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SOMERSWORTH - Republican Michael Rhode of Rollinsford defeated Democratic rival Kenneth Ward of Rollinsford for control of the Strafford County State Rep. District 21 seat. The district consists of Somersworth Wards 1-5, Dover Ward 5 and 6, and Somersworth.

Rhode, who beat Ward by a final total of 4,355 to 4,034, describes himself as a fiscal conservative who understands that compromise is necessary to achieve best results. He would be steadfast in opposing any attempt to institute a state income tax and lists one of his goals as acting and voting in the best interests of voters and to also listen to their diverse opinions.

Rhode retired from Liberty Mutual in May of 2011 after 37 years. He has been married to his wife Toni for 33 years. Rhode worked on budgets while at Liberty Mutual and as a selectman in Rollinsford.


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ROCHESTER — Brent Phillips had a hand in his team’s first five goals as the Spaulding High School boys hockey team beat Winnacunnet Wednesday in the Division II opener for both teams, 7-1.

Phillips had two goals and three assists, while Brendan Colson and Zach Poisson each added a goal and an assist. Also scoring were Adam Carignan, Justin Jewell and Xander Allen. Derek Scott made 15 saves in goal.

Spaulding (1-0) hosts Goffstown Saturday night.

Oyster River 5, Alvirne 1

DURHAM — The Oyster River boys hockey team opened the D-II season Wednesday with a 5-1 win over Alvirne.

The Bobcats (1-0) were led by Patrick McDonough with two goals and two assists. Trevar Delisle added two goals and Jordan Petrovitsis also scored. Brennan Young made 14 saves in goal.

OR plays at Timberlane Saturday.

St. Thomas 1, Hanover 1 (OT)

HANOVER — The St. Thomas Aquinas boys hockey team opened the Division I season with a 1-1 tie at Hanover.

TJ Boulanger netted the lone STA goal from Glenn Wiswell and Ty Turgeon. Zane Angelopolous made 14 saves for the Saints (0-0-1).

STA hosts Nashua South Saturday.

Berwick 6, Pingree 1

SOUTH HAMILTON, Mass. — Ricky Kramer had two goals and one assist to lead the Berwick Academy boys hockey team past Pingree on Wednesday, 6-1.

James Winkler had a goal and an assist, while John Grassie, Alec Loomis and Jake Morisette also scored. Max Motew made 11 saves and Joe Lazarro stopped three shots.

BA is at Brewster Academy Friday.

Brewster 44, Berwick 42

WOLFEBORO — The Berwick Academy girls basketball team lost at Brewster Academy Wednesday, 44-42.

The Bulldogs 93-2) were led by Torie St. Pierre with 20 points. Dominique St. Pierre and Rebecca Siegel added six each.

BA hosts a holiday tournament this weekend, and will play St. Mark’s Friday at 4 p.m.

Derryfield 49, Portsmouth Christian 23

MANCHESTER — The Portsmouth Christian girls basketball team slipped to 1-3 in D-IV following Wednesday’s 49-23 loss at Derryfield.

Kim Gendron led the Eagles with nine points, while Gina Sbrilli added six.

PCA plays at Gorham Friday.

Somersworth 73, Sanborn 46

SOMERSWORTH — The Somersworth boys basketball team improved to 2-0 in Division III with Wednesday’s 73-46 win over Sanborn.

Ryan Seavey led the Hilltoppers with 16 points (four 3-pointers), while Darren Glore played well at both ends of the floor and added 15 points. Drew Francoeur, playing ill, had 10 points and Kevin Clougherty hit for eight.

Somersworth hosts Inter-Lakes Friday.

Berwick 65, Gann 53

SOUTH BERWICK, Maine — The Berwick Academy boys basketball team won its first game of the season over Gann, 64-53, on Wednesday.

Tom Nason led BA (1-6) 24 points and 13 rebounds, while Stephen Sherbahn added 19 points and Conor McFarland tossed in 14.

Berwick hosts a holiday tournament this weekend. Friday the Bulldogs play Thayer at 4 p.m. and Brooks at 8:30 p.m.

Derryfield 59, Portsmouth Christian 48

DOVER — The Portsmouth Christian boys basketball team dropped to 0-2 in Division IV with Wednesday’s 59-48 loss to Derryfield.

PCA cut the lead to one in the final quarter, but could not take the lead. Matt Geil had 14 points, Ryan LaClair added 12 points and Eric Bontemps had eight.

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ROCHESTER -- Are you feeling the pressure because you don’t know your numbers? If you don’t know your numbers you should! It could save your life.

“Your blood pressure numbers are really important; and can help you keep your heart healthy,” says Deborah Boucher, a nurse at The Homemakers Health Services. “Consider them to be heart health barometers; if they’re too high, you could get into trouble.”

If you don’t know your numbers don’t worry, The Homemakers Health Services will make it really easy for you to find out.

“The Homemakers Health Services has once again teamed up with the American Heart Association for its “Feel the Pressure” campaign. We’re gathering up our blood pressure cuffs and we’re hitting the road to bring heart health awareness to you,” says René Philpott, public relations director at The Homemakers.

Throughout the month of February – American Heart Health Month – members of The Homemakers professional health care teams will provide free blood pressure checks along with oxygen saturation level checks at select locations throughout Rockingham, Strafford and Carroll counties.

All participants of the blood pressure clinics will also receive a “Know Your Numbers” card from the NH Heart Association as well as informational materials regarding heart health.”

“High blood pressure is known as the ‘silent killer’ because there are no symptoms associated with it and most people are unaware that they have the condition,” says Boucher. “It affects one in three adults in the Granite State; and left untreated, high blood pressure along with high cholesterol, diabetes and smoking accounts for 85 percent of our risk of having a heart attack or stroke which are the #1 causes of death in New Hampshire. That’s a pretty concerning statistic and The Homemakers and the American Heart Association think it’s time to step up and do something about it. If you know your numbers then you can make healthy decisions and get the help you need before your well-being is at risk.”

“According to Philpott, in conjunction with our “Feeling the Pressure” campaign, The Homemakers will be hosting “The Amazing Heart Race” Facebook Contest.

“Each day, on our Facebook page, The Homemakers will post a picture of our “Amazing Heart” with a clue pointing to where we provided blood pressure screenings that day,” says Philpott. “The person to guess the most correct places The Homemakers’ Amazing Heart has been throughout the month will win a heart healthy prize.”

If your business or organization would like to host an on-site blood pressure clinic, contact René Philpott at 335-1770, ext. 103 or rphilpott@thehomemakers.org


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ROCHESTER — The following items are based on 1,068 entries on the Rochester Police Log from Jan. 21 to 27:

Monday, Jan. 21

8:30 a.m. — Kerri Collectible on Milton Road reports criminal mischief.

10:36 a.m. — Laundry has been stolen from Varney’s Cleaners — an instance of urban snowdropping.

11:17 a.m. — Someone at Walmart has several dud dollars.

1:14 p.m. — Dalton the Beagle runs on Second Street, but gets back to his owner.

