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Hello and welcome back to our blog! Today we are super excited to participate in Tracey McNeely’s 25 Days of Christmas Tags event for the very first time! Be sure to visit Tracey’s blog In My Creative Opinion for wonderful Christmas tag inspiration from our Penguin Palace Creative Team!
Today I’ve created for you a pair of X’mas tags with products from our earlier releases.
I first die cut two tags with our Snow White – Heavy Weight Premium Cardstock. It’s a bit hard to see from the photos but this unique cardstock has subtle watermarks in shapes of little raindrops.
Then I spread some Gina K Glitz Gel in Red Velvet and Turquoise Sea on the Crystal Snowflakes – Penguin Perfect Patterns 6″ stencil to give each of the tags the shimmery snowflakes.
All of the adorable images are from the Cuddly Sheep’s Season’s Greetings stamp set. These images were stamped in Lawn Fawn Jet Black ink, colored with Copics and die cut using the coordinating Penguin Perfect Cuts.
Then I added two sentiments from the same stamp set. I stamped “Season’s Greetings” using Simon Hurley’s dye ink Remember Me, and “Happy Holidays” in Spiced Marmalade Distress Oxide Ink. I thought these colors went well with the backgrounds.
To complete the tags, I used some matching colors trimming and added some sparkly gems!
I hope you enjoy today’s little project.


Guess Charles Gibson has decided it's somebody else's turn to kick Katie Couric's butt in the ratings.
The veteran journo announced today that he will retire from ABC's World News Tonight at the end of the year, turning the anchor desk over to his old Good Morning America cohort Diane Sawyer.
Gibson, 66, took over the World News desk in May 2006, succeeding cohosts Elizabeth Vargas (who left to have a baby) and Bob Woodruff (who was severely injured in a roadside bomb attack in Iraq) after they were on the job just six months.
At the time, Gibson had been planning to leave the network but decided to stay on, eventually leading World News Tonight past rivals NBC's Nightly News With Brian Williams and CBS Evening News With Katie Couric.
"It has not been an easy decision to make," Gibson said in an email to staffers. "This has been my professional home for almost 35 years. And I love this news department, and all who work in it, to the depths of my soul."
Sawyer, 63, will begin her tenure in January.
While Charlie can hang up his suits for good, other celebs still like to play dress up. Check 'em out in our Guys in Ties gallery!


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Sony Music Entertainment have launched a new pan-regional label, OFFMUTE, focusing on new and emerging Southeast Asian talent.
OFFMUTE aims to give Southeast Asian recording artists across all genres an opportunity to develop their own music and follow their creative vision.
Shridhar Subramaniam, president, strategy and market development of Sony Music Entertainment, says,
“OFFMUTE is a first-of-its-kind label in this part of the world, embracing the eclectic appeal and rich diversity that Southeast Asia has to offer, empowering artists with the resources and expertise to find success in a diverse region. That offering is compelling for a new generation of artists in the region and we’re excited to help these artists fulfil their potential in the years to come.”
Sony Music Southeast Asia’s executive vice president, Ariel Fung, adds,
“I am so excited to see the launch of OFFMUTE which embraces different genres of artists with their unique culture and style, and with the potential of cross-border success.”
To celebrate the launch of the new label, OFFMUTE have signed three artists – Filipino singer-songwriter Clara Benin, Indonesian alt-pop sensation Mezzaluna, and Malaysian star liesl-mae.
Clara Benin, with her captivating songs, have amassed more than 25 million streams on combined platforms Spotify and YouTube. She has headlined multiple local and international music festivals, and won multiple awards including Wishclusive Contemporary Folk Performance of the Year for her song, ‘I Rose Up Slowly’.
Coming from a strong musical background, Mezzaluna stands out with her deep, soulful vocals and personal storytelling style. The 20-year-old Indonesian singer will be releasing her debut single later this year via OFFMUTE.
Malaysia’s liesl-mae is on the rise within the country’s music scene with her lullaby-like tunes. She plans to collaborate with other artists under the new label. She is also an advocate for mental health, and hopes to use OFFMUTE to educate and raise awareness on the subject.


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BHECON featured in Sedalia Democrat: “It gave a little bit different perspective,” Pettis County Sheriff Kevin Bond said. “It kind of opened my eyes a little bit to a different way of viewing the people we’ve dealt with…”
Stepping Up Initiative names Coalition, adopts bylaws
By Faith Bemiss – firstname.lastname@example.org
September 9, 2016
Pettis County Sheriff Kevin Bond said Friday that this month’s Stepping Up Initiative meeting addressed three big developments including adoption of bylaws for the Pettis County Mental Health Coalition.
The mission statement for the Coalition, a nonprofit entity, states it is “to form a collaborative effort of law enforcement, courts and correction officials, mental health professionals, health care providers, consumers and family members from Pettis County by implementing coordinated approaches to assist and better serve individuals with mental illness.”
Continue reading on the Sedalia Democrat site.

