, the MCIT is also expected to open the doors to the world of river SUP, which is what Boardworks partner Badfish SUP of Salida, Colo. plans to capitalize on with the design it helped create.

“Because of their durability, ease of storage and transport benefits, Inflatable boards are popular for river use, but until now they have required sacrifices in stability and performance,” says Badfish co-owner Mike Harvey, who helped design the board with partner Zack Hughes and the Boardworks’ design team. “The new MCIT SUP is the most stable inflatable in whitewater by a large margin, yet incredibly nimble and fun to paddle. It does many of the things that make our MVP hard board a great river runner.”

Perhaps its best feature, he adds, is the board’s secondary stability. “You can lean it over on edge to make eddy turns and the rails don’t grab, which is a critical feature for river SUP boards,” Harvey says, adding, “It also has three air chambers compared to one in conventional inflatable SUPs. It also punches holes and surfs waves well. We’re proud to have it in our Badfish line.”

The Boardworks Badfish SUP MCIT line is comprised of 9’0”, 10’6” and 11’6” models and will be available in the spring of 2012. Stay tuned to and for more news on this revolutionary new line of inflatable standup paddleboards.

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Located in Salida Colo., Badfish Stand Up Paddle is the market leader in river-specific stand-up paddleboards, with founder Zack Hughes one of the first shapers to design surf and SUP boards specific to river applications. Partner Mike Harvey has built whitewater parks all over the country, many of which include standing waves for SUP surfing.

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Encinitas, California-based Boardworks’ mission is to share its passion for all things water, and to make stand up paddle and surfing more fun for more people. Boardworks represents some of the best shapers and brands in the world and, with its proprietary construction technologies, bring their premier SUP and Surf models to the global water community. Boardworks’ SUP brands include Badfish Standup Paddle, Infinity, Rusty, Paddle Surf Hawaii, Morrelli and Melvin, and Ohana; its Surf brands include Von Sol, Hynson, Aipa, Kane Garden, Dewey Weber, and Eaton and Hansen.


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Bio: Stephen Ray Vaughan was born on October 3, 1954 in Dallas, Texas. Stephen – or Stevie was best knows as a guitarist, singer-songwriter and a  founding member of Double Trouble, which he formed together with drummer Chris Layton and bassist Tommy Shanno. They released four albums: Texas Flood (1983), Couldn’t Stand the Weather (1984), Soul to Soul (1985) and In Step (1989).
Albums “Family Style” and “The Sky Is Crying” were released after his death.

While Stevie had many music influences he admitted that his main inspiration was Jimi Hendrix “I love Hendrix for so many reasons. He was so much more than just a blues guitarist–he played damn well any kind of guitar he wanted. In fact I’m not sure if he even played the guitar–he played music.” He has received wide critical recognition for his guitar playing, ranking at #6 on Rolling Stone’s list of “100 Greatest Guitarists” in 2011.

Stevie was killed in a helicopter crash on August 27, 1990 in in East Troy, Wisconsin, just after performing with his band.

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SRV Stratocaster The Number One

This was Stevie’s main guitar. He got it from the owner of Ray Henning’s Heart of Texas music shop in 1973, and it quickly became his main companion. Number One originally had a white pickguard which was replaced with a black one that now adds the “SRV” logo, and a right-handed tremolo bar – now gold-plated left-handed.

The guitar was built using a 1963 Stratocaster body and a 1962 neck, even though Stevie believed it was a 1959 Stratocaster. The reason for that was that he once took the pickups off and realized that they were made in 1959, so he made a conclusion from that. It was not until 1980 that Rene Martinez took the whole guitar apart and saw the year 1963 stamped in the body and 1962 on the neck.

Stevie’s Number One is finished in sunburst and it’s original neck has a thick, D-shaped profile with 1-5/8″ (41mm) nut width. The fingerboard radius was originally 7.25″ but eventually came down to 10″. This was a consequence of countless refret jobs done by Rene Martinez, who mostly used Dunlop 6100 fretwire. The headstock was fitted Fender Schaller Elite Gold tuner pegs.