1:34 p.m. — An elderly man asks to use a Quail Drive phone to report a stolen wheelchair.

1:44 p.m. — A panhandler near Walmart waxes angry when he’s turned down. He tells police he’s Dover-bound, today he’s quitting this town.

3:24 p.m. — At the station, a parent reports their son was severely beaten on the butt with a spoon.

5:02 p.m. — An oil plug has been removed from a Harrison Avenue woman’s vehicle.

5:07 p.m. — A Kindle has been stolen from a car on Sarah Court, and the account changed to another email.

8:07 p.m. — Pizza Hut on North Main Street as a fail-to-pay customer with a bill of $33.35.

8:10 p.m. — Someone is taken into protective custody from Sampson Road.

9:30 p.m. — A Social Security card is found at Rochester Laundromat. It’s mailed back to the SSA.

10:05 p.m. — Someone is given an involuntary emergency admission at Rochester East.

Tuesday, Jan. 22

12:55 a.m. — Michael James Casteris, 44, of 17 Friendship St., is charged with a Stop sign/Yield sign violation, and with drug possession.

2:28 a.m. — Product is missing from Cumberland Farms on North Main Street, just after three men left the store.

10:15 a.m. — Rite Aid on Wakefield Street reports a fraudulent use of a credit card.

10:42 a.m. — A city vehicle backs into a parked city plow at the YMCA on Lowell Street. Oops.

12:57 p.m. — Donna J. Malone, 57, of 113 New Bridge Road, Lebanon, Maine is charged with willful concealment at Walmart.

3:58 p.m. — A no trespass order is served against a man who is harassing Walmart customers for money in the store.

4:57 p.m. — It is alleged that a woman in Walmart is using her two children to steal.

6:11 p.m. — Music blasts on Glen Street.

7:43 p.m. — A thief tries to steal a tool from a Congress Street porch.

8:36 p.m. — Two guys slug it out near George and Ed’s.

9:14 p.m. — Erik Destefano, 26, of Norway Plains Road, is charged with simple assault. Rochester police assist Milton P.D. in this regard.

Wednesday, Jan. 23

12:15 a.m. — A lady and her ex-boyfriend are having a “verbal dispute” on Congress Street. He is throwing her stuff out.

7:48 a.m. — On Old Dover Road, a woman comes to a door seeking help with her vehicle. The resident “does not trust her.” Police arrive to find a wrecker on the scene assisting a driver with a blowout.

8:32 a.m. — A rabid fox with half a tail on Balsam Street is “running crazy.”

9:30 a.m. — There’s a “pack of coyotes” walking down Flat Rock Bridge Road towards Cumby’s on Milton Road.

9:57 a.m. — A newly purchased home on Salmon Falls Road has had all its copper stolen, overnight.

10:17 a.m. — A laptop has been stolen from a Charles Street home. A short term guest, now gone, is suspected.

11:46 a.m. — The washing machines and dryers at Hillview Manor Apartments have been broken into.

11:57 a.m. — Stephen S. Ricker, 49, of 91 Burwell Road, Sanbornville, is charged with driving after suspension, driving without giving proof, and disobeying an officer, after a traffic stop on Salmon Falls Road.

7:48 p.m. — A vehicle parked in the First United Methodist Church’s lot has been broken into.

9:48 p.m. — Eric D. Plaisted, 29, of 78 Franklin St., is charged with three counts of criminal mischief.

10:47 p.m. — Robert Thomas, 25, of 16 Pine St., Apt. 17, is charged with simple assault.

Thursday, Jan. 24

2:45 a.m. — After a traffic stop on Farmington Road, Jesse Michael Barrett, 27, of 24 White Birch Drive, Gilford, is charged with driving under the influence — subsequent, and speeding.

8:10 a.m. — Kathrine Marie Nickerson, 27, of 5 Sarah Court, is charged with violation of a protective order.

9:06 a.m. — John K. Tyler, 51, of 56 Franklin Heights, is charged with criminal contempt and unauthorized use of a propelled vehicle.

9:26 a.m. — Two people walk out of Brickstones without paying the bill.

10:14 a.m. — Anthony Packard, 18, of 6 North Main St., Apt. 4, is charged with four counts of second degree assault.

12:31 p.m. — Dustin A. Rice, 19, of 54 Kennebec Drive, Lebanon, Maine and Joseph K. Tavares, 18, and Zachariah Kay, 18, both of 73 Pineland Park, Milton, are all charged with willful concealment at Walmart.

1:19 p.m. — Kevin D. Brochu, 23, of 20 Periwinkle Drive, is charged with willful concealment at Hannaford on North Main Street.

1:53 p.m. — Avril Minnix, 18, of 2425 Province lake Road, East Wakefield, is charged with drug possession.

3:17 p.m. — Laurie Jordan, 34, of 54 White Mountain Highway, Milton, is charged with false inspection or registration sticker.

3:32 p.m. — There’s a hit-and-run in the Borderline Beverage parking lot.

3:53 p.m. — Monique Gowell, 47, of 26 Pearl Lane, Farmington, is charged with willful concealment.

4:39 p.m. — Candi Ouellette, 29, of 17 Winter St., Apt. 4, is charged with being a habitual offender.

5:42 p.m. — At Walmart, a man allegedly stole a car battery, tried to return it, and dropped it on the way out when the return was denied.

6:21 p.m. — Gregory D. Castoras, 22, of 24 Reagan Drive, is charged with simple assault.

7:02 p.m. — A loose pug, probably not good old Pugslie, is loose near Allen School.

Friday, Jan. 25

12:22 a.m. — Ethan Palmer, 36, of 291 Long Shore Drive, Barrington, is charged with false report to law enforcement, driver’s license prohibitions and driving after suspension.

5:27 a.m. — Robert Emmitt Dwyer, 25, of 13 Tonka St., is charged with prohibited sales, alcoholic beverages.

6:20 a.m. — Natalie Beinhorn, 35, of 214 Wyandotte Falls, Apt. 214, is charged with disorderly conduct and two counts of simple assault.

8:36 a.m. — Kurt W. Bahmer, 50, of 10 Acorn Court, Farmington, is charged with theft by unauthorized taking.

9:40 a.m. — Stephen Goldsmith, 44, of 9 Sixth St., Dover, is charged with duty to report.

10:25 a.m. — Walmart reports a return fraud.

3:03 p.m. — A woman reports property has been stolen from a storage unit.

4:33 p.m. — A pre-teen reports being jumped and assaulted by youths on a trail behind the high school.

5:05 p.m. — A hit-and-run has occurred at Walmart. There is a witness.

5:16 p.m. — There’s a brouhaha at the Reptile Store on North Main Street. A lady slaps a gentleman on the head and there is a cry of , “Move, let me get her.” Later a couple keep walking by the store, yelling, “They’re done.”

5:36 p.m. — Cheryl Eldridge, 34, of 5 Norway Plains Road, is arrested on a warrant; Tanya Eldridge, 32, of 136 Silver St., Middleton, is also arrested on a warrant.

