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text:
Posers who claim to have known her
still talk about how her heart just stopped,
pulverized into pieces of pumping dust,
beating as hard as they could, myriads of mini hearts,
each one failing, none of the diminished
pieces working alone as they could whole,
driving oxygen through jammed highways of polluted veins.
When she was alive, her wildfire eyes changed color
with each new tattoo shimmering on her chameleon skin.
Maybe she kept adding tattoos or maybe she got smaller
so there seemed like more, the ironic horseshoe
on her left shoulder branded too late
the leftover heart dust
blown away, lost forever
David Colodney realized at an early age that he had no athletic ability whatsoever, so he decided to focus his attention on writing about sports instead, covering everything from major league baseball to high school flag football for The Miami Herald and The Tampa Tribune. He holds an MFA from Converse College, where he served as poetry editor of South85, the literary journal of the Converse MFA program, and also an MA from Nova Southeastern University. His poetry has appeared or will appear in St. Petersburg Review, South Carolina Review, California Quarterly, and Shot Glass Journal, among others. David was recently named a finalist in the 2017 DISQUIET Prize for Poetry. He lives in Boynton Beach, Florida with his wife, three sons, and golden retriever.

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KNKX Holiday Jam Concert
December 18 @ 7:00 pm
‘Tis the season! This year’s KNKX Holiday Jam Concert features Northwest favorites Pearl Django and vocalist Gail Pettis performing music of the season.
The event is hosted by KNKX jazz ambassador Abe Beeson, and a student combo from Seattle JazzED will open the show.
A livestream of this event will also be available.


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In a modest milestone for President Barack Obama’s high-speed rail vision, test runs started zooming along a small section of the Amtrak line between Chicago and St. Louis at 111 mph Friday.
The federal government has reimbursed Wisconsin for money the state spent on a high-speed rail plan.
The Federal Railroad Administration says a route running along the Mississippi River is the most feasible and reasonable for a proposed high-speed commuter train between the Twin Cities and Chicago.
Gov. Scott Walker’s rejection of $810 million in federal grant money for high-speed rail means the state must now spend about $10.2 million to upgrade the Milwaukee Intermodal Station.
Wisconsin could become a Midwest black hole of modern train travel after the U.S. Department of Transportation’s decision Monday to award more than $400 million to the Badger State’s neighbors for rail projects.
There are 22 rail cars loaded with steel in a Madison rail yard slowly siphoning money from the state.
Talgo Inc.’s chief executive officer said the company plans to cap its Milwaukee workforce at about 65 employees to avoid layoffs when it moves from train manufacturing to maintenance in 2012.
The state and some Wisconsin counties are stuck with the $35 million tab to upgrade a freight line between Madison and Watertown now that federal high-speed train money is gone.
Talgo Inc., the Spanish manufacturer of high-speed train cars, will abandon its plant in Milwaukee in 2012, according to Nora Friend, a spokeswoman for the company.
Milwaukee mayor offers angry response to death of high-speed rail
It’s official: High-speed rail is dead in Wis.