The neck eventually became damaged beyond repair, so Rene figured out he’d put the neck from Stevie’s 1962 red Stratocaster on it. Unfortunately that neck was broken into pieces at a show in Holmdell, New Jersey, when a piece of stage equipment fell on several of Stevie’s guitars. After that, Number One had a new Fender neck until after Stevie died, when the original Number One neck was re-installed on it.

Number One is currently in possession of Jimmie Vaughan, Stevie’s brother, although there are rumors that Number One was buried with Stevie in Dallas – which is unlikely.

In 1992 Fender released a Stevie Ray Vaughan signature Stratocaster, based on Number One.

1963 Fender Stratocaster “The Lenny” link here

Fender Stratocaster The Lenny

This guitar first cough Stevie’s attention around 1979, when he went with couple of friends to a pawnshop in Austin, Texas. Unfortunately it cost $350, and he couldn’t afford it at the moment. That didn’t stop his wife, Lenora, who talked to a couple of Stevie’s friends to cash in $50 each, so they could give it to him as a birthday present. The plan worked out, and they presented the guitar to Stevie on October 3rd 1980 at Steamboat Springs – nightclub he often played at.

The guitar was originally a 3-tone sunburst maple-neck model with a rosewood fingerboard. It was refinished by the previous owner with a dark natural color, and it had arty inlay behind the bridge.  Stevie decided to replace the neck with the mid-’50s-style maple neck given to him by Billy Gibbons. He kept the tremolo arm, pickups and frets in their original condition, but added his signature and initials on the neck plate and pickguard. This guitar also has Mickey Mantle’s autograph on the back of the body, who signed it on April 10, 1985, when Vaughan was invited to play the national anthem at the Houston Astros season opener at the Houston Astrodome.

Stevie recorded with this guitar on many of his heartfelt love songs, including “Riviera Paradise”, and of course – “Lenny”.

The guitar was put up for auction at the Eric Clapton Crossroads Guitar Festival on June 24, 2004 and it was sold to Guitar Center for $623,500. The Fender Custom Shop has produced a limited-edition run of Lenny replicas since December 12, 2007, and they are sold by Guitar Center for $17,000.

1959 Fender Stratocaster “Yellow” link here

SRV Yellow Stratocaster

This guitar was previously owned by Vince Martell, Vanilla Fudge’s lead guitarist, who sold it to Charley Wirz of Charley’s Guitar Shop in Dallas. The previous owner had hollowed out the body to mount four humbuckers but Wirz removed those and installed a new pickguard in which he placed a Fender single-coil pickup in the neck position. He also painted the whole body yellow, and installed Charvel brass tremolo system. Charley then gave the guitar to Stevie in early 1981, who added SRV decals where the two pickups would normally be placed, just under the strings.

This was supposedly the guitar Stevie played on the album versions of “Honey Bee” and “Tell Me”, and live on DVD “Live at Montreux” for the last song on the set – “Collins Shuffle”.

Yellow was ultimately stolen in 1985 at the Albany International Airport in New York, and never recovered.

1962 Fender Stratocaster “Red” link here

Stevie Ray Vaughan SRV Red Stratocaster

Stevie bought this guitar at Charley’s Guitar Shop in 1983. It was originally a sunburst Stratocaster, but it was repainted with custom red by Fender.

The guitar remained in the stock condition up until 1986 when Rene Martinez took the neck of to replace the neck on Stevie’s Number One, and installed a left-handed 1964 rosewood neck. Around that same period, Stevie added “SRV” sticker on the pickguard.

Stevie often played this guitar live for “Love Struck Baby” and “Pride And Joy”.

Hamiltone Lurktamer Stratocaster “The Main” link here

Stevie Ray Vaughan SRV Main Hamiltone

This guitar was made for Stevie by James Hamilton, a guitar builder from Buffalo, NY, who gave it to Stevie on April 29, 1984 as a gift from Billy Gibbons, who first ordered the guitar in 1979.