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My First Peach Harvest.....Kinda....Sorta
This is the first year after I planted my Redhaven peach tree. I have my first harvest already but as I expected it will be a constant learning experience. I just about left my tree to itself except for a little pruning to see what would happen. Rain has been ample thus far so I did no watering. I experienced a little bit of leaf yellowing and here is my harvest below
As you can probably guess from the picture, I had some obvious issues as I saw pectin oozing out during the last few weeks. I did a few internet searches and discovered my problem was likely oriental fruit moth. So when I cut one of these babies open, I was not surprised to find a worm at the pit....argh!!!! I did find a small untouched portion to at least taste the fruit and I feel good about next season barring squirrels lay low.
Lesson learned: Spray spray spray!!! There is no way around it in my environment. If you let nature take its course, bugs will have a full course with your fruit. Next lesson is how to truly identify the proper wood to prune as I understand peaches only fruit on the previous year's growth.
I hope I haven't bored you too much. :-)
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Structuration theory: reflections on its further potential for management accounting research
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Design/methodology/approach – The paper explains how the ontological perspective of strong structuration theory extends the work of Giddens and explores how the perspective overcomes a number of the limitations of existing management accounting research based on structuration theory.
Findings – Strong structuration theory develops and extends the work of Giddens, providing greater insights into the role of agents, improves our understanding of the diffusion of accounting practices through organisational fields, adds to our knowledge of how artefacts are used in the production and reproduction of organisational life and improves research design.
Research limitations/implications – Strong structuration theory provides clear guidance about management accounting case study research design, and suggests the potential for the accounting research community to engage more actively in debates about the development of structuration theory beyond the work of Giddens.
Originality/value – This paper provides a clear explanation of the ontology of strong structuration theory, its implications for research design and how it holds the potential to overcome many of the limitations of earlier management accounting studies deploying structuration theory.
|Journal||Qualitative Research in Accounting & Management|
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Rights statement: This article is (c) Emerald Group Publishing and permission has been granted for this version to appear here http://eprints.port.ac.uk. Emerald does not grant permission for this article to be further copied/distributed or hosted elsewhere without the express permission from Emerald Group Publishing Limited.
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MILOSEVIC'S COMMAND RESPONSIBILITY: A KEY ISSUE IN HIS WAR CRIMES TRIAL
FindLaw columnist and human rights advocate Joanne Mariner explains what legal standards and precedents will govern the issue of whether Slobodan Milosevic, in his war crimes tribunal trial, will be held responsible for the abuses of subordinates.
Monday, Jul. 16, 2001
MILOSEVIC ON TRIAL
FindLaw columnist and human rights advocate Joanne Mariner discusses the possible strategies Slobodan Milosevic could employ to defend himself during his upcoming war crimes tribunal trial.
Monday, Jul. 09, 2001
ADVICE TO CUBAN DISSIDENTS: BEWARE U.S. SENATORS BEARING GIFTS
FindLaw columnist and human rights advocate Joanne Mariner explains why Senator Helms' proposed legislation to provide aid to Cuban dissidents is likely to hurt them instead, and contends that the analogy the legislation draws with the Polish Solidarity movement is flawed.
Monday, Jun. 25, 2001
KOSOVO'S UNQUIET DEAD
FindLaw columnist, attorney, and human rights advocate Joanne Mariner explains the significance of the recent discovery of new mass gravesites outside Kosovo, suspected to hold the bodies of ethnic Albanians slain in Kosovo by Serb forces in 1999. As Mariner explains, a U.N. war crimes prosecutors' claims of grave tampering as a cover-up for atrocities have been given further credence by the new findings.
Tuesday, Jun. 19, 2001
MACEDONIA'S ALBANIAN QUESTION
FindLaw columnist and human rights advocate Joanne Mariner examines the recent clashes in Macedonia between government forces and ethnic Albanian guerrillas; considers the historical backdrop; and explains why Macedonia is both different from, and similar to, Kosovo.
Thursday, May. 31, 2001
REFUGEE FATIGUE: HOW THE AFGHAN REFUGEES HAVE BEEN IGNORED
FindLaw columnist, attorney, and human rights advocate Joanne Mariner sketches the desperate plight of refugees from Afghanistan, and explores why their situation has failed to command the media attention and international aid that Kosovar Albanian refugees received only a few years ago.
Thursday, May. 17, 2001
TRUTH AND RECONCILIATION BEGIN AT HOME
FindLaw columnist and human rights attorney Joanne Mariner discusses the accusations against former Senator Bob Kerrey, based upon his leadership of a Navy commando team that killed at least thirteen unarmed civilians in Vietnam. Kerrey says the killings were in self-defense, but other witnesses disagree. Who will establish the truth? More importantly, when and how will the larger question of U.S. responsibility for Cold War abuses be investigated? Mariner suggests that a truth commissionmay be the answer.
Friday, May. 04, 2001
"NOT PART OF THE PENALTY": JUDICIAL ABDICATION OF RESPONSIBILITY FOR PROTECTING PRISONERS FROM RAPE
FindLaw columnist, attorney, and human rights advocate Joanne Mariner isalso the author of Human Rights Watch's report "No Escape: Male Rape in U.S.Prisons," which was published today. In her column, Mariner discusses animportant question: Given that the Supreme Court has recognized that prisonrape is not a legitimate part of the penalty for crimes and that officials'deliberate indifference to prisoners' risk of rape can be cruel and unusualpunishment, why do the courts still lag inproviding legal protection against rape? Mariner describes a pattern oflower court judges who appear to believe, as does Supreme Court JusticeClarence Thomas, that abuse in prison is inevitable. Therefore, they do nothold officials responsible for preventing it.
Thursday, Apr. 19, 2001
FindLaw columnist and human rights attorney Joanne Mariner lauds therecent imprisonment of Slobodan Milosevic, while noting that so far theBelgrade authorities have only charged Milosevic with embezzlement andsimilar crimes -- not human rights offenses. Moreover, YugoslavPresident Kostunica shows no sign of being willing to turn Milosevicover for trial before The Hague War Crimes Tribunal. While Marinerexplains the important reasons that a country may seek domestic, notinternational, justice, she also stresses that Milosevic must be broughtto account for the all the atrocities he spearheaded.
Friday, Apr. 06, 2001
SENSELESS PUNISHMENT: EXECUTING THE MENTALLY RETARDED
FindLaw columnist and human rights advocate Joanne Mariner discusses the Supreme Court case, to be argued March 27th, involving the death sentence of Johnny Penry, who is mentally retarded. Mariner explains why mentally retarded defendants both have less criminal culpability, and are less able to defend themselves in court, than other defendants. She also argues that the Supreme Court has been wrong, in the past, in allowing the mentally retarded to be executed. Mariner argues that the same principles that have led the Court to find Eighth Amendment violations in executing the insane, or those under sixteen years old, imply that executions of the mentally retarded should also be found to be cruel and unusual punishment.
Thursday, Mar. 22, 2001
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Planetary Book One Written by Warren Ellis Art by John Cassaday
This was the first comic book work from Warren Ellis I was ever exposed to, but at the time, I wasn’t able to keep up with the series. However, what I did read was so powerful it has resonated with me for 20 years, and I decided it was time to go back to Planetary and read the series in its entirety. The dominant pervading feeling you get from the opening issues of Planetary is Mystery. The protagonist is shrouded in mystery, and the world as it unfolds one chapter at a time is mysterious and wondrous. This is a place where superheroes, monsters, aliens, and everything fantastical exists, but it has left a dark toll on humanity.
Watchmen (HBO) Season 1, Episode 1 – “It’s Summer, And We’re Running Out of Ice” Written by Damon Lindeloff Directed by Nicole Kassell
That opening is not an alternative history, an invention of the mind of Damon Lindeloff, or some parallel history that made up the backstory of the Watchmen universe. The Tulsa Massacre of 1921 was real, down the plane flying overhead and dropping explosives on the black people that populated the neighborhood of the Greenwood District. This place was known as “Black Wall Street” due to the financial success black people had experienced there, allowed to open their own businesses and create a community that empowered each other. If “separate but equal” would be the law of the land, then the residents of Greenwood would go their own, rejected by their country.
The Omega Men by Tom King (2015) The latter half of 2015 could be considered the Tom King period for me. I’ve consistently enjoyed almost everything he’s put out, even the stuff that seems to have a significant fan backlash. This 12 issue series for DC Comics takes the Omega Men concept (aliens united as the result of an oppressive force) and revamped it thirty years after its original conception. The Omega Men fight against The Citadel, an interplanetary corporation that uses the destruction of Krypton as a means to sell their services, stabilizing the cores of worlds. The rare metal needed to fix these planetary cores is only found in planets within the Vega System; thus, the inhabitants of those worlds have been enslaved, and in some circumstances, wiped out by genocide to ensure the resources can be harvested. The Omega Men kidnaps former Green Lantern Kyle Rayner so that they might have a witness to the atrocities done to their people and to see their retribution.
These are the comic books that I enjoyed reading the most that were published in the last decade. You’ll definitely see some recurring authors and characters, signifying my personal bias. I know there are a ton of great books I haven’t read from this period and as time goes on I plan on reading some (look for a huge Image Comics read-through in early 2020). Please let me know of any titles not on my list as I may have not read them and always appreciate recommendations.
Fantastic Four by Jonathan Hickman (2010) Jonathan Hickman came onboard Fantastic Four at the start of the decade with big plans for not just this series but Marvel as well. He adhered to that original Stan Lee/Jack Kirby of exploring the unknown and created an optimistic, diverse possible future. The best thing Hickman gave us, and what has been criminally underused since, is the Future Foundation. The Future Foundation was Reed Richards’ effort to cultivate the next generation of scientists, and it played with reader expectations. Of course, Franklin and Valeria Richards are part of the team, but Hickman also includes some adolescent Moloids, the android Dragon Man, and a clone of Reed’s foil The Wizard. Not only is this a great read, one of the best Fantastic Four runs we’ve ever gotten, but it’s also almost essential reading to understand this last decade of Marvel comics.
Promethea Volume 2 (2002) Promethea Volume 3 (2003) Written by Alan Moore Art by J.H. Williams
Alan Moore’s second volume of Promethea is probably my favorite of the bunch as it spends time developing out the Promethea myth and the people who have had her power. By the end of the second volume, we’re going into the long chunk that boils down to a treatise of human existence using the Tarot and Qa’ballah as a structure. I always felt like I needed volumes of background knowledge to get what Moore was doing here, and as a result, I felt lost most of the time. I would argue that Promethea as a whole is not a good comic book series, too personal a topic, and too close to Moore for it to be enjoyed by most readers.
Promethea Volume 1 (2000) Written by Alan Moore Art by J.H. Williams
Alan Moore has always been a remixer of comics history and iconography. In 1999 he started his own imprint of Wildstorm (which was then a division of DC Comics), called America’s Best. The name was a repurposing of a defunct line of comics from the 1940s, which featured superheroes now lost to the memories of the general public like Black Terror and Fighting Yank. Moore stayed in that vein of pulpy, Golden Age stories centering this line around four core titles: Tom Strong, Top 10, Tomorrow Stories, and Promethea. Each book examined an archetype comics in typical Moore fashion, deconstructing the tropes and reinterpreting commonly accepted norms.
Here are the things I have planned for the second half of the year on my blog.
I’ll start doing a bi-weekly short film review roundup on August 17th. I plan to feature quality short films that are available online so that readers can view them. I have the first eight posts planned with three short films on each post. The first post will feature reviews for the short films He Took His Skin Off For Me, Janciza Bravo’s Eat, and Ari Aster’s The Strange Thing About the Johnsons. I’ll be looking at films that come from all corners of media from classic French shorts (Le Jetee) to Adult Swim middle of the night surreality (the works of Alan Resnick).
Power Rangers: Shattered Grid Reprints Mighty Morphin Power Rangers #24-30, 2018 Annual, Free Comic Book Day Special, Go Go Power Rangers #8-12, and Shattered Grid finale Written by Kyle Higgins and Ryan Parrott (with Anthony Burch, Caleb Goellner, Adam Cesare, Becca Barnes, and Alwyn Dale) Art by Jonas Scharf, Dan Mora, Marcus To, Dylan Burnett, Patrick Mulholland, Hyeonjin Kim, Simone Di Meo, Daniele Di Nicuolo, and Diego Galindo
Power Rangers has seen twenty-six different versions of the original premise from the first Mighty Morphin variety to the current Ninja Steel just launched Beast Morphers. I came of age just a bit too old to be a fan, but due to younger siblings in the house, I ended up watch much of the first season of the Fox Kids series. I know of the original group of teenagers and the evil of Rita Repulsa. After that era, I go blank. Boom Comics acquired the license to make comics based on Power Rangers a couple of years ago, and this reimagining came from writer Kyle Higgins. The books are a little more involved, fleshing out the families of the Rangers and making the city of Angel Grove feel a little bigger. With Shattered Grid, Higgins does the impossible and brings together the two dozen versions of the Rangers in one epic tale.
Brightburn (2019) Written by Brian & Mark Gunn Directed by David Yarovesky
The premise “What if Superman was evil?” is nothing new to the world of comic books. Over Superman’s eighty year history we’ve had characters like Bizarro, Ultraman, and Cyborg Superman who explore those darker aspects to a being like Superman. There have been books like Marvelman and Irredeemable that also examine these themes with even more detail. So, for comic nerds like myself, Brightburn isn’t bringing anything new to the table. However, I acknowledge that general audiences haven’t seen anything like this before, and if you are someone tired of the same old superhero origin tropes, this does offer a different take.
Upgrade Soul (2018) Written & Illustrated by Ezra Claytan Daniels
Hank and Molly Nonnar have been married for 45 years when they agree to undergo an experimental to give themselves new bodies and a second lifetime. However, as these things so often go, there are complications, and the couple’s bodies and souls undergo something life-shattering. As the two are led through the recovery process by the unethical scientists and researchers at the institute, they begin to uncover truths about themselves and their relationship. Molly makes breakthroughs in her research and sees her typical day to day needs fading away. Hank finds intimacy in an unexpected relationship and begins to imagine a future beyond the walls of their hospital. But as more is discovered about their conditions the bleaker the outcome appears to be.