High-speed rail presenters face angry throngs
Attorneys prep for high-speed fail
Madison prepares plea for high-speed rail
Congressmen: Use high-speed rail money to cut deficit
Activists ask Walker to reconsider decision on high-speed rail
Wisconsin not alone in trying to derail high-speed rail
Walker to U.S. transportation secretary: Use high-speed rail money for infrastructure
U.S. Transportation Secretary to Walker: Money cannot go for other projects
Gov. elect, Madison mayor at odds over high-speed rail future
Talgo: If train leaves state, so will company
WisDOT suspends work on high-speed rail
Gov.-elect Walker targets high-speed rail, road projects
State let Immel withdraw train shed bid after error
Walker tells high-speed rail advocates to ’slow down’
Kraemer & Sons wins bid for high-speed rail land bridge project
Madison ignores threats to high-speed rail project
Watertown residents want say in rail station project
WisDOT unveils high-speed rail station plans for Madison
Train station suitors could turn to developers
WisDOT says no high-speed rail stop for Oconomowoc
GOP governor candidates still say they’ll halt high-speed rail
Talgo project rolls on despite rail debate
Rail advocates tout regionalism in economic talks (VIDEO)
High-speed rail heads to Madison’s Monona Terrace
State sets sights on high-speed track to Minneapolis
Talgo project sidesteps local preference (VIDEO)
State must put up its own money for federal rail grants
Lawmaker tries to slow high-speed rail
Common Council approves Talgo, Ingeteam projects
Milwaukee, Madison in running for Talgo maintenance building
Consultant wants payback for rail idea
Rail hits resistance in Waterloo
High-speed rail grants lack DBE goals
State approves high-speed rail spending
Rail costs are hard to pin down
Cities seek balance between road and rail
Milwaukee train station renovation planned
Competition grows for rail money
Rail money sparks project, expectations (VIDEO)
Money woes threaten rail projects
Carpenters cheer high-speed rail announcement
Doyle loses on Milwaukee schools, wins on rail
GOP candidates take on transportation spending
Wisconsin on track to get piece of rail grant pie
Obama to award high-speed rail money

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Autostick (Semi-Automatic) to Standard manual transmission conversion process.
Well, I knew it would happen
someday. I didn't really expect it a week after I finally got
everything working right on the Bug, however. It started innocently
enough. Occasional clutch slipping, nothing too serious. Then one day,
very close to my house fortunately, it just wouldn't go. I limped home
very slowly. The time had come. I had been preparing for this for a
The cost of autostick clutch
parts are very high, two or three times that of standard clutch parts.
I knew that if I needed anything more than a simple clutch disk, I was
probably going to make the conversion to a 4-speed manual transmission.
Needless to say, I did. Between trading, and careful buying and
swapping, I was able to make the conversion for $150. Even buying all
new or rebuilt parts, I could have done it for $500. The cost to simply
repair the autostick and keep it were going to be around $250. The
choice was simple....convert.
A primary factor in the decision
making process was the long term effects. Over time, the autostick
would be more expensive. Also, many parts like the clutch servo or
control valve are either very expensive, or unavailable. Come to find
out too, the torque converter seal leaks a lot of the time, and I kind
of got sick of that. The semi-automatic transmission, in my
opinion, takes away from the very simplicity of the Beetle too, but in
use, and maintenance.
Okay, enough babble. Here is my picture-less, blow by blow account of
the conversion. Before you continue however, be sure you do what I
did.....read the conversion article at THIS SITE....twice.
It would also help to view both the Haynes and Bentley manuals beforehand, becoming familiar with
both the standard and semi-automatic transmissions.
Pull the engine. Nothing fancy. Don't get in a hurry or do anything
stupid. Just pull the engine the normal way. You can visit my Engine Page for a refresher course.
Now that the engine is out, remove the control valve, ATF Tank, vacumn
tank, all related hoses, and the clutch servo off the transmission. Bag
all this stuff up, clean it later. If you aren't able to sell it or
trade it for something, then GIVE it to some other Veedubber that has
an autostick. If you just junk the stuff, the VW Gods will come down
and enact justice on your engine in someway.
Use sheet metal or any other creative process you choose to cover up
all the extra holes in the engine compartment that the autostick parts
left. You will have four. One for the ATF fluid hoses you removed, one
for the vacumn line to the servo that you removed, one for the vacumn
tank nozzle that went to the control valve, and one to the ATF fluid
tank. You must not leave the holes unattended or you will hamper the
cooling ability of your engine.
Remove the bolts on the CV joints that connect the axles to the
transmission. This is a special socket, available at most auto parts
stores. You don't need to take them off on the side of the wheels. The
CVs will rest on the support frame of the chassis that holds the
tranny. If your CV boots are all cracked or cut and the CV joint is all
dried up, then this is a good time to service them. I wasn't going to
mess with the CVs at this time, so I slipped a baggie over the exposed
Now go inside the car, under the back seat where the shift-rod connects
to the transmission. Unscrew the setscrew, it has a square head on it.