“The Main” aka “the Couldn’t Stand the Weather guitar” features a neck-through-body design (unlike any other guitars Stevie played), a two-piece maple body, ebony fretboard with a mother-of-pearl inlay that read “Stevie Ray Vaughan”, and EMG pre-amped pickups. During the recording of Couldn’t Stand the Weather music video the pickups were damaged, and soon after replaced with vintage Fender single-coils.

1961 Fender Stratocaster “Scotch” link here

Stevie Ray Vaughan SRV Scotch Stratocaster

Stevie got this guitar in 1985 in either Baltimore or “The Boathouse” in Norfolk in Virginia. It was supposed to be a prize at one of the Stevie’s shows, but he decided to give away some other guitar and keep this one for himself.

The guitar has a butterscotch finish and a custom tiger-striped pickguard made by Rene Martinez, and of course, a “SRV” sticker on it.

Stevie used this guitar when having problems with Number One, or regardless from that – live for songs such as “Leave My Girl Alone” and “Superstition”.

1983 Custom Strat-style Guitar “Charley” link here

Stevie Ray Vaughan SRV Charley Stratocaster

This guitar was made by Charley Wirz – owner of Charley’s Guitar Shop in Dallas, in 1984. It has a white strat-style body with a rosewood neck, two controls (volume and tone) and Danelectro lipstick pickups. On the back of the body is a hula girl sticker and the neckplate has the words “To Stevie Ray Vaughan, more in ’84” engraved on it.

Stevie played this guitar on “Life Without You” (which was Stevie’s tribute to Charley after his passing in 1984), and live on the “Live at Montreaux” video.

In 2003, Charley’s and Rene Martinez made 23 limited edition replicas of this guitar, selling for $2500.

1958 Gibson ES-335 link here

Gibson ES-335

Stevie carried this guitar on tours between 1982 and 1985.  It was given to him by Wayne Nagel – who leased The Continental Club on South Congress in Austin until 1983, and later co-founded the Austin Rehearsal Complex in 1990.

The guitar is from 1958, and had a green finish on the inside, and was supposedly one of 500 that had that interior finish.

* (info provided by Stevie’s guitar tech Greg Sisk)

Fender Telecaster link here

Fender Telecaster Cream White Pickguard Maple Custom Hendrix “Tele” Prototype. Stevie stated in an interview with John Sebastian in 1990 that he used this guitar on “House is Rockin'”.

Gibson Johnny Smith link here

Gibson Johnny Smith Stevie used this guitar to record “Stang’s Swang”.

Epiphone Rivera link here

Epiphone Riviera Stevie Ray Vaughan

Seen on an early photo of Stevie, and during a concert with BB King.

We couldn’t find any specific info about it.

19?? Gibson Les Paul link here

Les Paul Ebony Standard This guitar is a complete mystery. Only proof of Stevie ever playing one is a picture of him from the late 80s.

1958 Rickenbacker Stereo Prototype link here

Rickenbacker Stereo Prototype

Stevie was seen playing this guitar around 1977/78, while gigging with Hubert Sumlin, and it was supposedly one of his first guitars.

During one of the gigs – which happened to be on Stevie’s birthday, Hubert Sumlin showed up with no guitar after a cabbie drove of with his guitar and amp. Stevie decided to give the Rickenbacker and a Westberry amp to Hubert as a kind of reverse birthday present.

* (info provided by Stevie’s guitar tech Greg Sisk)

Stevie Ray Vaughan’s Acoustic Guitars: link here

Guild JF6512 12-string link here

Guild JF6512

Stevie used this guitar on MTV Unplugged. This guitar actually belonged to Stevie’s friend and personal assistant Timothy Duckworth. Timothy recalls that Stevie’s hands were so strong that he accidently cracked the neck.

This guitar is now at The Hard Rock Cafe in Dallas.