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Hartsville, S.C. – Sept. 17, 2014 – Poet and Coker College alum Terrance Hayes has won one of the most prestigious individual development grants from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation.
“It is an honor to witness the incredible achievements of Terrance Hayes,” said Coker College President Robert Wyatt. “His innovation and creativity in poetic expression demonstrates the necessity to think outside the box and break new ground.”
Along with 20 other individuals selected from diverse fields and across multiple disciplines, Hayes was recognized for his track record of achievement as well as potential for significant contributions in the future. Specifically, Hayes received recognition for his contributions toward refreshing traditional templates to create distinctive and innovative work in poetry.
Hayes, a native of Columbia, S.C., graduated in 1994 from Coker with a bachelor of arts in english. He was also recognized as an Academic All-American for the men’s basketball team. Hayes received his master of fine arts in 1997 from the University of Pittsburgh. He is currently a professor of writing at the University of Pittsburgh.
Hayes won the 2010 National Book Award for Poetry for “Lighthead,” his fourth collection of poetic works. Hayes’ other collections of poetry have garnered him a variety of honors including a Whiting Writers Award, a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship and a Guggenheim Fellowship. His published works include “Muscular Music” (Tia Chucha Press, 1999), “Hip Logic” (Penguin 2002) and “Wind In a Box” (Penguin 2006). “How To Be Drawn,” his new collection of poems, is forthcoming from Penguin in 2015.
The MacArthur Foundation supports creative people and effective institutions committed to building a more just, verdant, and peaceful world. In addition to selecting the MacArthur Fellows, the Foundation works to defend human rights, advance global conservation and security, make cities better places, and understand how technology is affecting children and society. More information is at www.macfound.org.
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Coker College readies undergraduates for personal and professional success through a distinctive four-year program that emphasizes a practical application of the liberal arts as well as hands-on and discussion-based learning within and beyond the classroom. Coker is ranked among the “Best Colleges” in the South by U.S. News & World Report as well as The Princeton Review. Located in Hartsville, S.C., Coker is within two hours of the cultural, financial and recreational resources of Charlotte, Columbia, Charleston and Myrtle Beach.

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Updated: May 10, 2020
Most of us can name the events that shaped the people we are, that made lasting impressions. For me, the miners’ strike of 1984-85 strongly shaped my views on class, power and politics, and the release of Nelson Mandela showed that struggle could be won and what was dismissed as impossible could be achieved.
As regular readers will know, because I’ve written about it in depth before, Hillsborough also made a lasting impression. That too did much to shape my views on power and politics, and yesterday’s news that the High Court has quashed the original inquest verdicts has reinforced my view that battles can be won.
There’s still a long way to go to really get to the bottom of what happened that day and to identify who was responsible. But this latest decision is a big step forward for the families who have been through so much – even refusing to collect the death certificates of their loved ones because of their disgust at the original verdict. Lord Chief Justice Lord Judge mentioned the “deliberate misinformation surrounding the disaster”. He also said that 58 of the 96 “definitely” or “probably” had the capacity to survive beyond the 3.15pm cut-off time imposed by the original inquest.
All those people died. Most could have survived. They were blamed for their own deaths. Their families were denied justice for nearly a quarter of a century. It is almost impossible to comprehend the enormity of it all. With new inquests, maybe the families can get some peace.
The truth, that infamous coupling in this circumstance, has been established, and it came from the families. Now perhaps they can get justice. It’s impossible to be happy about anything connected with such a tragic event. But yesterday felt like a day when something that mattered was achieved.