Don't lose it.
Once it's loose, move your shifter into L1 or L3 (pull it toward
the back of the car). The resulting motion should pull the shift
coupler clear of the transmission. If for some reason the little spring
has remained connected to the
shift coupler after all these years, you might need to remove it. I
looks like a brake return spring.
Now, use your floor jack and a small piece of wood or something and
support the transmission. The two very large bolts on the ends of the
support frame are 27mm, take them off. Later, you can separate this
piece from the transmission. Now remove the two nuts that hold the
front of the transmission to the frame. On my car, these were 17mm.
Take note of the transmission ground strap that will be hanging off the
tranny around there, it will need to come loose. Loosen whichever side
is easier to get to.
Remove all wire connections. On the semi-automatic tranny you will have
Eventually you can probably cut some of the wiring out, but for now
just band them all together or something.
Now pull the tranny out. It's kind of heavy, and you will be in an
awkward position, but it's not that hard.
Give everything a general clean-up, reorganize your tools. Double-check
the steps you have done so far, have a hamburger. Wash your hands
because now you're
going inside the car.
Remove the shift coupler from the shift rod. Remove the shifter
assembly (shifter, stop plate, spring, boot). Under the front of your
in the trunk and around the apron, will be various plates that need to
be removed. You will be sliding the shift rod out through the front of
the car. Consult your manual here if you need, under shift rod
Once you have removed all of the shift rod plates and covers, (3 on my
'69) slide out the shiftrod. Some cars may need a new shift rod, some
may not. Mine was the correct length. Bring your shiftrod to your
favorite VW Air-cooled parts supplier and have them take a look to be
sure. While you're there, pick up a new shift rod bushing, and a
coupler if yours looks worn.
Remove the pedal assembly. Take care not to damage the accelerator
cable. Now your car should be completely devoid of autostick parts.
If your car does not have the clutch tube in it, read on. If it does, skip to STEP 13.
Ah...so you need a clutch tube.....yippee. Then it's time to cut the
tunnel. Using the pictures and information you have see at Matt
Claydon's Website, your manuals, and no doubt some of John Henry's work
as well, you should have a chart, or at least a good idea of where to
cut the holes in the tunnel.
It's a good idea to remove the passenger seat now, as you will be
cutting the holes on the passenger side of the tunnel. By my best
estimate, the right hand side of the first hole should be about three
inches back from the edge of the pedal assembly hole. Imagine a
rectangle that begins there and goes back about six inches. Drill the
top two corners with a new, 1/2 inch drill bit. You can get by with
smaller, as long as the blade for your jigsaw fits in the holes. Once
you have the top two corners drilled, use your jigsaw to cut from hole
to hole, then from each hole down to the floor pan. About two inches of
uncut tunnel should remain before your jigsaw won't allow anymore
movement. Now you have a big flap of metal that you can just bend down.
Perform the same task in a spot at the back of the emergency brake.
Again, hopefully you have seen the websites I have mentioned and have
an idea what I'm talking about. Maybe someday I'll add some pics, but
Through the front hole you have cut in
the passenger side of the tunnel, you will be able to see the bracket
where your clutch tube will rest. In the hole behind the e-brake, you
won't see much of anything really. One thing is neat. With all the
stuff out of the tunnel, and all these holes, you get a real feel for
what goes on in there. You'll be able to see where the shift bushing
goes, you'll see the accelerator tube, and in general you'll uncover
the secret mysteries of the VW tunnel.
You will need to drill a hole at the back of the car for the clutch
tube. Again, use the pictures on those other web pages, but
essentiallly it's between the accelerator tube and the tranny access
hole. You can wait on this step if you want, and drill it after you
have fitted the clutch tube.