8:01 p.m. — Carl Andrew Bodge, 51, of 501 Beauty Hill Road, Barrington, is charged with abandoning a vehicle.

9:26 p.m. — Super glue has been put in the lock of a car on Knight Street.

10:12 p.m. — On Winter Street, brother punches brother after a rent disagreement.

Saturday, Jan. 26

3:19 a.m. — After police investigate suspicious activity near Rochester manor, a 17-year-old is arrested for unlawful possession of alcohol and possession and use of tobacco by a minor.

3:41 a.m. — A man on Chamberlain Street reportedly yells and barks like a dog. Police collar and charge Jacob Pillsbury, 20, of 24 Corson St., with unlawful possession of alcohol.

7:59 a.m. — Mailboxes have been gone through on Whitehall Road. Mail is all over the road.

11:50 a.m. — A coat-less toddler is found on Winter Street and his home is tracked down.

11:57 a.m. — A lady’s brother and boyfriend are “ready to fight” at Amazon Park. A lot of yelling tails away to no comment when police arrive.

2:19 p.m. — Two bikes are stolen from a Portland Street basement.

2:40 p.m. — A guy in a red pickup has dumped a large bag of trash near a Spaulding off-ramp.

3:39 p.m. — A Forest Avenue resident report a check book theft and withdrawals totalling $1,700.

6:35 p.m. — A lady is robbed outside the liquor store by a thief who opens her vehicle’s back door, and removes a bag containing alcohol, just after she placed it there. He did not speak a word to her.

7:48 p.m. — There’s a hit-and-run near Domino’s Pizza.

7:55 p.m. — Hand tools have been stolen from a vehicle trunk on Ledgeview Drive.

7:58 p.m. — A man would like to retrieve his belongings on Barrington Lane.

10:12 p.m. — A few folk fight in front of Phagins.

Sunday, Jan. 27

12:10 a.m. — A man claims that he has been punched in the throat by the lead singer of a band at Gary’s Sports bar. A police investigation is then stymied by a lack of people, including the reporter, willing to talk about it.

1:49 a.m. — Michael J. Quinn, 35, of 33 Highland St., Apt. 32, is arrested on a warrant.

6:16 a.m. — Mariana S. Hemond, 29, of 95 Dick Dame Lane, Farmington, is charged with driving under the influence, and speed, after a traffic stop on Little Falls Bridge Road.

10:04 a.m. — A Milton Road resident reports a family member has stolen items.

10:57 a.m. — A woman says last night her ex cut her wires beneath her car, he explains he did not want her driving from a bar, thus he unhooked a cable so she couldn’t drive and drink, it’s reattached, her car runs fine, so all is well, police think.

12:58 p.m. — A “fat beagle” has waddled into Chestnut Hill Road. Its owner is en route.

1:28 p.m. — Two men are panhandling near Walmart. Police say they are neither disorderly nor successful.

3:12 p.m. — Change machines in the Profile Apartments laundry room have been broken into.

3:29 p.m. — Lynn Gates, 51, of 53C Charles St., Farmington is charged with willful concealment at Walmart.


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All three suspects were described as male blacks, 17-20 years old, approximately 5'9" and 160 pounds. They were wearing black coats and black pants, and one suspect was armed with a black handgun

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On 17 January 2010, the draft Online Infringement of Copyright (Initial Obligations) (Sharing of Costs) Order 2011 was laid before parliament. It is the first substantive item of secondary legislation made under the Digital Economy Act 2010 and concerns about the simplest thing possible: how much copyright owners and ISP's will have to pay under the Initial Obligations Code (IOC). Despite its simplicity it has been misdrafted and it may also be unlawful.

In case you haven't been following (and why should you?), the Initial Obligations Code is intended to allow copyright owners to send "copyright infringement reports" or CIR's to ISP's, that allege, roughly speaking, that the copyright owner has reason to believe that there has been some copyright infringement associated with one of the ISP's IP addresses. Some of these reports (which and how many to be determined by later legislation) must then be reported by the ISP to its subscriber. If a subscriber collects enough CIR's over a certain period of time (again to be determined) their IP address will go on a list which the copyright owner can then demand from the ISP which will (in theory at least) allow the copyright owner to match up different CIR's to the same subscriber.

There is no such thing as a free lunch. All this has to be paid for. OFCOM which polices the system will need funds to do so, ISP's will incur costs processing CIR's and there will also be an appeal system for subscribers who believe that a CIR was given wrongly which will have to be paid for. The Order is intended to split the cost 75:25 as between copyright owners and ISP's.

I want to avoid engaging in a discussion as to whether the principle of the act is a useful way to encourage people to stop infringing copyright, or a hopelessly misguided waste of time for everybody. I think my views on that are sufficiently well known. What interests me is whether there is anything technically wrong with the order itself, and I think there may be.

A technical miscalculation

Copyright owners are supposed to pay ISP's 75% of the costs that (OFCOM thinks) they will incur in handling the CIR's. OFCOM sets a rate per CIR that copyright owners must pay, which it can change from time to time. Copyright owners pay in advance, and this is where things come unstuck.

Paragraph 2 of the Order's schedule requires the copyright owner to notify in advance any ISP to which it intends to submit CIR's and give an estimate of the number of CIR's it expects to be submitting. Before the start of each notification period, the copyright owner must submit another estimate for the coming notification period and then pay the rate set by OFCOM multiplied by:

(a)the number of copyright infringement reports which the qualifying copyright owner estimates it will make to the qualifying internet service provider under the Code during the notification period; less
(b)the difference between the number of copyright infringement reports which that qualifying copyright owner estimated it would make to that qualifying internet service provider under the Code in the previous notification period and the number it actually made to that qualifying internet service provider in that period, if lower.
Read that carefully. It means that if the copyright owner systematically under estimates the number of CIR's, it will never have to pay the difference. Indeed there is nothing to stop the copyright owner giving an estimate of "1" in each year and paying the fee for exactly one report.

The proportion of fees payable by any copyright owner (or ISP for that matter) to OFCOM are also based on the copyright owner's estimates. The actual number of CIR's submitted never enters into the calculation. This amounts to a zero-sum game between all copyright owners. Each will have an incentive to submit the lowest estimates possible.

Unless I have completely misread the Order this seems quite mad and must (surely) be the result of a misdraft.

I have been told that OFCOM stated at a stakeholders' meeting that the initial obligations code would limit the number of CIR's a copyright owner could submit in any notification period to the number it had estimated at the start of that period. This would be a change from the draft code published last year and is as suggested by Malcolm Hutty in the comments below.

This does avoid the strong incentive to underestimate the number of CIR's to be submitted, but it does not leave the scheme in a satisfactory state. It is still the case that fees payable to OFCOM are based on estimates and not reality. While that will penalise a copyright owner that overestimates, it will also penalise any ISP that receives an over-estimate of CIR's. The ISP's have no recourse in such a situation.