1928 National Steel link here

National Style O 2 - Copy

This guitar was a gift from roadie Byron Barr, who bought it from Charley’s in 1981.

Stevie can be seen holding this guitar on the cover “In Step” album.

Stevie Ray Vaughan’s Amps: link here

– 1964 Fender Vibroverb
Stevie owned and used two 1964 Fender Vibroverb models. They can be seen in his back-line from about 1984 on.

– Fender Super Reverb
Stevie owned two of these amps. Both were equipped with 10″ EV speakers.

– Fender Vibratone
Used on stage circa 1985-1987.

– Dumble Steel String Singers
He used the 150-watt Dumble Steel String Singer heads (usually two of them) and 4×12 Dumble cabinets.

– Marshall 4140 Club And Country
Stevie used this amp in early the 1980s for clear tone. The amp had two Celestion G12-80 speakers, and brown vinyl and tan grill cloth. During the preparation for the tour with David Bowie, David’s crew took Stevie’s Marshall and painted the vinyl black and the grill cloth grey to make it blend in with the other amps. Stevie eventually decided not to go, but the amp remained in that condition.

Stevie eventually traded in the amp in 1983. As of now, it can be seeb at the Stevie Ray Vaughan museum.

– 1962 Fender Twin Reverb “Blonde”
Used on the recording of “In Step” album.

–  Soldano SLO 100
After Stevie talked to Mike Soldano, and complained how he wasn’t happy with the fact that he had to use pedals in order to get his heavy tones, and had to crank the volume all the way up, Soldano offered to build an amp for him. The amp that he built was a custom SLO 100 with a switch that would cut mid frequencies, which would enable Stevie to pull out those overdriven tones without any addition equipment.

Unfortunately, this whole deal happened just a couple of months prior to Stevie death, and he never had the chance to test it out properly. It is now back with Mike, who keeps it safe in his shop.

– Fender Bassman Reissue
Stevie had used a couple of Bassman amps prior to buying one for himself in 1989. He reportedly used it on the “In Step” album.

– Marshall JCM 800
Seen on the picture taken at the time of “In Step” studio recordings.

– Marshall Major 200w
Same as the JCM – used on “In Step”.

Stevie Ray Vaughan’s Effects: link here

– 1960’s Vox Wah
Stevie often had two more of these paired on stage and they were usually duct-taped together.

– Ibanez TS-10
Stevie upgraded these pedals as Ibanez released newer versions. He used TS-9. TS-10 and TS-808.

– Dallas Arbiter Fuzz Face
This effect can be heard on “Voodoo Chile” (Jimi Hendrix used the same pedal), and on the solo for “Couldn’t Stand The Weather”.

– Roger Mayer Octavia
Can be seen on Vaughan’s pedalboard during his 1989 Austin City Limits performance. The effect was used for several songs, but can be clearly heard on “Voodoo Chile”.

Stevie Ray Vaughan’s Guitar Strings: link here

Stevie used different types of strings all the time, and he did not target a specific brand of strings, but he often used GHS’ because they were easy to get. Gauges ranged all the way from .012-.058 sets to .018-.074.

Stevie Ray Vaughan’s Guitar Picks: link here

He usually used Fender mediums, and he played with the “fat” end. He also used plain Fender picks, and freebies he picked up.


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An application to create a new free school has been submitted to the government.

A total of 710 families have registered support online for the concept of The Ongar Academy, which has been created by a collective of teachers and parents.

A total of 12 people have raised objections to the proposals some of which voice concerns about increased traffic congestion.

They will attend an interview with the Department for Education as part of the next stage of the process.

The group predict there will be at least 1,132 children looking for a school place in the catchment area within seven years.

Project leader Jeff Banks said: “It’s really hard work, but we have an incredibly dedicated team and won’t stop until the job is done.

“We want to thank the many hundreds of local people, community groups and businesses who have got behind the campaign and supported us; we could not have got this far without them”.

Four sites are being considered for the school, with the preferred location near Ongar Leisure Centre in Fyfield Road.