Find and fit a clutch tube. You need to find a steel tube with about a
3/8 inch outside diamter. It wouldn't hurt to go ahead and buy a clutch
cable at this point so you can see just exactly what is supposed to go
inside the steel tube. Somewhere out there, these tubes exist. You may
have to bend or curve it slightly. The idea is, you should be able to
feed it into the tunnel and it
will rest on the bracket at the front near the pedal assembly, and
out the back of the car at the appropriate position. You are also
supposed to fashion a brack of sorts at the spot behind the e-brake
(you were wondering why we cut there weren't you?). Once you have
positioned this clutch tube, you should now see where the hole at the
back of the car needs to be drilled. That 1/2 inch drill bit you used
earlier should still be plenty sharp enough for this task. Once the
tube is positioned correctly, you can tack weld it in there with a
stick welder or some other kind of welder.
BUT......before you do, put the shift rod back in and make sure the two
don't interfere with each other. Also, it's best not to cut the tube
too short at the back of the car yet because you don't know exactly how
far it will need to stick out. Once the tube is fitted correctly and
does not interfere with the shift rod, weld it in.
You'll need to
weld it at the front where it lays in the bracket. You'll need to weld
the bracket to the tube, and then the bracket either to the side of the
tunnel, or the bottom of the tunnel. Finally, there is a spot you
should be able to weld as the tube exits the car.
The following information can be damaging to VW purists or to anyone opposed to
If you happend to catch my earlier drift, I said that "somewhere" these
tubes exist, referring to the clutch tubes. I couldn't find one. I
wasn't about to drive all over town to every industrial metal company
and explain what I was doing and what I needed. Additionally, I wasn't
prepared to rent a welder, or wait for my neighbor to have time to do
it. He helped me patch my floor pans, and I had to wait around for him
to have time. I wasn't that patient this time.
I put the creative juices to work trying to find an alternative
solution. Here is what I came up with. REMEMBER, the holes in the
tunnel are cut. I can go in at any time and weld in a steel tube.
Instead, however, I picked up an eight foot piece of copper pipe. Not
copper tubing, copper pipe. Nice and rigid, but I could still put the
slight bend in I would need. Once I had positioned the pipe, I used
three metal clamps (heavy duty hose clamps) to secure it. In the big
area behind the e-brake, I used a stout metal hose clamp to secure the
tube to the existing accelerator tube. I also used one under the back
seat before the pipe exists the chassis, and in front by the
This baby is tight and will probably never let go. As mentioned, if it
gives me too much grief, I can always slide the copper out and weld in
note. I'm really not into just rigging whatever works. But this was a
practical solution to the problem that is invisible once everything is
put back together. Keep in mind I was doing the entire conversion on my
own and this was the only thing holding me back.
Once you have the clutch tube in, fold up the metal flap behind the
emergency brake. Wait until the clutch cable is in and the pedal
assembly is back together before folding up the other one, it's much
easier to put the cable in with access from the other side.
You can seal these area's with silicone or seam sealer later, and tack
weld them if you went with the welding route. They will be covered by
padding and carpet anyway.
For those of you with clutch tubes installed already, thanks for
At this point our cars have no autostick parts. Assuming you have
collected all the replacement parts....lets start re-assembly. First,
install your shift rod with its new bushing and coupler, use plenty of
grease. Don't forget to put all those cover plates back on at the front
of the car. Go ahead and fasten the shift coupler to the rod, if for no
other reason that to keep it from getting lost. Mount the new shifter
assembly, but only snug down those 13mm bolts. You'll probably need to
adjust them later. Grease up your new clutch cable and slide it into
the clutch tube through the hole the pedal assembly goes into. We'll be
bolting up the pedal assembly later, for now just keep it laying on the
Before we bolt up that tranny, lets talk about the engine modifications
that must be done. Only a few items. Number one, you must change the
oil pump to a standard (non-autostick) oil pump. You can take this
opportunity to put in a heavy duty oil pump or some external oil
cooling product, but a regular $20 oil pump at least must be put in.