There is nothing in the Act that prevents the costs regime from dealing with reality and apportioning costs according to actual use (with balancing payments where necessary). OFCOM's suggestion looks like a quick and dirty bug fix, rather than a well thought through statement of policy.

Is the Order lawful?

According to James Firth, it appears that a different concern has been raised by the European Commission. Does the rule on cost sharing comply with the the "Authorisation Directive" (2002/20/EC).

The Authorisation Directive is, as EU directives go, pretty straightforward. The idea behind it is that regulation of those wishing to offer public communication networks should be extremely lightweight. Member States may regulate, but only within fairly tightly defined limits. In particular they may only impose conditions on the operator of a public communications network that fall within one of a list of type of condition (found in Annex A of the Directive).

The list is fairly long, but much of it is pretty common sense. There are only two which could plausibly allow the UK via OFCOM to make ISP's pay for the operation of the Initial Obligations Code.

First, which is what is being referred to in James's post, the UK (via OFCOM) could require ISP's to pay "administrative charges" in order to be authorised to operate a public communications network. Article 12 of the Directive makes it quite clear that "administrative charges" must be just that — charges for the administration of the general authorisation scheme for public communication networks. That does not include an obligation to pay for an appeals body to hear subscriber appeals or money to OFCOM to monitor and run a scheme for assisting copyright owners enforce their rights.

Second, it is permissible to impose a condition restricting the transmission of "illegal content" (such as content which infringes copyright) and "harmful content" (such as indecent images of children). It seems to me that the CIR/initial obligations scheme of the Digital Economy Act 2010 is not a "restriction" on the transmission of illegal content, but something quite different. What is more, a requirement to pay fees cannot be a "restriction" even on a fairly relaxed reading of the Directive.

In other words I cannot see anything in the Authorisation Directive that could allow the UK to impose a requirement to pay for the initial obligations scheme that is compatible with the Authorisation Directive. Unless I am missing something, the Order, as it stands is unlawful.

Interestingly, the 1709 blog asks whether the Order complies with the Technical Standards Directive and suggests that it does, because the imposition of fees and costs under the Order is a restriction permitted by the Authorisation Directive. Alas, whatever view one might take about technical standards, I don't believe the Order complies with the Authorisation Directive.

The Order isn't really news and I am sure the government believes they are complying with the Authorisation Directive. We disagree and only time (and perhaps the ECJ) will tell, but it does worry me that in this already contentious area the first piece of subordinate legislation is already buggy.

Malcolm Hutty said...

Ofcom might be able to correct this apparent defect in the Cost Sharing Order if it stated in the Initial Obligations Code that rightsholders may only make as many complaints under the Act as they have previously estimated. However no such measure appeared in the Draft Code Ofcom published last year.

I'd be interested in your view as to whether this could be effective.

The incompatibility with the Authorisation Directive seems to me to be irremediable, however. Interestingly, last year the European Commission told France and Spain to abandon taxes on ISPs intended to support national broadcasters, so there is a precedent for this sort of objection.

Andrew Cormack said...

Francis: I don't think you have misread the incentive. I came to the same conclusion in responding to the original consultation, so BIS can't say they weren't told :(

The Mad Hatter said...

Fascinating. I wonder who came up with the draft language.


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By Eyal Hareuveni

French electro-acoustic explorer Jean-Marc Foussat began his musical career as a guitarist in experimental prog-rock groups in the early seventies, already then beginning to investigate the sonic scope of synthesizers, before fully transforming his instrumental palette to electro-acoustic devices. He is also known as a gifted sound engineer, favorited by such musicians as Joëlle Léandre and Joe McPhee, responsible for countless live free-improvised recordings for such labels as Hat Hut, Incus and many more.

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The second disc stresses Foussat's unique musical language in a free-improvised setting with the group Thrash the Flash, featuring him playing his analog synthesizer, digital piano, tapes and voice and with guitarist Marc Dufourd, vocalist Lea Dufourd and clarinet and flute player Jérôme Bourdellon. These recordings from 2000 and 2013 highlight his role as a sonic magician, producing a stream of spacey, noisy and weird sounds that are the driving force behind these wild, again anarchistic improvisations, even when the improvised textures tend to adopt a bluesy pattern.

The third disc traces the development of Foussat innovative musical language on the EMS synthesizer with clever usage of voice samples through four extended solo pieces. The first from 1975 is ethereal, minimalist piece but the rest are much more complex, multi-layered and feature this vintage electronic instrument as an infinite sound generator, producing a busy flow of disturbing, yet vivid and nuanced textures.

The fourth disc is the real treat, presenting Foussat “with others”, in different ad-hoc free-improvised settings, all recorded in 2015. First with trumpeters Jean-Luc Cappozzo & Nicolas Souchal and trombonist Matthias Mahler in a 25-minutes of arresting sonic searches that highlight the emphatic interplay and the distinct voices of each of the musicians.  Following is a sparse improvisation with vocal artist Marialuisa Capurso and drummer Dirar Kalash. The third is a haunting, cinematic texture, charged with Foussat brilliant usage of voice samples, with Joe McPhee playing only the pocket trumpet and experimental double bass player Fred Marty. The last two improvisations were recorded at Jazzgalerie Nickelsdorf in Austria, when the gallery present its homage event to McPhee in May 2015. The first one is a delicate, short one with German drummer Paul Lovens. The second one is 25-minutes slow-burning improvisation that feature trumpeter Thomas Berghammer, guitarist Raymond Boni, the gallery mastermind Hans Falb on turntables, violinist Irene Kepl, McPhee on saxes, voices and trumpet, cellist Noïd and drummer Makoto Sato.

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MarsaFouty - Concerts (Fou Records, 2015) ***½

MarsaFouty is the duo of bass player Fred Marty and Foussat on electro-acoustic devices. Concerts was was recorded live on February 2015 in two different locations, released on Foussat's independent label.

Both Marty and Foussat aim to lose their way within new sounds that transcend any conventional ones.  Marty searches with his bow for distorted sounds, harmonic “holes,” experiments with the timbral spectrum of the bass by inserting metal and wood objects between the instrument strings and plays on all parts of the bass. On the first piece “99 rue du Ruisseau” his distorted-dissonant yet rich buzzing drones feeds Foussat’s weird electro-acoustic sounds, eventually feeding him back again until all sounds blend into an alien, nervous sonic whirlwind. The two opt for a more relaxed and intimate course on the second  piece, “Tiasci,” diving deeper into any sonic manifestation, expanding patiently Marty commanding bowing into a multitude of echoing, distorted and manipulated sounds.
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Jean-Marc Foussat & Henri Roger - Géographies des transitoires (IMR/Facing You, 2015) ****

Foussat and his electro-acoustic devices meet here with pianist Henri Roger for three improvisations, recorded on April 2015. The atmosphere here is much more intimate, almost a chamber like,  still a haunted camber setting, inspired by the poetry of Belgian Paul Nougé, the founder and theoretician of surrealism in Belgium.