The High Line is a 1.45-mile-long (22 blocks) abandoned elevated railway, that stretches from the Hudson Rail Yard at 34th Street down through the West Chelsea gallery neighborhood where it continues on to Gansevoort Street in the Meatpacking district. It has recently been developed into one of New York City's more remarkable public parks. Opened to the public in June 2009, just a few years ago the High Line's demolition seemed imminent. But Mayor Michael Bloomberg said that the High Line's restoration is at the "core of the administration's plans to revitalize the Far West Side," forming "a necklace of dynamic waterfront communities, each with their own assets."
The High Line reveals a lot about New York City history. The following history is from Friends of the Highline, an activist group founded by Joshua David and Robert Hammond to advocate for the High Line's preservation and reuse as public open space:
Before the High Line In 1847, the City of New York authorized the street-level railroad tracks running down Manhattan's West Side as far south as Canal Street to allow freight to run between New York City and Albany.
Days of Death Avenue As soon as traffic started running on the new line, accidents began occurring between trains, pedestrians, horses, and other traffic. So many fatalities occurred that 10th Avenue became known as "Death Avenue". Men on horses had to ride in front of trains waving flags. They were called the West Side Cowboys.
The West Side Improvement Project After years of public debate about these hazardous conditions and how to eliminate them, the New York Central Railroad, the City of New York, and the State of New York, came to an agreement in 1929 for the West Side Improvement Project, which included the High Line. This project as a whole was 13 miles long, eliminated 105 street-level railroad crossings, and added 32 acres to Riverside Park. It cost over $150 million in 1930 dollars—more than $2 billion in today's dollars.
The High Line ran from 35th Street down to St. John's Park Terminal, which covered four riverfront blocks between Clarkson and Spring Streets. The structure was designed to go through the center of blocks, rather than over the avenue, to avoid creating the negative conditions associated with elevated subways. It connected directly to factories and warehouses, allowing trains to roll right inside the buildings. Milk, meat, produce, and raw and manufactured goods could come and go without causing any street-level traffic.
Decline of Rail Traffic and Partial Demolition In the 1950s, the rise of interstate trucking led to a decline of rail traffic on the High Line. Parts of it were torn down in the 1960s, and trains stopped running on it in 1980, when the northern end of the structure and its easement were rerouted to accommodate construction of the Jacob Javits Convention Center. At the southern end, a five-block section of the Line was torn down in 1991, bringing the Line's southern terminus to Gansevoort Street.
The Threat of Demolition Since the mid 1980s, a group of private property owners who purchased land under the High Line at prices that reflected its easement have lobbied for demolition of the entire structure. Much credit for the fact that the High Line survived the demolition efforts in the mid- and late 1980s goes to Peter Obletz, a Chelsea resident, activist, and railroad enthusiast, who challenged demolition efforts in court and tried to reestablish rail service on the Line.
The High Line Festival In May 2007 the first annual High Line Festival took place, featuring curator and co-founder David Bowie headlining this ten-day program of movies, music, visual arts, dance, and the customary over-the-top Chelsea nightlife.
The High Line is located in the West Village neighborhood of Manhattan. The western slice of Greenwich Village—although some will tell you it's a separate neighborhood altogether; don't listen to them—the West Village is a somewhat sleepier version of its larger neighborhood, with many tree-lined streets populated by residential buildings and punctuated ever-so-lightly with restaurants and bars. The locals have fought notoriously hard throughout the years to keep raucous bars and clubs from staying open—or even opening at all—to preserve the relative quiet of their neighborhood. The West Village stretches east from the Hudson River to 6th Avenue, and north from Houston Street to West 14th. It's northwestern corner is chewed off by the Meatpacking District, where the very sorts of restaurants and bars West Village residents try to keep out of their 'hood flourish. The majority of Bleecker Street's dining, shopping, and drinking options exist on the West Village's end of the street, with a small shopping mecca surrounding the intersection of 7th Avenue, where many high-end retailers have stores, like Brooks Brothers' Black Fleece, Comptoir des Cotonniers, Burberry, Marc Jacobs, and a whole lot more. There's plenty of history here, and the bars are no exception—Dylan Thomas famously stumbled out of the White Horse Tavern heavy with whiskey on the night he expired at the Hotel Chelsea. For those aiming to avoid the thumping, throbbing nightclubs of the Meatpacking District, jazz can be had at Fat Cat, the legendary Village Vanguard, and smaller, quieter establishments like 55 Bar. If you'd like a more structured day of drinking, the folks at the Literary Pub Crawl put on a fantastic and informative tour. The sophisticated residents of the West Village have led a number of excellent restaurants to open in the neighborhood, from Italian favorite Sant Ambroeus, April Bloomfield's game-changing gastropub The Spotted Pig, Yerba Buena, and Perry St.. Of course, if you're not in the mood for high-end cuisine in mood-inducing settings, there's pizza on offer at John's of Bleecker Street, but you'd be better served by walking a little further east and feasting one our favorite New York slice at Joe's. And if it's a burger you're looking for, the city's first Umami Burger is lurking over on 6th Avenue, while perennial favorite Corner Bistro is on 7th. While the West Village is low on museums, it has two of the best independent cinemas in the city between Film Forum and neighborhood landmark IFC Center.
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A dragonfly is an insect belonging to the order Odonata, infraorder Anisoptera (from Greek ἄνισος anisos, “unequal” and πτερόν pteron, “wing”, because the hindwing is broader than the forewing). Adult dragonflies are characterized by large, multifaceted eyes, two pairs of strong, transparent wings, sometimes with coloured patches, and an elongated body. Dragonflies can be mistaken for the related group, damselflies (Zygoptera), which are similar in structure, though usually lighter in build; however, the wings of most dragonflies are held flat and away from the body, while damselflies hold the wings folded at rest, along or above the abdomen. Dragonflies are agile fliers, while damselflies have a weaker, fluttery flight. Many dragonflies have brilliant iridescent or metallic colours produced by structural coloration, making them conspicuous in flight. An adult dragonfly’s compound eyes have nearly 24,000 ommatidia each.
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Dragonflies are predators, both in their aquatic larval stage, when they are known as nymphs or naiads, and as adults. Several years of their lives are spent as nymphs living in fresh water; the adults may be on the wing for just a few days or weeks. They are fast, agile fliers, sometimes migrating across oceans, and often live near water. They have a uniquely complex mode of reproduction involving indirect insemination, delayed fertilization, and sperm competition. During mating, the male grasps the female at the back of the head, and the female curls her abdomen under her body to pick up sperm from the male’s secondary genitalia at the front of his abdomen, forming the “heart” or “wheel” posture.
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Delhi High Court on Friday issued notices to Delhi Police, Delhi government and the Centre during the hearing of three pleas on recent violence. The high court issued notices to the authorities on all three pleas, including the one seeking action against Opposition leaders Rahul Gandhi, Sonia Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, and Asaduddin Owaisi. Watch full report.
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Soil is ubiquitous; every day we walk over dozens of different soil profiles and types, and pass through the different plants, animals, and rocks that contribute to our soil without noticing. It can seem like the only people who care about soil types are earth scientists and farmers. However, soil contains valuable information about the environment, if we just know how to read it. This guided tour of the soils in Stanford's southern campus aims to provide a sense of what soil can teach us.
With that, let's get going!
Warning: this walking tour involves getting at least one of your hands a bit dirty.
This tour doesn't require any materials (the dirt around us is plentiful and full of information!). However, there are a few optional materials that we'll use for certain parts of the tour, listed below.
Our tour starts at Levin Field, the green patch of grass next to the Flomo basketball courts.
First things' first: find yourself a nice digging stick. We'll be doing a lot of digging on this tour, so get a long, sturdy twig, like this one:
Or this one:
Let's start by looking at the soil on the grassy side of the walkway. Dig into the dirt until you get enough dirt to pinch in your hand.
Texture is one of the primary ways of quickly identifying soil type. Feel the dirt in your hand. Rub your fingers together- does the soil stick to itself and form a short ribbon?
This dirt should feel rich and fluffy and be dark in color. These are all signs that it is loam: a soil compound that is rich in nutrients. Think of loam as something similar to potting soil you would buy from Home Depot- it's fluffy and nutrient-rich.
However, this soil should also form small ribbons and stick to itself when you roll it between your fingers. It should feel the tiniest bit sticky on your hand. This is a sign that it contains clay: the type of soil with the smallest particles, which stick together tightly and don't let much water pass through.
The soil in this field is most likely clay-loam: mostly loam, with a bit of clay content.
If you want to read a bit more about different soil types, check out this basic guide.
Now let's cross over to the other side of the walkway, near the pines tree. Walk near one of the pine trees and dig up some of the soil.
Immediately, what do you notice that's different? How does the soil look, feel, and even sound?
This dirt is much lighter in color- an indicator that there's less organic matter (rotting leaves, dead bits of plant matter, etc.). Rub it between your fingers. It should feel a bit gritty and not clump up at all the way the clay-loam did.
This soil is far more sandy: with larger, grittier particles, sandy soil lets water pass through very quickly and does not hold much moisture. This makes sense, given what's growing here; pine trees actually prefer drier soil, so a sandy soil that lets water through is perfect for them.
Why are two patches of earth so close to each other so different in soil? The answer may seem obvious: it depends on what grows there. Pine trees prefer well-drained, sandy soil. Green meadow grass, meanwhile, prefers nutrient-dense loam. However, the loam isn't necessarily naturally-occuring. The loam you dug on the grassy side may have come with the grass, if the lawn was created using mats of existing grass. It could also be well-fertilized.
We'll see more ways that surroundings can impact soil type. Before you leave, don't forget to replace the soil that you've dug! Exposed soil is more likely to erode, and holes in the ground (even small ones) can hurt small animals that run over them.
Grab your stick and let's get going.
Head back toward Mayfield avenue and walk toward Flomo.
We're headed toward the entrance to Lake Lag, so we'll go down the length of Mayfield.
As you walk, look at the base of the bloodleaf trees (on your right). You may notice that the soil here looks really dry and it hardened into large chunks, like this: The way the soil is sticking together like this suggests that it has high clay content. Just like a ball of play-dough drying if it's left out too long, clay-y soil will dry into large clumps. If you crumble one of these blocks in your fingers, the dirt should feel very fine, almost like a dust.
As you walk under the shade of some trees, look again at the bloodleaf trees. Depending on the time of day, they may be in the shade too.
Look at the soil here. It should be darker, much more similar to the dirt you found in the grass before.
Why do you think this is?
We know that loam contains more organic matter. These bloodleafs, even though they're the same as their neighbors just a few feet away, are underneath pines that continually shed their needles. It's likely that all this plant matter enriches the soil here more than the soil you saw just a minute ago.
Keep walking until Mayfield intersection wtih Capistrano; cross the street here.
Walk until you see a little break in the bushes, behind the cream-colored building. Walk through until you see a bench. Dig the soil right in front of the bench. Try the texture test we did earlier, rolling it in your fingers. If the soil forms little worm shapes and can hold it without breaking, it likely has clay content. As you can see, this soil has a pretty high clay-content; this would be a silty clay.
We'll continue down Mayfield until we reach Lake Lag.
Take the short foot path behind this sign, up to the fire pit.
If it's a hot day, here is a good place to rest! There are a few benches in the shade.
Now's a good time to point out of the wildlife that dirt can show us. In Levin field and now in the lake area, you may have noticed several piles of dirt laying around, like these: Or holes, like these: These are signs of gophers and ground squirrels. The piles are the entrances to gopher tunnels that have been plugged up; gophers seal their tunnel entrances so they can live underground. Meanwhile, ground squirrels keep the entrances to their burrows open, resulting in the large holes you see around.
If you stay a while, you might see a ground squirrel go into its home.
If you don't have time for that, here's a video of one I spotted:
There's an interesting type of soil at the edge of this lake. To find it, continue down the lake path on the left fork for a little bit.
Find this little concrete ledge and sit down.
Right where your feet land, dig a little with your stick. The dirt should be dry and hard but dark underneath. What kind of dirt do you think this is?
Sometimes it can help to wet dirt to get a better sense of what type it is. If you have water with you, try pouring a little bit into the soil and rubbing it between your fingers.
This should feel familiar. It's clay, with a bit of sand.
If it's nice out, now would be a good time to take in the lake view.
Since this is such a scenic spot, now seems like a good time to give you a new tool for describing soils: Munsell Soil charts.
How would you describe the color of this soil? While it may be tempting to just call it "brown,” there is actually a far more precise way to describe its color.
Scientists, archaeologists, and even carpet manufacturers use something called the Munsell System to describe soil colors. The Munsell System measures hue (color), value (lightness and darkness), and chroma (color intensity) of a soil and translates it to a unique code that can universally identify the soil color. Knowing the Munsell notation of a bit of soil can help scientists understand its composition, help archaeologists track changes in soil profile during an excavation, and even help carpet manufacturers match the exact shade of outside dirt so that dirty footprints are less visible indoors.
You can easily find the Munsell code of an area of dirt by placing a Munsell card over the dirt and matching the color up to the card, like a paint chip. Let's try Munsell-ing this dirt with some digital help. Follow the directions below.
Munsell colors help not only by creating a universal standard for soil color, but by giving information about the soil content (and about iron minerals in particular). For example, dirt that matches 10YR 8/6 ("yellow") is known to have bits of geothite about 1-2 microns wide. Meanwhile, soil matching 10YR 8/3 ("very pale brown") is known to have bits of gypsum.
This information is from this pdf on Munsell types, which has more detailed information on mineral content.
Let's keep moving toward our last stop. Go back to the sign you passed earlier and continue striaght to go toward the knoll.
As you walk, notice that the dirt on your right is buried in dead leaves. What do you think the dirt underneath will be like? You can dig just to check.
Rich, brown, fluffy; better than Home Depot.
Keep walking until you see this sign, and take the right fork.
When you see signs for the Knoll, keep going straight:
Until you see this little paved path.
If you follow the path for a little while, you'll see this bad boy on your right.
At this point you know what clay feels like versus loam versus sand versus silt. You know that pines like dry dirt and grass likes a nutrient-rich mix, that dead leaves mean dark dirt, that big clumps of dried dirt can be rolled into worms if they're wet.
But what happened here? It looks like a pine stump with clumps of clay-like dirt. Not what we'd expect from pines.
At this point you know enough about soil types and plant like to come up with your own hypotheses. Something to think about as you walk back to Levin field.
Thus concludes our soil tour of southern Stanford! If you continue straight down the path and turn left, you'll make your way to Campus Drive, which you can follow back to Mayfield and Levin field. As you walk, listen for the rustling of ground squirrels scurrying into their burrows. And feel free to Munsell any interesting soil you pass on your way back. :)