You will also need to remove the autostick driveplate from the engine
and replace it with a real flywheel. You will need a new main oil
seal...'cause it makes sense since you have it apart, a new gland nut,
flywheel, and flywheel shims. You'll need to set the crank end play, or
at least have it done for you when bolting these items on.
Finally you will need to bolt up the new clutch disk, and clutch
cover (pressure plate). You need to use a clutch pilot tool to keep the
clutch disk aligned with the gland nut while you tighten down the
you must choose a clutch cover based on the kind of throwout bearing
your transmission uses. Be sure and have the correct pressure plate
installed while you are there. If you have not gotten a tranny yet, do
not bolt on a clutch cover.
You will also need to plug the extra vacumn holes on the carb and the
big one on the intake manifold. You will have at least one more hole in
your engine tin
where the ATF fluid line used to go that you need to plug. Now your
engine is ready, put it aside until you need it.
Special Note: Those of you that installed their own clutch tubes will
probably need to shorten the tube once the tranny is in, so you can
size it up for the Bowden tube. This is really hard to get to with a
hacksaw once the tranny is in. You will need a small tubing cutter. If
you don't have one. then just test fit the tranny so you can determine
the proper length of the clutch tube. Slide the tranny back out and cut
the tubing. Don't cut it too short!. More on the Bowden tube in step 16.
To mount your transmission, you will need new transmission mounts. A
large single piece for the front, and the two smaller pieces at the
rear. That support bracket that used the big 27mm bolts...remember
that? You should have taken it off the old autostick tranny and cleaned
it up. If for some reason those rubber transmission mounts were fairly
new you can use them, but otherwise just bolt on new ones. Bolt the new
front mount onto the tranny nosecone and tighten them up. Bolt the new
rear mounts onto the tranny and the support bracket, keep all the
tranny mount bolts kind of loose until the tranny is mounted.
If you are going to have reverse lights hooked up, locate the plug in
your wiring harness, and the appropriate place on your transmission.
Make a note to get those two together during assembly.
Now lift that heavy sucker up and slide it into position. You have to
get it over the frame forks, through the CV joints and mate it up with
the bolts on the chassis. While you are juggling this big heavy thing,
you also have to feed transaxle shaft into the hole in the body. It's
not has bad as it sounds. It should now be nearly in position. Tighten
the nosecone mount to the chassis first, but not quite all the way.
DON'T FORGET THE TRANSMISSION GROUND STRAP !!. Get those big 27mm
monsters going in their holes, then go ahead and tighten the front
bolts all the way. Now tighten the 27mm bolts all the way. TADA...the
tranny is in.
Before you do anything else, get inside the car and make sure you can
shift coupler onto the transxle shaft. You can even snug it down with
the little setscrew if you like. If that all lines up, you can go back
under the car and finish up. For starters, tighten up those
transmission mount bolts we left loose earlier. Now reattach those CV
joints that have been hanging around. You may need to put on the
emergency brake to keep them from turning while you tighten.
Now the fun part. For those whose cars had a clutch tube already, slip
the Bowden tube over the clutch cable and secure it to the
transmission. If you installed your own clutch tube then you will need
to cut the tube to fit. You need to have about a one inch bend in the
bowden tube...it must remain with a bend in it. Do not cut it too
short! Cut it down so that after slipping on the Bowden tube and
inserting the tube into the mount on the transmission, the Bowden tube
should have about a one inch bend in it. It will usually need to be cut
2 or 3 inches from the body/chassis. The only way you can get back
there is with a small tubing cutter.