The main piece is the 54-minutes “Le Milieu”, a patient, nuanced and unsettling cinematic soundscape. This minimalist piece succeeds to create an intriguing,  dream-like atmosphere where vivid sonic scenes change and morph instantly, slowly building an intense, dramatic tension and then disintegrating into a delicate and gentle stream of sounds. This piece sounds as acting on its own fleeting logic, with no need to subject its course to any destination, any cohesive form or narrative. This surrealist, poetic trip is concluded with the short, meditative, drone-like “L’Est & l’Ouest” that solidifies the eerie, dreamy and chamber-like atmosphere of this arresting meeting.

Anders Lindsjö och Jakob Riis - Tack! (Steola di Maiale, 2015) ***½

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National Legal & Policy Center ^ | January 1, 2012 | Peter Flaherty

Posted on 01/01/2013 11:37:47 AM PST by jazusamo

Obama and Boehner

The more the media covers the "fiscal cliff" fiasco, the more perspective is lost. It is really quite simple. Because the Republicans unilaterally jettisoned their trademark anti-tax stance, they will get nothing in return. The Democrats are not going to cut spending. In fact, the new tax revenues will fuel new spending, that will be leveraged into even more debt.

The pre-emptive Republican capitulation decoupled the tax issue from the spending issue, precluding any "Grand Bargain'" or even token spending cuts. The Democrats trademark stance of protecting social programs like Medicare and Social Security from cuts is intact. Thus, Obama is off the hook. He will pay no political price with his own base, nor will he feel any pressure to provide leadership in averting national bankruptcy.

Republicans, on the other hand, have crossed their own base, with nothing to show for it. The GOP, which won control of the House and came within a percent or two of capturing the presidency, no stands for nothing. It is as if McDonalds stopped selling hamburgers. Roughly half the electorate has been disenfranchised.

Just what is the obligation of politicians to keep campaign promises? The American people are realistic enough to know there is isn't much of one. This is not the first time Republicans have discarded the tax issue in the name of deficit reduction that never came to pass. Remember, George H. W. Bush's "read my lips" pledge. It contributed to his re-election defeat and set the party back for years.

The 'fiscal cliff' dispute is not about just another policy difference between politicians who are insincere only by a question of degree. The $16 trillion national debt and $60 trillion in unfunded liabilities threaten to bring down our economy, the economic engine of the entire world. If nothing is done is done, financial collapse and worldwide depression are inevitable. This is not a simple case of Republican leaders acting like politicians. It is instead their failure at a historic moment to give the country at least a chance to escape the coming nightmare.

John Boehner may have deluded himself into believing that Obama perceives the debt bomb threat, and is prepared to do something about it. Or Boehner may have believed Obama to be a conventional politician like himself who, as the deadline approached, would split the difference. Republicans are now expressing shock and outrage at Obama's mocking comments yesterday, but what did they expect?

There has never been anything in Obama's actions, tone or body language to suggest that he views the debt with alarm. If he did, he would not have expanded it so dramatically with annual trillion-dollar deficits, even after the 2008 financial crisis - the purported rationale - was long over.

Obama was never interested in a deal, except on his terms, and in a way where the Republicans took the political hit. It was always all or nothing, like the health care fight in Congress, from which Boehner and Company apparently learned nothing. The only question is how Republicans so easily fell into his trap.

It would be easy to attribute it to simple miscalculation. It was certainly unrealistic to hope that conceding $800 billion upfront in new "revenues" would somehow force Obama to make concessions on spending. Why would the pro-Obama media suddenly drop its bias, and put the White House on the spot?

The real problem is a clash of cultures. The Chamber of Commerce Republicans in the Congressional leadership simply do not understand Obama and the people around him. Whereas Boehner and McConnell are panicked at the prospect of disorder of going over the cliff, Obama takes the long view. The fiscal cliff is not a cliff at all but a tiny gulch compared to the accumulation of annual trillion-dollar deficits for as far as the eye can see. Obama knows that massive debt is the friend of Big Government. The debt overhang guarantees that the government will be the primary actor in the economy forever, and that is why Obama seeks its expansion.

TOPICS: Business/Economy; Government; Politics
KEYWORDS: boehner; fiscalcliff; obama; republicans

1 posted on 01/01/2013 11:37:50 AM PST by jazusamo
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This guy gets it. Too bad the RINO’s don’t.

Happy screw year!

2 posted on 01/01/2013 11:44:03 AM PST by 43north (BHO: 50% black, 50% white, 100% RED)
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Yes he does...He’s dead on the mark about Obama and the Repubs.

3 posted on 01/01/2013 11:50:03 AM PST by jazusamo ("Mercy to the guilty is cruelty to the innocent." -- Adam Smith)
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Obama doesn’t “take the long view”. Good grief. The only “view” the Democrats take is their view to win elections. Is it possible that these “socialists” are just buying votes? Man. For being so frightened of these “socialists”, we sure don’t give them any credit for having brains. They obviously have no concept that the Soviet Union fell apart. The oldest socialist country went out “Not with a bang, but a whimper”. And Reid and Pelosi and Baucus and Obama just skipped over that?

4 posted on 01/01/2013 12:09:04 PM PST by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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The oldest socialist country went out “Not with a bang, but a whimper”. And Reid and Pelosi and Baucus and Obama just skipped over that?

Well put...All of them know the consequences and don't give a whit. They're in power now and it's all they care about, they're just plain evil, IMHO.

5 posted on 01/01/2013 12:19:33 PM PST by jazusamo ("Mercy to the guilty is cruelty to the innocent." -- Adam Smith)
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Decoupling taxes from spending cuts is a major loss—but the argument against ‘taxing the rich a little more’ is probably unanswerable given the demographics of the country. “Taxing the Rich” is a popular idea with a majority of Americans.

Any argument that this will kill jobs is politically lame B.S. because it is:

a)too sophisticated in an era of 30 second soundbites and an uninformed electorate, and:

b) unprovable and may, in fact, be wrong. After all, during the 50s and until the Kennedy tax cuts, the rich were taxed at 92% and the economy didn’t fall apart. So a rise from 35% to 39% is not necessarily a monkey wrench in the national economic machine.

The right politics would’ve been to trump the Dems on taxes with a 40% rate in exchange for massive cuts in spending. The art of winning elections is not being intellectually correct, but able to persuade the majority that your policies will protect them and the country better than the other guy.

Republicans sneer at the Dems for being intellectual elitists, but the Dems campaign like troglodytes: “We tax rich and give you more stuff”

Republican political arguments sound like a lecture by an economist. The Tea Party arguments about debt and spending were much better soundbites, but to the sophisticated pols who run campaigns, they were too simple.

6 posted on 01/01/2013 12:43:57 PM PST by wildbill (You're just jealous because the Voices talk only to me.)
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Evil, but mostly greedy.

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We need to get people in who have no idea of what “Kick the Can” is.