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Welcome to Riga – the metropolis of the Baltic Sea region and one of the significant capital cities of Europe with more than 800 year history!
The most famous world music band from Latvia, Iļģi will be performing at the Rainforest World Music Festival which will take place on the 8 to 10 July 2011. They will on stage on Saturday, 9 July or you can...
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As spring melts away a long winter deep in Latvia's vast forests, the stillness is almost imperceptibly broken by a rhythmic drip, drip, drip. A small black tube protrudes from the trunk of a leafless...
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I’ve already said how the smartwatch market is still pretty young, but if there is one company that has plenty of smartwatches under its belt, it is Samsung. After all, it already has the Gear 2, Gear 2 Neo, Gear Fit, not to mention the Gear Live and Android Wear smartwatch.
If a recent trademark filing can be trusted, Samsung is apparently working a device known as the Gear S. This Gear S could be a long-rumored Gear Solo, which is possibly some version of the Gear 2 but with SIM card capabilities.
This means that you can have a watch that can connect to a mobile network without the use of your phone.
If this rumour is to be believed, then Samsung’s development of the Gear S could be in response to the another rumour from LG. Apparently the Life’s Good company has been working on a smartwatch with a SIM card as well.
Well, I suppose that we’ll have to see how this turns out with all these rumors about the Samsung and LG. If you really want to make the most of this post, I’ll add the rumors about the Apple iWatch and Microsoft’s Surface watch. Perhaps the real takeaway value of listening to smartwatch rumors is to see what direction the market is headed.
So, will every smartwatch have a SIM card? It would appear that way. However, who wants to pay extra for a SIM card in their watch and their phone? Perhaps here’s another trend in the mobile world: cheap subscription SIM cards for phones and/or watches.


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So I had my final assessment just over a week ago and since then I have been doing a lot of eating, drinking, being lazy, and also freaking out about the fact that actually I still had things to do to finish off my degree show walls...
We were locked out of the studio until thursday afternoon when everyone came in and started to hang all of their final work. I had cards to print and glitter up (never thought putting glitter on cards would be stressful - I was wrong...). I also had to iron some more wrapping paper and finish labelling many things for the pop up shop.
Got some photos of people's work going up:
Ben and Joe making a playlist and disliking me with my camera...
Andjela's zodiac wrapped presents
Katie Keith had a bistro set out to show off her icecream prints.
Jenny M has been printing lots of tshirts.
I was pretty knackered and may have tested out my cushions before putting them on display
And now for the opening night!! Such a stressful day as I was organising the bar and running around with bags of ice cubes and plastic cups.
Cakes were out
Booze was being poured
Shop was stocked
We took some cheeky photos of us with our walls before it got too busy! Here is me with all my work and a glass of pimms (yay!)
Jess with hers
The tutors then did illustration awards which were proper trophies of golden eagles! Super awesome, all were well deserved :).
After this the photos end up a little bit more silly because of all the free cider, wine and champagne so not sure they are suitable for here...
maybe just the one...
The degree show is open 10-5 every day from now until June 26th so if you can come see it, there is all sorts of work up, from fine art and illustration to graphics and 3D design!


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Most ulcers heal within 4 weeks, although some people may need up to 4 more weeks of treatment to complete healing. In rare cases, large ulcers need even longer treatment.
See your doctor again after 4 weeks if you are still noticing no signs of improvement.
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Pistons still can't solve Bulls
Doug Collins says the Pistons have to get physical to beat the Bulls.
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CHICAGO -- Scottie Pippen scored 27 points and Michael Jordan added 23 as the Chicago Bulls defeated the Detroit Pistons for the 18th straight time 95-83 in a meeting of the top two teams in the Central Division.
"They feel like one day they're going to get over the hill, but it's great for us to keep them down," Pippen said. "I like to keep that doubt in their minds," he said. "Right now, they don't have the weapons to overcome our club."
Grant Hill scored 27 points while Lindsey Hunter and Otis Thorpe added 17 apiece for the Pistons, who have not defeated Chicago since March 14th, 1993. Grant Long grabbed 11 rebounds for Detroit, which fell four games behind the first-place Bulls, despite owning the league's third-best record.
"We just want to maintain the dominance we've had over this team," Jordan said. "Detroit was a nemesis to myself and Scottie early in our careers and we have no trouble getting focused to play against them."
Thorpe and Hill began the game with consecutive field goals to give Detroit an early lead, but Chicago scored 11 straight points and never trailed the rest of the way. Toni Kukoc, who had 14 points and eight assists, made a layup to give the Bulls an 11-4 lead with 7:58 left in the first quarter.
"That was a long game tonight, it seemed to go on forever," Chicago coach Phil Jackson said. "We were able to maintain the momentum and play the style of the game we wanted. We knew it would be a slow-down game. Because of the pace Michael wouldn't let me take him out. I thought Scotty did a wonderful job defending Grant Hill and Dennis did a great job of controlling the boards and shutting down the middle as well. He was outstanding."
Pippen had a dunk to cap a 13-0 burst, extending the Bulls' advantage to 41-27 with 6:20 left in the second. Pippen had 16 points and Jordan added 12 as Chicago held a 49-37 lead at halftime.
"I felt that we were tentative," Pistons coach Doug Collins said. "I said to our guys, 'When you play Chicago, you have to meet the tenacity with which they play.' We didn't."
Pippen's jumper gave the Bulls their biggest lead, 62-44, with 7:38 remaining in the third.
"I thought we did a good job against Chicago," said Collins, who has lost all six meetings against his former team. "Obviously they have a little more firepower than we do and I'm glad that Michael, Scotty, and Kukoc had to play the whole game in order to beat us. Three-point shooting is something that we lead the league in and tonight our shot wasn't there and they did a good job of defending it. They're the world champions, they showed that tonight. They were in control the game was never in doubt."
Hunter nailed a three-pointer to cap a 7-0 spurt as the Pistons cut the deficit to 80-72 with 8:21 remaining in the fourth. But Kukoc answered with a three-pointer to trigger a 9-2 spurt. Jordan converted a three-point play to cap the run for an 89-74 cushion with 6:43 left.
"It's frustrating. Since I've been in the league, we've beaten every team but this one," Hill said. "It is definitely going to be our measuring stick."