I have a small tubing cutter and knew I could reach in there and cut it
so I went ahead and bolted the tranny right up. If the clutch tube you
have chosen is too large for the Bowden tube to fit over, then you may
have to use some sort of coupling piece....use your imagination....go
to Home Depot. Slide the Bowden tube over the cable and into the
bracket on the tranny. Do not put the wingnut on the clutch cable at
Now that the tranny is in, go ahead and tighten up that shift coupler
if you haven't already. It's also time to make sure the clutch cable is
attached to the
Pedal Assembly. Loop the clutch cable around the clutch arm on the
pedal assembly and mount the pedal assembly to the tunnel. Take care
not to allow the clutch pedal to flop backward and lose the loop on the
Just an added note here. On the floor board where the pedal assembly
goes, should be a bolt and some kind of bracket. If you find that after
you bolt up the pedal assembly your clutch pedal wants to keep falling
backwards, you will need to modify that bracket or create a new one.
NOW you can put that wingnut on the clutch cable and snug it up a bit.
Everything should be ready to go. Pedal assembly, clutch cable, shift
rod, coupler, transmission....all should be done. Time to put the
engine back in.
The only thing to bother talking about here is the engine bolts. Mine
were all the wrong size once I converted. Get a correct set of engine
bolts and put the engine back. I thought it was a little harder to put
the engine back in than on the autostick because you have to line up
the tranny shaft with the hole in the clutch cover. All it all though,
without all the extra hoses and wires the autostick had, it was kind of
nice. Bolt that sucker up. You may have put the starter on with the
tranny, if not, put it on now and hook up the wires.
Your autostick starter will work on your manual transmission, some say it's even better.
There is a whole wad of extra wires from the autostick, be sure they are bundled up and out of the way.
Put on the rear wheels, reattach the battery cable if you remembered to
disconnect it, lower the car, and roll it out of the garage, or at
least roll it
back a couple of feet to settle the car. Sit in the drivers seat and
push in the
clutch cable. Get a feel for the cable. You can reach the clutch cable
wingnut from under the car without jacking it up. It's probably too
early to make an adjustment at this time. Now, start the car. Your
shifter is probably not adjusted correctly yet, so be sure and push in
the clutch pedal. Since your battery is probably dead from sitting so
long, get out of the car and hook up
a charger or jumper cables. NOW start the car, clutch pedal in.
Even though your shifter may need adjusting, you'll wanted to get the
clutch pedal/cable adjusted first and get that out of the way. Slowly
let out the clutch to see if you are in a gear or not. If not, push the
clutch pedal in and move the shifter forward, you are bound to get into
either 1st or 3rd. Now, slowly let out the clutch cable until you
feel/hear the engine revs slow down and possible feel the car move a
little. Depending on how much movement you had in the pedal, you might
need to turn the wingnut in some more, or back it out.
Your goal here is to make sure that when the pedal is pushed in, it
disengages the clutch, while also maintaining that the wingnut isn't so
tight the clutch disk is partially disengaged at all times.
At this point, hopefully your engine is still running smoothly, and
that you made any wingnut adjustments before the engine got too hot. If
you can get into
all four gears, and reverse is locked out unless you push down, then
you are done. Go drive! For the rest of you, you will need to play with
the shifter adjustment until you can get all four gears, while still
having reverse be locked out. I won't even begin to try and tell you
what way the shift plate should go, I struggled with that, but I knew
that when I had to push down to get into 3rd, it was backwards. You
have to remember to think backwards when adjusting the shift plate.
Since the shifter works on the lever principle, any adjustement to the
right, will affect left movement, and vice-versa. It took me
about two hours. I kept the engine running and the clutch in. Loosen
the shifter, adjusted, try the gears, repeat. I finally made some
physical modification to the stop plate, allowing it to scoot over to
the right about
1/8 more and that fixed it.
ENJOY !! I've been driving mine now for nearly a year. I really love
Sometimes I miss the autostick. It really had a neat feel, but with the
standard I get better gas mileage, lower rpm's at top speed, and real
peace of mind that the
autostick just could not give me. I am glad I had the chance to drive
and own the autostick. But as the years go on, the numbers weigh
heavily against owning one, or at least maintaining one economically.