8 posted on 01/01/2013 1:20:00 PM PST by Secret Agent Man (I can neither confirm or deny that; even if I could, I couldn't - it's classified.)
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Well known for his children like drawing style and toy designer of Ugly Dolls and toy maker In The Yellow, David Horvath have teamed up with FTC for a collaboration project called My Friend Dave. The project comprises of t shirt and skateboard deck featuring Dave, a yellow cat like creature. Both the deck and t-shirt is blue with Dave and FTC logo illustrated in his famous simple style. These will be available today, Saturday September 18th at all FTC store wide. Horvath says "As for my 'style' or lack thereof, I think it can be seen as 'for children' but really it is for the child in all of us. We are all children. We're just brainwashed into believing there is something called adulthood."

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Adieu to Lovely Garrison

DESCRIPTION: The singer is far away from home. He bids adieu to the places he spent his youth, describing their beauty. He would return to see them all.
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EARLIEST DATE: 1977 (IRHardySons)
KEYWORDS: farewell Ireland nonballad
FOUND IN: Ireland
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Packie McKeaney, "Adieu to Lovely Garrison" (on IRHardySons)
NOTES: Notes to IRHardySons: "Garrison is in the north of Fermanagh, on the shores of Lough Melvin, just on the border with Co Leitrim."
The places named that I can find are all in Northern Ireland or northern Eire: in Co Fermanagh (Aghamuldowney, Farrancassidy, Lough Erne, Lough Melvin), Co Donegal (Belleek, Camlin Groves, Bundoran, Ballyshannon), Co Leitrim (Kiltyclogher), Co Down (Kilcoo) and Co Louth (Carranmore). The remaining names are Brolagh Bog, Sheehan Mountain and Knockareven. - BS
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For the past two years, Friends of New Orleans has been working with a diverse cross section of key Louisiana coastal leaders* and Global Green, in order to educate people about what is happening along the Gulf of Mexico after the BP Oil Spill. In September 17, 2010, FONO organized a briefing on Capitol Hill in Washington DC to give a voice to these leaders. Following this, on September 22, 2010, FONO presented the DC briefing testimony to a meeting of the Clinton Global Initiative Gulf Coast Action Network in NYC. Then on October 26, 2011, FONO took these Louisiana coastal leaders to San Francisco and had them present at an event for Bay Area donors, community and environmental activists, and business investors. And, on March 20, 2012, FONO re-convened the coastal leaders group in New Orleans in order to celebrate the passing of the Restore Act in the US Senate. Based on our work with these leaders, we appeal to the American People to help us move the following agenda forward by:

1. Calling your US Congressmen and asking them to Pass the Restore Act which will be voted on possibly this week, on Wednesday, April 18, 2012.

2. Writing to Louisiana Governor Jindal and asking that the State's Master Plan for Coastal Restoration include: a) meaningful participation and buy-in by local leaders/residents that were affected by the spill in the decision making process and implementation of the plan; b) a requirement that restoration contracts go to the local people, organizations and companies that suffered the most from the spill; c) mitigation for those whose livelihood will be affected by master plan actions such as diversions; d) more in-shore testing and research of coastal and Gulf ecosystems and wildlife; and e) investments in innovative solutions to coastal restoration, such as carbon markets, and for economic development in that region, such as aqua culture and hydroponics.

Please help our message go nationwide by going to the website and signing our petition. Send the following link to everyone you know:

What Those Outside of Louisiana Need to Know and Understand:

  1. The oil is not gone! BP used large volumes of a highly toxic chemical dispersant in an attempt to "sink" the oil and give the appearance that the oil is gone. Just the opposite occurred and the Gulf's ecosystem - from the surface of the water to the bottom of the ocean floor - will be affected for years to come. There has been a dramatic increase in the mortality rate of many species and stories of how sick marine life and vegetation, within the water column and along the ocean floor, have been reported by coastal residents, sport and commercial fishermen, shrimpers, oystermen, recreational boaters, eco-tourists, naturalists and scientists alike.
  2. Upper respiratory infection, headaches, seizures, abdominal pains, high blood pressure, fatigue, heat intolerance, memory loss and paranoia. These complaints have remained relatively uniform and have come from people, across a five state area, who have been exposed to the oil and chemicals associated with the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill.
  3. Many residents in coastal Louisiana have lost jobs and their health insurance, and are coping with depression and physical health problems as well.
  4. Many residents feel that elected leaders, at the local, state and federal levels, are sacrificing Louisiana's coastal communities for the sake of oil.
  5. Decisions are being made in Washington by people who have never been to Louisiana, much less understand what is happening to these coastal communities.
  6. The uniqueness, diversity and cultures that make up New Orleans and the coastal areas of Louisiana are at stake.
  7. The estuaries of Southern Louisiana are the nursery for the entire Gulf.
  8. Louisiana's coast contributes heavily to the nation's economy (i.e. energy, transportation of goods to the heartland, seafood, culture, etc.).
  9. New Orleans/Coastal Louisianan's do not want a hand out. They want government to:
    • make their communities and The Gulf "whole" again;
    • protect and restore this precious ecosystem/natural resource;
    • provide/foster an environment of opportunity so that Gulf Coast residents can earn a living/ sustain themselves;
    • "do no harm"; and
    • make informed decisions with local resident input that are based on independently researched science/data, not politics.
  10. It will take longer to recover from this BP spill than it did to recover from the hurricanes that have hit coastal Louisiana in the past 5 years. (i.e. Hurricanes destroy infrastructures that can be rebuilt relatively quickly. The spill has destroyed an important ecosystem/natural resource that takes decades to restore.)

2. What Louisiana Coastal Leaders Want BP to Do (or not do):

  1. BP needs to be fully engaged in the recovery of the Gulf region until all the oil is completely cleaned up, all related damage fixed and the residents, who live off of this ecosystem, are made whole.
  2. BP monies need to go to those that have been most impacted by the spill (i.e. individuals, communities, businesses, nonprofit organizations, etc.).
  3. A significant amount of the BP monies needs to be set aside to pay for the specialized doctors, medical tests and treatments that are needed by those who live and work in the coastal areas who are experiencing physical and mental health problems as a result of their exposure to the chemicals and toxins from the spill and the subsequent clean-up efforts.
  4. BP should not be in control of the disbursements of these monies nor should BP - or any energy industry representatives, or elected leaders, or administration officials - be making the key decisions on how this money will be used or the region's future.