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Any compensation for fisherfolk and other groups affected by the oil spill would come after the full investigation is complete, said Food Production Minister Devant Maharaj. “Before we arrive at a conclusion, the matter has to be investigated. We cannot respond emotively. Only a month ago, fishermen in the area were complaining of low catches, now they are compensated $2,000 a day.

“Compensation is not the normal practice at the ministry if you do not catch fish. This is an extraordinary event. If, on one hand, you were not catching because of seismic surveys, which was the allegation at that point in time, how is it now you could be asking for compensation when you were not catching?” he asked. Maharaj spoke at yesterday’s media appreciation function at the Orientation Centre, Botanic Gardens, Queen’s Park Savannah, Port-of-Spain.

At a press conference on Tuesday, acting Prime Minister Errol Mcleod announced that temporary housing would be provided for La Brea residents affected by an oil spill, which happened in December, and promised compensation for fisherfolk from Granville to Fullerton. Maharaj said it would be “irresponsible” of him to put a timeframe on when the investigation, headed by the Ministry of Energy, will be completed.

“The Ministry of Food Production is part of a team, headed by the Ministry of Energy as well as other ministries, like the Ministry of the Environment and other state agencies, such as Petrotrin. We are going through the process of evaluation and it is not something to be rushed.” He said he had no opportunity to visit the affected area, but other stakeholders were hard at work.

“I have spoken to the fishermen, but I have not gone down. The committee has to follow a process. They must be guided by a set of criteria in which to arrive at a conclusion. If they deviate from that, any other decision would be arbitrary and capricious,” he said. He said the Ministry of Food Production was not viewed as important as other ministries.

“Many people do not view this ministry as they view the sexier ministries. They would focus on Ministry of Energy because of the oil spill or the price of oil. Then they view the Ministry of Finance as important or the Ministry of Security. The Ministry of Food Production is deemed by the opinion makers as less worthy of attention, so we have to struggle for attention,” he said. He said the agriculture sector has had four consecutive quarters of growth.

“The ministry has also been able to reduce food inflation to single digits. In 2010, food inflation stood at 29 per cent. In October last year, it was three per cent. At the end of 2013, the agriculture sector expanded by 5.1 per cent over the previous year.”


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The Moon Woman, 1942
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Like other members of the New York School, Jackson Pollock was influenced in his early work by Joan Miró and Pablo Picasso, and seized on the Surrealists’ concept of the unconscious as the source of art. In the late 1930s Pollock introduced imagery based on totemic or mythic figures, ideographic signs, and ritualistic events. The Moon Woman recalls Picasso, particularly in its palette and composition. The subject of the moon woman, which Pollock treated in several drawings and paintings of the early 1940s, could have been available to him from various sources. At this time many artists, among them Pollock’s friends William Baziotes and Robert Motherwell, were influenced by the fugitive, hallucinatory imagery of Charles Baudelaire and the French Symbolists. In his prose poem “Favors of the Moon” Baudelaire addresses the “image of the fearful goddess, the fateful godmother, the poisonous nurse of all the moonstruck of the world.” Although it is possible that Pollock knew the poem, it is likelier that he was affected in a more general way by the interest in Baudelaire and the Symbolists that was pervasive during the period.

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I recently added an LP woodblock to my kit. I mounted an LP "Mini Everything Rack" to my hi-hat stand, and attached 2 cowbells and a woodblock to the rack. This LP bracket holds the woodblock on two posts that go into the holes at either end of the block. With only one bracket, the woodblock hangs at a slight angle (not parallel to the floor). By using two brackets, you can support both ends (my personal preference) or put a bracket both above and below the block on one end. Doing this will make the woodblock more secure and hold it level. p.s. To my ears, a real wood block sounds better than a plastic block. There is less volume, but more warmth. Great for bossa nova.