This blow-by-blow account is meant to relate my experiences, and suppliment what you have
seen/heard on other websites, and your manuals. I wouldn't use it as your only source of info,
though that applies to nearly everything. Because these cars have been around so long, there
is a vast amount of experience out there, as well as bogus info. Use as many sources as you
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We really need to stop Tenant Retaliation Against Landlords (TRAL) in MA (sometimes referred as “The Free Rent Trick”). Come to the State House in Boston for the hearing tomorrow (2-25-14) at 10am to discuss that very issue. We need to make Rent Escrow mandatory in order to close this loophole in the law that tenants are using with devastating financial and emotional effects against landlords. Tenant Retaliation Against Landlords does not only harm the housing providers of MA. It also clogs all the Health Boards and the Housing Courts. One estimate puts these Bad Faith Calls to all MA Health Boards at 95%.
I my case they are 100%.
I went back and looked at all my records as to how many times the Health Board was called against me over the past 15 years, 50 apartments and why. I already knew that I am a good landlord who repairs when tenants call so I already knew that ALL of these calls to the Health Board were made in Bad Faith, in Retaliation or just because the tenant ran out of money for the rent but I wanted to look at them one more time and now I am documenting them here for the world to see what was the real reason for the call.
6-10-03 I had asked the tenant not to leave his speakers on the outside window blasting music and she called the Health Board immediately after that. This cost me about $4,000 because the Health Board demanded that I install a laundry room for the whole building.
7-8-05 Tenant called the Health Board after I served her with a Notice to Quit for Cause. In the Notice I had listed over 10 violations of the Lease among them unsanitary conditions, broken windows, broken screens, refusing to clean graffiti that they caused, refusing to stop loud music, refusing to remove unauthorized by lease occupants, multiple water floods to downstairs, emptying the fire extinguishers just for sport, etc.
9-21-08 This tenant was having financial problems and called the Health Board after receiving 3 consecutive 14-day notices and after I finally confronted her about them. We ended up with a Court Agreement. I don’t remember how much is cost me but I allowed this tenant to stay and on 3-24-10 she called the Health Board on me again when she ran out of money for the rent and she went door-to-door to incite other tenants to join her.
7-13-08 Out of the blue this tenant left me extortionary voice messages claiming that I poisoned her with boric acid (but she would not involve lawyers if I lowered her rent, she said in the voice mail) and then she proceeded to spread this misinformation about me to other tenants. After I served her with the Notice to Quit because of these extortionary messages, she called the Health Board in retaliation. The tenant found a lawyer who wanted a $104,000 payday, I was accused of Discrimination because she said she was told I called her “crazy and paranoid” to a 3rd party, the case lasted two years ending in front of a jury and they found that the tenant had no case at all and ruled in my favor all 6 of her Claims. They decided that there were no Poor Conditions, No Retaliation on my part, No Discrimination, No Discriminatory Statements, etc. Housing Court Judge went behind the back of the jury on one claim and made me pay $3,000. I don’t have the exact numbers but It must have cost me over $10,000 to defend myself for nothing other than tenant retaliation against me.
4-20-10 I charged them $50 for materials and labor to fix damages due to the fact that they let water overflow from their bathtub into the downstairs apartment. They did not like being asked for money and called the Health Board in retaliation after they got my letter.
Sept 2010 Without knowing the reason for not paying her rent I served the tenant with a 14-day Notice. She called the health board right after that.
Oct 2010 I received a letter from a tenant claiming to have bedbugs in her apartment. I immediately hired an exterminator who wanted to treat the bedbugs but the tenants refused further access and stopped paying rent. When I sent them the standard 14-day Notice, they called the Health Board in retaliation. My insurance gave them money to leave and their lawyer to stop the non-sense but in the end it must have cost me over $10,000 out of my pocket.