3. What Louisiana Coastal, and Environmental, Leaders Want/Recommend Moving Forward:

  1. The nation needs to make a serious commitment to restoring and protecting the wetlands, coastal areas and the Gulf of Mexico, and the ecosystems that exist in these.
  2. BP needs to be held accountable.
  3. We need a local resident/private citizen only led board or commission to be created that will be in charge of making the key decisions moving forward. Such a decision making body would ensure that: i) there is buy-in and input from those locals that were impacted the most by the spill; ii) that there is transparency throughout the decision and grant making process; and iii) that the money is directed to the most critical areas.
  4. Decisions with regard to the recovery and future of this region should be made based on independently researched science/data,not politics.
  5. Enforce the oil drilling safety laws that exist and develop new ones where there are "gaps". Any fines that are levied as a result of the spill, and that are related to the Clean Water Act, should be funneled back to the Gulf communities and not to some "coffer" or general fund where the money will be lost forever. Maximum fines should be implemented so that the recovery of the ecosystem can begin.
  6. Support for the RESTORE ACT is needed. We need national support so Clean Water Act fine monies are utilized to fix the damage done by the Deepwater Horizon disaster and the impact of decades of this region providing oil/natural gas as well as the benefits of shipping for the rest of the nation.
  7. Ensure a thorough and accurate NRDA process.
  8. Review of the Gulf Coast Claims Process, which to this point lacks transparency and has not been conducted fairly.
  9. Coastal restoration should result in community jobs in coastal restoration thus community restoration as well. Ensure that there is local hiring in restoration activities and ensure that ecosystem restoration is linked to the economic recovery of heavily impacted coastal communities. These contracts should not be placed in the hands of outside companies that were not directly affected by the spill. Recovery contracts need to go to the local individuals, companies, organizations and communities that not only were greatly affected by the spill, but that also have the most knowledge of the area.
  10. National Emergency Grants, much of which remains unspent in the Gulf Coast states post oil-spill, must be linked to work related expenses, training and hiring of local residents to upcoming ecosystem projects, like the early NRDA projects.
  11. Communities need a strong voice. To ensure increased and ongoing citizen involvement, the Citizens Advisory Council (CAC) should be well integrated into decision-making, have proper access to data and must be properly resourced.
  12. Recognize the disproportional impacts of this event and coastal land loss on the poor and socially vulnerable.
  13. Few doctors are considering exposure to these toxic chemicals as the root cause of ailments being reported by local residents. Begin a more comprehensive study of the people who are ill in the coastal areas, and do assessments of the success of the chemical detoxification treatment programs that are currently running.
  14. An effort needs to be made to bring these problems into the forefront of medical care, as the politics of toxic chemicals has prevented any significant assessment of these problems in the past. We need to have this information to be able to write that new chapter in our medical books describing these illnesses and their symptoms, with recommendations for treatment.

*We want to thank and recognize the following organizations and individuals for working with FONO over the past two years to advocate for the restoration of the Gulf of Mexico, and Louisiana's wetlands, coastal areas and barrier islands (bios are available by clicking this link):

Houma Nation - Brenda Dardar-Robichaux, Community Leader and Former Principal Chief; Thomas Dardar Jr., Principal Chief

Kirk Cheramie, Manager and Program Director of the Houma Nation Radio Station

Atakapa-Ishak Tribe - Rosina Philippe, Tribal Leader and Director of Grand Bayou United

Grand Bayou United

Gulf Coast Fund - LaTosha Brown, Former Executive Director; Brenda Dardar-Robichaux, Board Member

Anna Marie Seafood LLC - Lance Nacio, Commercial Shrimper and Leader of the White Boot Brigade

Louisiana Bayoukeeper, Inc. - Tracy Kuhns, Executive Director and Commercial Shrimper

Mary Queen of Vietnam CDC - Father Vien, Founder and Chairman of the Board; Diem Nguyen, Executive Director; Tuan Nguyen, Deputy Director

Bayou Grace Community Services - Courtney Howell, Former Executive Director; Rebecca Templeton, Executive Director; Diane Huhn, Environmental Outreach Coordinator

Redfish Lodge of Louisiana - Capt. Mike Frenette, Lodge Owner and Director of Charter Boat Assoc. Louisiana Charter Boat Assoc. and President of the CCA of Plaquemines Parish

CCA of Plaquemines Parish

AmeriPure Oyster Company - John A. Tesvich, President

Louisiana Oystermen Association - Byron Encalade, President

Bayou Interfaith Shared Community Organizing (BISCO) - Sharon Gauthe, Executive Director; David Gauthe, Legislative Liaison; Patricia Whitney, Environmental Advocate

Market Umbrella - Richard McCarthy, Executive Director - Len Bahr, Founding Editor and former LSU coastal science professor and coastal science and policy advisor in the Governor's office of Coastal Activities

Bob Marshall - Outdoors Editor for the Times Picayune and Pulitzer Prize Winning Journalist

Marie Gould and Bernice Kaufman - Founders of Huddled Masses (Marie started Lost Land Kayak Tours)

Carolyn Leftwich - Bywater Community Leader and FONO Community Outreach Volunteer

Global Green USA - Matt Petersen, President and CEO; Beth Galante, Executive Director of Global Green New Orleans

Oxfam America - Minor Sinclair, US Regional Director; Jeffrey Buchanan, Senior Domestic Policy Advisor

FONO Board Members (Past and Present) Involved in Advocating for Coastal Restoration:

CC Lockwood - Award Winning Nature Photographer (National Geographic, Ansel Adams Prize), author and leading conservationist in Louisiana

James Carville - CNN Senior Political Commentator, Political Consultant, Chief Campaign Strategist for President Clinton, Talk Show Host, Author, and Film Actor/Producer

Mike Tidwell - Author of "Bayou Farewell: The Rich Life and Tragic Death of Louisiana's Cajun Coast, Executive Director of the Chesapeake Bay Climate Action Network

Stephen DeBerry - FONO Chairman, Founder and Chief Investment Officer of Bronze Investments, Partner at Kapor Capital, Former Investment Director at Omidyar Network

Denise Byrne - FONO Executive Director and Founding Board Member

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Mets’ Ike Davis has teammate’s full support.

May 12, 2010

I was watching sportscenter’s top 10 this morning and I did a slight double take. As you’ll notice above, The Mets’ Ike Davis made a catch while falling into his team’s dugout. You’ll also notice his teammate giving him caressing support on his way down. I guess the cup offers more than adequate grip for a catch of that magnitude, but I can’t help but think he held on a bit long(not to mention the slight squeeze or adjustment at the end).

Being as MLB is much like NBC with the Olympics, only all the time, you’ll find a crappy embedded video after the frump, as well as a link to the official HQ version.

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July 2, 2009

Hardees (don’t ever call it Carl’s Jr. around us) has come a long way since its humble beginnings in the scenic, cultural mecca that is Rocky Mount, North Carolina.  Apparently, however, solid, yet simple, hamburgers and all beef hot dogs, classic “Big” roast beef sandwiches, and tater tots don’t really cut the mustard anymore.  Well, they haven’t for awhile, I guess.

Remember Hardees’ relatively brief stint with fried chicken?  Some said it was better than KFC.  How about the Frisco Burger?  Still, quite possibly, the reigning champion in the “Most Likely to Trigger Spontaneous Cardiac Arrest” category at the Fast Food awards.