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When our old friend Chris Hultner, one of the most talented motocross photographers ever, wanted to get out and shoot some races again, we were more than happy to send him on a road trip to RedBud
WORDS & PHOTOS: CHRIS HULTNER
If you are of a certain age and have been around the sport for a minute, chances are you’ve heard my name. For those who haven’t, once upon a time I was a photographer in this great sport. I even helped launch the magazine you’re holding in your hands. I was pretty active back in the late ’80s, ’90s, and ’00s. I worked for magazines, shot some pretty iconic photos, worked for some great gear companies, and even started my own moto publications. I was in the middle of it all.
Then the economy tanked in ’08 and ’09 and I lost it all.
I did some odd jobs for a few friends in the sport for a couple years. I think the last race I shot was the Texas GNC in 2011. After that, I just kind of faded away from motocross. Maybe I was burned out, disillusioned, butthurt—I don’t know. But I walked away from the sport and no one seemed to care. In hindsight, it was an idiotic move, but c’est la vie.
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|Hilton Garden Inn Guanacaste Airport
Located in Liberia Costa Rica this hotel is located opposite Daniel Oduber International Airport and features an international restaurant outdoor pool and modern rooms with 32-inch LCD TV. A free airport shuttle is available on request. Decorated in neutral colors with dark wood furniture each stylish room at the Hilton Garden Inn offers free Wi-Fi and an iPod docking station. A microwave and fridge are also provided. The Garden Restaurant and Bar offers a full menu for lunch and dinner. Snacks are available at the 24-hour convenience store. Hilton Garden Inn Liberia Airport has a well-equipped gym and a full-service business center with multiple computer stations. A tour desk and car rental service can be found on site. Africa Mia Wildlife Park is just 11 mi from this hotel. Rincón de la Vieja Volcano National Park is 30 minutes' drive away.
|Hotel Santa Ana Liberia Airport
Featuring a terrace room service free parking and free Wi-Fi in the entire property this hotel is 4 miles from Liberia Main Square and an 8 minute drive from Daniel Oduber International Airport. The air-conditioned rooms have basic décor wood furniture cable TV a patio and a private bathroom with shower and free toiletries. Guests at Hotel Santa Ana Liberia Airport can enjoy the on-site restaurant and its regional-style dishes. Also there is a variety of restaurants and bars in Liberia Town Centre. This hotel is an 8 minute drive from Sabanero Museum and 5 miles from Liberia Central Church. Liberia Bus Station is a 10 minute drive away.
|Apartamento Ganesha Liberia
Offering garden views Apartamento Ganesha Liberia is a property located in Santa Ana 28 miles from Parque Nacional Santa Rosa and 5.4 miles from Edgardo Baltodano Briceño Stadium. This self-catered apartment features a private pool a garden and free private parking. This air-conditioned apartment features 2 bedrooms a flat-screen TV and a kitchen with a fridge and a microwave. Towels and bed linen are featured in the apartment. Marina Papagayo is 21 miles from the apartment. The nearest airport is Daniel Oduber Quirós International Airport 3.1 miles from Apartamento Ganesha Liberia.
|Apartamento The Garden
Featuring an outdoor swimming pool and a fitness center Apartamento The Garden has accommodations in Liberia with free WiFi and garden views. This self-catered apartment has a private pool a garden and free private parking. This air-conditioned apartment is equipped with 2 bedrooms a cable flat-screen TV a dining area and a kitchen with a fridge and a microwave. Towels and bed linen are available in the apartment. Parque Nacional Santa Rosa is 28 miles from the apartment while Edgardo Baltodano Briceño Stadium is 5.4 miles from the property. The nearest airport is Daniel Oduber Quirós International Airport 3.1 miles from Apartamento The Garden.
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san francisco - The long-awaited smartphone of Essential was presented on Tuesday. The device, the PH-1, was developed by Andy Rubin, the spiritual father of Android. He has set up a new company for the phone.
The edge-to-edge screen has only a small incline for the camera. According to Essential, the device is made of titanium, which makes it more robust than other devices. Competitors like Apple's iPhone and Samsung's Galaxy are often chosen for the softer aluminum. An Essential costs $ 699, converted to 626 euros. It is not known when and where it comes to market. What is well known is that initially only a white and a black version will be available. Later a gray and a green variant follow.
Under the hood, the Essential features a Qualcomm 835 processor with 4GB of memory and 128GB of storage. The front camera has 8 megapixels, the rear camera 13 megapixels. It is possible to connect a 360 degree camera to the device. There is no traditional aux connector for headphones. Anyone who wants to listen to music can do that wirelessly, using a USB headset or via auxiliary aux-to-usb dongle.


Models / manufacturer: 711 Vario, 712 Vario, 714 Vario, 716 Vario, 815 Vario, 817Vario, 818 Vario, 700 Vario series / Fendt GmbH, built in Marktoberdoft, Germany.
Engine specs (711): Deutz, turbocharged diesel, 6-cylinder, 347.81 ci, 5.7 L, 3.8583x4.959 inches, 98 x 126 mm, 115 hp, 85.8 kW, 385.8 lb-ft, 523.1 Nm.
Engine specs (712): Deutz TCD 2012 L06 4V, turbocharged intercooled diesel, 6-cylinder, 24-valve, liquid-cooled, 369.6 ci, 6.1 L, 3.976x4.961 inches, 101 x 126 mm, 421.1 lb-ft, 571.0 Nm.
Engine specs (714): see 712, 472 lb-ft, 640.0 Nm.
Engine specs (716): see 714, 534 lb-ft, 724.1 Nm.
Engine specs (815): see manual
Engine specs (817): see manual
Engine specs (818): Deutz TCD 2012 L06 4V, turbocharged intercooled diesel, 6-cylinder, 24-valve, liquid-cooled, 369.6 ci, 6.1 L, 592 lb-ft, 802.8 Nm.
Production years: 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, onwards.
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11 tech specs about the Fendt 711, 712, 714 tractor, its engine and the service manual:
1. The Fendt 711, 712, and 714 tractors are part of the Fendt 700 Vario series, designed for demanding agriculture work.
2. They are equipped with a powerful, fuel-efficient Fendt EfficientPower engine that provides reliable performance.
3. The tractors feature a Vario transmission with infinitely variable speeds, providing precise control for a variety of tasks.
4. The Fendt VarioGuide GPS system is available as an option, providing guidance and mapping capabilities for increased efficiency.
5. The cab design is ergonomic, with comfortable seating and a variety of controls that can be easily reached by the operator.
6. The tractors have a spacious rear working area for attachments, with hydraulic and electrical connections for easy operation.
7. They are equipped with a hydraulic front axle suspension system for smooth and comfortable operation, even in rough terrain.
8. The tractors have a hydraulic power take-off (PTO) system for operating various implements, including mowers, tillers, and other attachments.
9. The tractors are equipped with an automatic lifting gear, making it easy to raise and lower implements as needed.
10. A variety of tools and attachments are available for the Fendt 711, 712, and 714 tractors, allowing them to be used for a wide range of tasks.
11. The service manual provides detailed information on the tractor's engine, transmission, electrical system, and other components, making it an essential resource for maintenance and repair.
The Fendt 716, 815, 817, and 818 Vario tractors are renowned for their powerful performance and versatility in the field. Here are ten interesting tech specs about these tractors, their engines, and the service manual that can help keep them running smoothly.
Engine: The Fendt 716, 815, 817, and 818 Vario tractors are powered by a high-performance diesel engine that provides excellent fuel efficiency and low emissions.
Power: These tractors are capable of producing up to 213 horsepower, making them ideal for tough farm operations.
Drive System: The tractors feature a Vario transmission system that provides smooth and efficient power transfer from the engine to the wheels.
Hydraulics: The tractors come equipped with advanced hydraulic systems that provide optimal performance in demanding farm operations.
Suspension: The tractors feature a front and rear suspension system that provides a smooth ride, even over rough terrain.
Cab: The operator's cab is designed for maximum comfort and convenience, with features such as air conditioning, an adjustable seat, and an easy-to-read display panel.
Control System: The tractors are equipped with a state-of-the-art control system that allows for easy operation and precise control.
Implements: The tractors are compatible with a wide range of implements, including plows, cultivators, and other farm equipment.
Safety Features: The tractors come equipped with a variety of safety features, including seat belts, rollover protection, and a fire extinguisher.
Service Manual: The Fendt 716, 815, 817, and 818 Vario tractor service manual provides detailed information on the tractor's maintenance and repair, including engine and hydraulic systems, electrical and electronic systems, and more.
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WASHINGTON — The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said Ferrari has agreed to pay a $3.5 million fine for failing to inform the agency of three fatal accidents and failing to file required reports over a three-year period.
"There is no excuse for failing to follow laws created to keep drivers safe, and our aggressive enforcement action underscores the point that all automakers will be held accountable if they fail to do their part in our mission to keep Americans safe on the road," said U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx in a statement on Friday.
NHTSA noted that before Ferrari parent Fiat acquired Chrysler, the exotic automaker qualified as a small-volume manufacturer and was not required to file some reports with NHTSA. However, it was still required to report fatal crashes involving its cars.
A consent order published by NHTSA said Ferrari admits it failed to submit an early-warning report for any quarter from the third quarter of 2011 through the second quarter of 2014 and failed to report three incidents involving a death to NHTSA. No details on the deaths were provided.
Ferrari said it has put new procedures in place to "ensure full compliance in the future."
In addition to the fine, Ferrari will develop written procedures for comprehensive early-warning reporting, the consent order said. It will also train personnel to track accidents involving Ferraris.
Federal law requires large automakers and affiliates of large automakers to submit early-warning reports on a quarterly basis.
The fine is part of a NHTSA crackdown on automakers when it comes to reporting potential safety problems or recalls. NHTSA has come under fire by safety advocates and lawmakers for its handling of the massive Takata recalls for defective airbags and the General Motors ignition-switch recall. The agency oversees vehicle safety in the U.S.
Edmunds says: All automakers are coming under greater scrutiny in this Year of the Recall.


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AUBURN HILLS, Mich., Nov. 15, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — • Chrysler Pacifica Hybrid chosen by Green Car Reports editors as the most significant new green car during the 2018 model year • Pacifica Hybrid also named 2018 Best Hybrid Vehicle to Buy by Green Car…… Read More
To stay up to date with the latest in the worm farming industry to can check out our worm farming latest news. On the other hand in case you’re starting worm farming and desire to start professional composting now download a copy of our how to make a worm farm ebook.
Worm farming is a huge step toward making our planet a bit greener and your family friendly. You will not find an easier means to do that than worm farming. Below, you’ll find out exactly what worm farms are and find out about the benefits of worm farming. You are going to feel better about yourself knowing that you did your part to help the planet.
Individuals who are enthusiastic about worm farms often use food bits so that them can decompose. What the worms excrete is called casts, or vermicompost. That is subsequently used to fertilise other areas, the garden and the grass. The food scraps become worm compost, which compost is full of nutrients and minerals. This is a fantastic option without using commercial fertilisers for garden lovers and folks seeking an organic and 100 percent natural means to enrich ground. In case you are considering starting a worm farm, you should look for the two common worms. These are the Red Earthworm (the Lumbricus rubella) and the Red Wiggler (the Esienia foetida).
You can decide if you’d like to make a worm farm on a large scale or on a small scale. You will also find that many of the commercial farms sell the worm castings or the vermicompost and the worms. The organic compost sold here is sought after. Or, if you do not care to buy it you could always make your own. With a little research on the matter you are going to become another seller in the neighbourhood!
The great thing about worm farming is you could do it in your own backyard. You may even take action in your kitchen if you need. Composting bins or vermiculture bins (worm-farm bins) can be purchased online. Nonetheless, worm farming can be started by you with a couple of simple containers including metal containers, plastic bins, pails, wooden crates and many other things, of your own.