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Dear Guitar Hero: Steve Rothery

He’s the sole founding member of British neo-prog rockers Marillion. But what Guitar World readers really want to know is…

What one track from your catalog best represents what Marillion is all about, and why? —Idris Bell

I’d probably have to say “The Great Escape” from the Brave album, because it’s got four very different sections of music that flow seamlessly together, some of my best guitar work is on it, and it’s a great song.

What piece of gear is most crucial to your sound? —Sonja Greggs

I suppose it depends which era. I’ve used so many different sounds. I’ve been primarily a Strat guy over the years. Originally, I played a Strat with EMG SA pickups and a locking tremolo. In more recent years, I’ve used a Blade Stratocaster and, more recently still, a series of guitars made for me by Jack Dent. He’s making my signature guitar. It’s just a phenomenal instrument. He made a superstrat for me, which I’d intended to be my signature guitar. But then he made another guitar with a more unusual shape. It’s got the Ghost Pickup System [a modular system that allows acoustic tones and MIDI capability on electric guitars]. The idea of using that guitar is what excited me about working on the new Marillion album we’ve just started writing. That’s the future direction, I suppose.

What instrument did you play on Less Is More, and why did you want to do an acoustic album? [The 2009 album contains acoustic remakes of Marillion tracks from 1989 forward.] —Matt Vanian

I mostly played acoustic guitar on the album—a Santa Fe. I also used a Cort acoustic on a couple of tracks and my Jack Dent guitars on a couple of electric tracks. We did the album to give us a bit of creative breathing space. We’ve been pretty busy making records over the past few years. The last studio album, Happiness Is the Road [2008], was a double album, so rather than go back into the whole routine of trying to write again, we decided to make an acoustic album of our older material. We used some weird and wonderful instruments on it. We thought that would be more interesting than making an MTV Unplugged–type album where we just strum the songs on acoustic guitars.

What’s your fondest memory of working with Marillion’s original vocalist, Fish? —Jeff Pecci

We played some shows with Queen in the mid Eighties. One particular festival we played in Germany had about 120,000 people in the audience, which is just a mind-boggling amount of people. It was just horizon to horizon. That was a great show. Queen was such a fantastic live band, and we could have very easily been intimidated by it, but we were at the height of our powers at that time, and I think we came across really well.

Fish was and is a very complex guy. He’s a brilliant lyricist and performer, but sometimes he’s not necessarily the easiest person to work with. Well, we’ll probably leave it there. [laughs]

I’ve always wanted to attend one of your Marillion Weekend fan events. What happens at them, and what can I expect to get out of it? —Dino T.

The most fun you can have with your clothes on. [laughs] Really, they are amazing things. The ones in Europe have about two-to-three thousand people in attendance. The place is full of Marillion fans who’ve flown in from all four corners of the planet. It’s like a huge family; it’s like a celebration. They’re all great people, and we make great friendships. They have amazing parties until the early hours of the morning, and there’s never any trouble. And it’s the best possible audience for your music you could ever have, because these are the people who are the most dedicated fans.

What’s the best gift a fan has given you? —George Hoek

Probably a Portuguese guitar that was given to me by our Portuguese fan club when we were over there about a year and a half ago. It’s just a beautiful instrument, and there are only a couple of places in the country that make them. And it sounds great.

Why did you start the acoustic music project Wishing Tree [the band has released two albums, the more recent of which came out in 2009]? —Fred Reifert

It’s a chance for me to create music that’s comparable to some of the older Marillion stuff, back when I used to write a higher percentage of the music. Working like that lets me take an idea and really develop it.

You joke on your MySpace that one day you’ll get a real job. What would that real job be? —Jake Collins

I’d probably a photographer—either that or something still within the music industry. Actually, this year I’m launching the British Guitar Academy. I’ll be lecturing and doing clinics at some of the music universities in the U.K., and I want to create a video archive of in-depth interviews with a lot of the best English musicians, too, because a lot of these guys won’t be around forever. I think it’s a real shame someone hasn’t done something like this already.

August 27, 1990: The Day Stevie Ray Vaughan Died