More recently, though, Hardees has gone in a slightly different direction: Bigger, thicker, juicier meat (or cheese paper) that beautiful, scantily clad, women (or blue collar manual labor) are more than eager to wrap their hands around, get a little messy, and gobble down.  Hey, it works, right?  Pushing the envelope a bit, maybe, but who couldn’t get behind that?  Well, someone in the marketing department, while certainly behind it, apparently felt they hadn’t pushed quite hard enough; decided it was time to come out with a full on thrust…

Apparently there’s an entire lineup of these spots.  Make the Jump for some more…

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Quarter 2 2013: Top 10 Sex Blogs

top10Our reviews are based off a database which keeps track of various categories:   Media, Originality, Updates, Variations, Entertainment, and a few other categories which will remain unpublished.  We have a few trusted friends and fellow authors helping us rate each blog submitted.  We then calculate and review the top 10 blogs in the database.    Yes, we have an actual system.  However, our system is still just our opinions.  No blog listed below will be eligible for another Top 10 list until the end of the year Annual Top Blogs list (the only blogs eligible for the ‘year-end Top 10 list’ must be a previous quarter listee of that same year, and must have our top 10 logo displayed somewhere on their website we can see).

This quarter we added another element to our blog criteria: Twitter accounts.  I was surprised to find so many sex blogs out there without a Twitter account.  Twitter allows you to talk to your readers, provide instant feedback, updates, and events.  If you pride yourself in being a 21st century blogger, you have to offer the means in which you can keep contact with your readers.  Here we present our top 10 blogs of the second quarter of 2013: (twitter / blog url)

10. @madame_mischief:  (Madame Mischief Blog)
Madame Mischief’s blog became a favorite of ours because of the narrative between two lovers.  It provided a unique insight into the intimate telephonic lives of our male and female protagonists.  This was the first time we’d ever seen this type of format in a sex blog, which was somewhat of a soap opera, drawing us in with naughty subsequent dialogue of this series entitled “Digital Sex.”  Follow them as their adventures bring them closer and closer to a potential real life liaison…

9. @erogenoUSblog:  (erogenoUS)
I snickered under my breath while reading “Dr. Ruth Lied To You: Size Does Matter” as she uses personal experience to prove it.  She says in her closing statement, “your mileage may vary.”  But to see her say, “Yes, size does matter,” is probably one taboo revelation that women are careful to admit.  She will also take you shopping for clothes while finding a photo op in the dressing room, showing us another intimate side we rarely see anymore: one that is fully clothed.  I am confident that the woman behind the words will find a way to continue blogging, and for the sake of her readers, I pray she does.

8.  @LadyPhryxus:  (House Phryxus)
Lady Phryxus is the main writer for the House Phryxus blog which is filled with her writings on various BDSM experiences.  She frequents events, specialized parties, and partakes in many events.  Admittedly, I have dabbled in BDSM and similar activities, but do not have the interest (or pain tolerance) to incorporate it into our sex life on a regular basis.  However, that does not mean I can’t appreciate Lady Phryxus and the various “plays” described in her blog, e.g. age play, wax play, and knife play.  I can find the value in the myriad ways in which couples add to their intimate lives, and Lady Phryxus certainly does not disappoint.

7. @bedheadtweeting:  (The Redhead Bedhead)
I, Venice, read the “About” section first and foremost to get a feel of who each blogger is.  In this case, the Redhead Bedhead seems to have written her bio while thinking of me.  She is sassy, witty, and I can read her stuff all day.  What drew me in immediately was an article entitled, “If anal sex makes you gay, do tacos make you Mexican?”  It opens with the statement, “How we miss out when we confuse activity and orientation,” which sets the tone to the type of openness she and her blog portray.  Check out Ms. Bedhead as she coaxes you into her savory world, recently found and luckily for us, has chosen to reveal with us.

6. @wickedgayblog:  (Wicked Gay Blog)
This wicked gay blog explores everything gay in news, politics, pop culture, photography, and the gay community in general.  It’s not limited to featuring hot male figures to which men and women can ogle; it’s a smart, sexy site that poses serious topics such as “When Straight Men Have Sex With Other Men.” Guys, don’t be afraid to check out this blog.  If you do, it doesn’t mean you’re gay, but are confident enough to enlighten yourselves.  If you assert your open-mindedness, it’s imperative that you explore a blog such as this.

5. @wqebelle:  (William Quincy Belle)
Is not the conventional sex blog that is normally filled to the brim with sex-related subject matters which we are accustomed to reading.  We tend to forget that sex is simply not just about positions, orgasms, and how to add to your belt notches, but tangentially speaking, but also about marriage, relationships, divorce, the media – the list is endless.  Mr. Belle touches on many topics, and these are just a few of them.  Check out his blog and the section endearingly titled, “$0.02.”

4. @sexinwords:  (Sex In Words)
Sex-in-Words is not only filled with Jon Pressick’s musings, but invitations for discussions and thought-provoking topics that true lovers of sex are sure to enjoy.  His blog is fresh and is continually being updated.  A favorite of ours is Muse Monday, in which Mr. Pressick writes a short, delicious tale surrounding a steamy photo, rather than vice versa.  It’s a wonderful, innovative idea which he states serves to hone his writing skills and provide naughty entertainment.

3. @ladycheeky: (Lady Cheeky & Smut For Smarties)
Lady Cheeky invites you to Smut For Smarties, which implies that this is not the average sex blog filled with people in compromising positions of which your grandmother wouldn’t approve.  It’s much more.  It caters to lovers and thinkers alike, proving there is an art (and science) to human sexuality.  She appeals to sex educators and writers/bloggers alike as she immerses her readers with visual erotica, but also articles about sensuality, sexual education, sex tips…and much, much more.  Check out her book review of “After Pornified – How Women Are Transforming Pornography and Why It Really Matters” for a sample of her beautiful, sexually-charged brain.

2. @mollysdailykiss: (Mollys Daily Kiss)
Molly’s Daily Kiss claims to be the UK’s highest ranked sex blogger and after one visit to her blog, you’ll see why. I would have to say my favorite page on her blog is “My 101 Things In 1001 Days.” Complete with a timer to the deadline, a checklist, and the status for each task.  She is very fortunate to live in a culture-rich area which lends itself to #21: Create a page on my blog for my Scavenger Hunt images.  Then there are others (#48: Have my underwear cut off with a knife & #55: Be made to masturbate before a live audience) which lead me to believe that she has covered all the bases (PG to XXX).

1. @pennysblog: (A Penny For Your Dirty Thoughts)
Penny’s blog exemplifies everything a sex blog should be.  Her photos, both in black and white and in color, rival that of any professional model posing for a photographer, all elegantly done and complete with stories behind each one.  Her poetry is sinful and subtle (read “Things I Masturbate To” one of them being “the girl at the dentist’s who cleaned [her] teeth”).   Ultimately, she has reeled me in with her anal plug (review of the minx tail, atomic rose plug, the Tantus Ryder – all of the above) reviews and musings since I am a huge fan of plugs.  Everything about her blog is delightfully pleasing to the eyes and soul, a perfect combination, and one that is absolutely essential in your must-read list.

If you want to submit your blog please go to our contact page and leave us your url, blog name, and the information you’d like included in our reviews.  You can also contact @venicebloggs on twitter and talk to me personally.

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