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In 2018, LANDSAM will arrange a joint Graduation Day which will take place on Tuesday 19 June. This will be a big and eventful day where all of the spring's approximately 170 Bachelor- and Master students at LANDSAM will take their oral examinations.
After decades of violent conflict, large numbers of Somalis have been displaced and the subsequent migration has contributed to the growth of cities across the country. This NMBU project, led by Durham University in the UK, will investigate links between urbanization and displacement in Somalia. Read more in the project’s first report.

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The partners at KPMG Wollongong have hosted Coopers Brewery chairman Glenn Cooper at a dinner at City Beach Function Centre, the first of many as KPMG Wollongong plans to bring speakers capable of delivering different perspectives to local business.
Warwick Shanks said what he took away from Mr Cooper's address was the importance of understanding your advantages and playing to your strengths, recognising the power of positive messages from your customers and clients and sharing them, not forgetting or underestimating your own personal impact on the culture and values of a business and being proud of your company whenever you have any opportunity to represent it.
"What we wanted to do tonight is launch what we see as a new concept for the region," Mr Shanks said.
"It is a different type of networking event."
What the KPMG partners are proposing is a club for private businesses likely to be called the PB Club. It would meet once a quarter with the overall aim of helping private businesses help each other.
The Illawarra Business Chamber is hosting an executive lunch at City Beach on August 22 on Improving Illawarra's Transport Connectivity.
The chamber sees improving connectivity to Sydney as a top priority for businesses and the broader community, with a potential to unlock economic opportunities.
It is inviting people to join in the discussion about how the Illawarra could benefit from improvements and how we might all be able to work together to clearly identify a strategic list of infrastructure projects.
PricewaterhouseCoopers partner Mark Streeting is providing an overview of the findings of a recent study comparing the quality and access of the Illawarra's connectivity to Sydney to other comparable cities in Australia and overseas.
The SMART Infrastructure Facility has developed an integrated planning tool called Vision Illawarra as part of the Global Challenges project 'Our Region, Our Future: Building a Collective Vision for the Illawarra'.
The development of the tool followed recognition that an integrated approach was needed to consolidate the many planning tools used across the region. SMART research director Prof Pascal Perez wants the July 25 round-table to demonstrate the model, seek input and discuss how local businesses and organisations could benefit from such a dynamic planning tool.
Street for success
Businesses in Wentworth Street, Port Kembla have plenty to celebrate before winners of the 2014 Illawarra and South Coast Local Business Awards are announced in August.
There have been nine businesses from the street named as finalists.
They are Something Special, All Occasion Florist, Broken Glass hair salon, Paws at Port, Bowdens Discount Chemist, Beautiful Invitations, Delennyks, Cheeboom Bridal and Just Bridesmaids and Formals.
eCareers Academy founder Brian Horan is guest speaker at the next Illawarra Women in Business networking lunch at The Grandstand on July 25.
Mr Horan is the principal counsellor at the careers counselling consultancy, but in 2010 founded the international corporate training organisation Empowering Training Solutions and has also published a personal development novel called New Windows of Opportunity that aims to inspire teenagers and young adults to find their passion and purpose in life and to fulfil their potential.
Interest in the Australian Institute of Company Directors' educational program in Wollongong keeps growing.
The Risk Analysis, Investigation and Oversight workshop on September 10 is already fully booked and another program will be delivered for the first time in Wollongong on the same day.
It is an intensive course focused on the role of a chairman that helps fine tune leadership and governance skills.
The Faculty of Business at the University of Wollongong is launching a book called Being Practical with Theory: A Window into Business Research in the Panizzi Room at the UOW Library on July 22.
The straight forward guides show theories used in of management and organisation studies.
The 2014 Denny Foundation Masquerade Ball has been described as a huge success by the Purcell family and committee members Simon Davie, Brendan Bermingham, Jenny Hirst, Chris Laraghy and Jim Christensen.
Valuable help came from Stockland Shellharbour, Outback Steak House Fairy Meadow, Walter Immoos and the Novotel Wollongong Northbeach, Jody Dunning and Shellharbour Village Beach House, Paul Pennell Photography and Funbooth, Simon Kersten of Colliers International, patron Glen Saville, Alfredo Mousinho-Esteves, the Fraternity Club, Frank Stanizzo, All Occasion Flowers and Homemaid Residential Cleaning.


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The History of Parliament is widely recognised as a monumental scholarly achievement. Since its origins in the dreams of Josiah Wedgwood in the early part of the 20th century, and then its establishment as a charitable trust in 1940 (with government funding from 1951), it has produced a voluminous output.
This is a judiciously edited and structured collection of arguably the most important of Blair Worden’s essays. It is always possible to question the reasons for republishing essays that have appeared elsewhere, especially in this case, as none of these essays have been resting in obscurity and they are all available in print and electronic forms via institutional libraries the world over.
Robin Usher’s Protestant Dublin sets out its stall from the beginning: it is a study of symbolic and iconographic landscape of Dublin, the essential purpose of which is to explore ‘how the physical environment conveyed meanings relating [sic] to institutional authority’ (p. 3).
Recently, Sir Keith Thomas, after chairing the judging panel for the annual Wolfson History Prize, signalled his misgivings over the tendency for young historians to eschew conventional academic publishing (the scholarly monograph) and instead to ‘hire an agent, cut out the footnotes, jazz it all up a bit and try to produce a historical bestseller from what would have otherwise been a perfectl
Out of what materials was ‘Oliver Cromwell’ shaped? (1) To what extent was he self-consciously shaping and reshaping himself? Did he record those self-constructing manoeuvres with some insight and effect? Certainly his spiritual odyssey is documented although not as thoroughly as we would wish.
This is a monumental book, covering 91 noble families and 311 individual noblemen in 17 chapters of 482 pages of text and 89 pages of endnotes. The supporting material includes 19 plates, ten maps, 31 tables, ten figures and six appendices.
Bernard Capp explores how godly reformers in England sought to create a better society and assesses the extent of their achievements at a time when Puritans were in an unprecedented position of power to reshape English society.
The clergymen who suffered during the 1640s and the 1650s for their loyalty to King Charles I have long awaited a full study. This is somewhat surprising, given that John Walker’s manuscripts in the Bodleian Library, Oxford, which form the basis of Fiona McCall’s new study, have now for a century been easily accessible to scholars. A calendar by G. B. Tatham was published in 1911, and A. G.
Rayne Allinson’s new book, A Monarchy in Letters: Royal Correspondence and English Diplomacy in the Reign of Elizabeth I, highlights some of the gaps missing in the historiography of the queen’s own involvement in foreign affairs. The author acknowledges that there is a curious void here; what about the queen’s own words?
In 1966 the historical profession was deprived of a talented and original practitioner, when Dr Walter Love was killed in a traffic accident. Utah-born Love was drawn towards Irish history following his postgraduate research into Edmund Burke, and ultimately his interest centred on how the events of 1641 had become engrained into collective memory in Ireland.


It's a mini O.C. reunion!
According to Deadline Hollywood, Rachel Bilson is teaming up again with "The O.C." creator and executive producer Josh Schwartz for an hourlong pilot for NBC. Bilson will star in Ghost Angeles, a supernatural romantic comedy.
All other details about the show are being kept under wraps. Are you excited to see Bilson back in a starring role on the small screen?
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North Carolina Schools Are Resegregating
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools, once held as an example for how to integrate a public school system, is now the most racially and socio-economically segregated school district in North Carolina. In 2001, the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals declared Charlotte-Mecklenburg’s school assignment plan, which was created with the goal of racial integration, illegal. This set back not only Charlotte-Mecklenburg, but school districts all over the state as they decided when and if it was appropriate to prioritize racial integration.
School choice also became a hot-button issue. Some white and high-income families flocked to magnet, charter and private schools, shifting the demographics of neighborhood public schools. This trend is likely increasing in the midst of the pandemic, said Amy Hawn Nelson, director of training and technical assistance for Actionable Intelligence for Social Policy at the University of Pennsylvania’s School of Social Policy & Practice.


What is SCIM?
System for Cross-domain Identity Management (SCIM) is an open standard protocol that is designed to simplify the management of user identities across different systems and domains. SCIM is particularly useful in the context of identity and access management, where organizations need to manage user accounts, roles, and other identity-related information across various applications and services.
SCIM provides a standardized way to create, read, update, and delete (CRUD) user identities and associated data, such as groups and roles. It is commonly used in scenarios where user information needs to be synchronized between different systems, such as between an organization’s HR systems, email services, and cloud-based applications.
Key features and concepts of SCIM include the following:
- Resources. SCIM defines various types of resources such as users, groups, and schemas, which represent different aspects of identity and access management. These resources can be manipulated using standard HTTP methods (GET, POST, PUT, DELETE).
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- Pagination. For large datasets, SCIM supports pagination to retrieve data in smaller, manageable chunks.
- Schema. SCIM uses a schema to define the structure and attributes of resources, ensuring consistency and compatibility across systems.
- Authentication and Authorization. SCIM doesn’t prescribe a specific authentication or authorization mechanism. It can work with various authentication methods, including OAuth, to ensure secure access to identity resources.
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SCIM is commonly used in identity and access management (IAM) solutions and is particularly valuable in scenarios where multiple applications or services need to share user data and where interoperability and standardization are important. By implementing SCIM, organizations can reduce the complexity of managing user identities across different systems, leading to improved security and operational efficiency.
SCIM has gained widespread adoption and is supported by many IAM vendors and cloud service providers, making it a valuable tool for modern identity management.
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What are some common use cases for SCIM?
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Since a few months, rumours have been abuzz about Yash's upcoming movie tentatively titled Yash19. As per the buzz, Mufti fame Narthan will helm the next project. However, there was no official confirmation regarding it.
But now, Yash has cleared the air about his upcoming project.
As told by Yash to Cinema Express, since the last two years, he has been asked about his next flick. "If I had spoken about it back then it wouldn't have mattered now. So, let's keep it that way. Also, I don't believe in the act of announcing a new film on birthdays," Yash was quoted by the agency as saying.
Further, he clarified that just because he was not doing new films, it didn't mean he was idle.
"I am a workaholic. During this lockdown, I have got myself busy with writing. Whenever I want to take up a new project, I don't want to go by my previous success," he said.
Yash also went on to say that every new film should be a new chapter, and he wants it to be a visual spectacle. The Rocking Star wishes that the audience should wake up with excitement.
"I have a project that will make me go 'wow'. For it, I have to accumulate the right kind of resources and people," Yash said.
Talking about the highly anticipated flick KGF Chapter 2, Yash said he is quite excited for the way the movie and anticipation for it has shaped now. Right now, the bars are set high and expectations of moviegoers from KGF 2 is higher and Yash aims to exceed those.
While fans are eagerly waiting for the release date of KGF Chapter 2, Yash himself is quite eager to see the reaction of the audience.
KGF Chapter 2 release date is locked for April 14 this year which is only 95 days away.
Hopefully, the worsening pandemic situation and 3rd wave will settle down and as Yash expects a 100% audience in the theatres, the Monster will hit the theatres when it is filled with gangsters (audience).


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- David Dee Donaldson (aka Dee Robb) -- vocals, rhythm guitar,
- George Joe Donaldson (aka Joe Robb) -- vocals, lead guitar
- Robert Bruce Donaldson (aka Bruce Robb) -- vocals, keyboards
- Craig Krampf -- drums, percussion
- Floyd Gib Guilbeau -- violin (1970-71)
- Chris Hillman -- bass, mandolin (1970-71)
- Sneaky Pete Kleinow -- pedal steel guitar (1970-71)
- Tony La Tindre -- keyboards. percussion (1970-71)
- Robert Bradley's Blackwater Surprise (Bruce Donaldson -
- The Robbs (David, George and Robert Donaldson)
- Dee Robb and the Robbins
- Robby and the Robbins
- The Texas Toad Lickers (Bruce Robb)
Rating: 3 stars ***
Country/State: Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Grade (cover/record): VG/VG+
Comments: gatefold sleeve
Catalog ID: 5733
As The Robbs siblings Craig, David (aka Dee), George (aka Joe), and Robert (aka Bruce) Donaldson were signed to Mercury Records and enjoyed a bit of mid-1960s sales success with a string of catchy pop singles and a surprisingly enjoyable LP.
By the early-1970s brother Craig had dropped out (replaced by drummer Craig Krampf) while the other three simblings decided to shift their earlier pop orientation towards a more happenin' country-rock sound under the banner Cherokee (be sure to check out the time-piece ensembles they're wearing).
Signed by ABC Records, their debut LP "Cherokee" was produced by Steve Barri. The album showcased a mix of covers and original material (mostly penned by David). If you were a fan of their Robbs incarnation there was a good chance these eleven country-rock numbers were not going to do a great deal for you. On the other hand, if you were into late-inning Roger McGuinn and the Byrds, The Flying Burrito Brothers, Poco, or any number of early-1970s country-rock outfits you'd probably find this one at least somewhat engaging. I can clearly remember initially being less than overwhelmed by the album. It was pleasant, but sounded derivative and it wasn't until I'd spun the LP a couple of times some of its charms started to reveal themselves to my ears. The Donaldsons were clearly talented folks with all three brothers having nice voices. They were also good songwriters with original material like 'Funky Business' and the rocker 'All the Way Home' and 'Feel Us Love' outperforming much of the cover material. Perhaps just a reflection of personal tastes, but I found their rock-oriented performances far stronger than the country-oriented numbers. Among the highlights the country-funk 'Funky Business', 'Strange Ways' and 'All he Way Home'. Not as groundbreaking as some of the competition, but this is one that's grown on me over the years and I now actually prefer it to much of the Poco catalog. Added bonus is that you can still fund affordable copies. Shame they didn't get a chance to record a follow-up album.
There was also a non-LP 45. Originally recorded by Miami's The Birdwatchers, Cherokee's cover of 'Girl I've Got News' was tougher and better than anything in their Robbs catalog or on their album. Their version offered up a sizzling slice of garage aggression that should have been a massive hit for the band.
- 1971's 'Girl I've Got News For You' b/w 'All the Way Home' (ABC catalog number 45-11304)
As far as I know the album and two singles mark the entire Cherokee catalog. Let me know if there's more.
"Cherokee" track listing:
1.) Rosianna (Terry Cashman - Gene Pistilli - Tommy P. West) - 2:30 rating: *** stars
'Rosianna' opened up the collection with a chugging country-rocker that would have sounded right at home in Flying Burrito Brothers/Poco catalogs. Not really bad, but a little too formulaic for my tastes - good song to use playing country rock bingo ... ABC tapped it as a promotional single in the States:
- 1970's 'Rosianna' b/w 'All The Way Home' (ABC catalog number ABC-11295)
2.) Something To Believe In (E. Reeves) - 3:55 rating: *** stars
Dee Donaldson had a nifty voice and adding a bit of rawness to the mix, he used it effectively on the ballad 'Something To Believe In'. Pretty song that certainly had commercial potential.
3.) Funky Business (Joe Donaldson - Craig Krampf) - 2:38 rating: **** stars
I'm not sure that its actually a musical genre, but I'd tag 'Funky Business' as a slice of country-funk. One of two tracks to showcases brother Joe on lead vocals, this one was an atypical rocker that should have excited FM radio. Awesome guitar dynamics between David and Dee.
4.) Lady On My Mind (J. Cooper - J. Gallie) - 2:26 rating: **** stars
Sporting one of the album's prettier melodies and showcasing the brothers' great harmony vocals, Lady On My Mind' actually sounded remarkably like a late-inning Roger McGuinn and the Byrds outtake. Since I'm a big Byrds fan, I liked this one quite a bit.
5.) It Doesn't Matter Anymore (Paul Anka) - 2:42 rating: **** stars
Anytime I see a Paul Anka credit I start to shudder. Luckily my fears were misplaced on this one. Echoing Poco at their most commercial 'It Doesn't Matter Anymore' was probably the prettiest song on the collection and would have made a nice single.
6.) Strange Ways (David Donaldson) - 3:20 rating: **** stars
Propelled by a nice fuzz solo from George, 'Strange Ways' was another rocker that aptly demonstrated the band could hold their own in the genre. Surprisingly suggestive lyrics that would have sounded good on early-1970s FM radio.
Side two opened up with the most out-and-out commercial track; 'All the Way Home'. The horns may have been a little off putting for some, but the track had a great melody and top-40 potential. The tune had previously been released as the "B" side to 'Girl I've Got News For You'.
2.) Changin' Winds (David Donaldson) - 3:00 rating: *** stars
With backing from pedal steel guitarist Sneaky Pete Kleinow 'Changin' Winds' found the band returning to Poco-styled country-rock territory. Pretty, but nothing spectacular.
3.) Chattanooga (David Donaldson) - 2:31
A conventional country number, 'Chattanooga' was an acquired taste that I simply didn't have.
4.) Feel Us Love (Joe Donaldson - Craig Krampf) - 2:46 rating: **** stars
Judging by 'Feel Us Love' though he only handled lead on a couple of tracks, Joe may have been a better singer than brother Dee.
5.) Catch the Velvet Evening (David Donaldson) - 3:30
For some reason 'Catch the Velvet Evening' has always reminded me of The Eagles. Another country-rocker, the difference on this one comes in the form of the group chorus harmonies which were a dead ringer for what Don Henley and company would be doing in about a year. My favorite of the country-rock offerings.
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