3-30-12 Not knowing why she had not paid her rent I served the tenant with a 14-day notice to quit. After she received it she called the Health Board and claimed the mold (which, by the way, she caused because she did not use shower curtains properly and which also, by the way she had agreed to take care of) caused health issues for her children. Then she prevented me from doing repairs. Turns out she simply did not have money for the rent. The gas had been shut off awhile back for non-payment. She found a lawyer. I had to pay her $1000 in a Court Agreement and it cost me another $3-4,000 in misc travel, repairs, etc.
9-30-2013 The tenant had moved my fridge (which by the way was brand new) outside in the rain because they had purchased a fridge on their own. When I found out it had already been there for many months and was full with mold I asked them to bring it inside. They refused to clean it AND refused to bring it back. I texted them that in that case they must leave and in retaliation to my text message they called the Health Board. They found a lawyer. In a court agreement I gave them $700 to leave plus all the time and materials for repairs, the week of my time it took for me to answer their lawyer’s 30 questions and provide 30 documents as part of Discovery, etc, It must have cost me over $4,000 in wasted time, unnecessary trips, repairs, etc.
Well, there you have it.
The record shows 100% of Bad Faith and Retaliatory Calls to the Health Board.
It is so bad in MA that we risk Tenant Retaliation every time we try to exercise our rights. Nothing can turn into Something big really quickly with the state of the landlord-tenant laws in MA.
I have summarized these cases for you but my point is that behind each of these cases there is a lot of drama and a lot of hidden expenses.
Because there will be people who say “I don’t believe you that all of these calls were Retaliatory. How do we know if you are telling the Truth?” I have decided to share all the paperwork from the latest case so that you can see for yourself how Tenant Retaliation Against Landlords (TRAL) works in practice.
The only way these abuses can be curbed is by requiring tenants who want to use the Health Board to demonstrate to the Health Board official and us, the Landlords, that they have all the money for the rent in a bank escrow account or court escrow account and then if the matter reaches court the court will distribute the money according to the judgment. If they cannot demonstrate that they have the rent to begin with, it must be assumed that they called the Health Board in bad-faith and they must be precluded from raising Habitational Defenses and Counterclaims in court against us.
Ok, here is the latest case of Tenant Retaliation Against Landlords in more detail.
When we reached court their lawyer’s initial position during the mediation was 4 FREE rents plus they get to keep the new Refrigerator because they had to clean it from the mold (which they caused !!!!!). I offered 1 free rent but they wanted to go in front of the judge. The lawyer and I appeared in front of the judge but in the middle the trial the lawyer wanted all the texts (not just the ones from 9-2-13) and all my emails to Health Board and the judge postponed the trial with 1 week. After he read my documentation the lawyer came to me the next week with his tail between his legs and said his clients would accept what I had offered originally – 1 free rent and then leave. We settled out of court.
So on one hand you can see how these Health Board cases are created in a bad faith and retaliatory manner. On the other hand the problem is that if we don’t repair the Health Board violations we may be found negligent and therefore automatically in violation of Breach of Quiet Enjoyment and will have to pay 3 rents to the tenant as if though they are the victim. So we are stuck in a Catch 22 situation. Damned if you do and damned if you don’t.
Something’s got to give.
This Tenant Retaliation Against Landlords is a big problem in MA. Legislators every year ignore our requests to modify the law. In addition, most landlords are certainly to blame because they do not go to these hearings and do not even know who their Representatives are and therefore they deserve (in a way) the anti-landlord laws just the way they are. Why should the lazy Senators and representatives do anything if there is no pressure and if they are not shamed into action?
The two people most responsible for all of this are Sen. Jamie Eldridge and Rep. Kevin Honan who refuse to give a favorable recommendation for this and allow it out of the Housing Committee so the House can vote. They are the Chairs of the Housing Committee. One of them used to be a Legal Services Tenant Lawyer and the other is a career politician (over 27 years) with very little real-life business experience before he got elected. I met with Sen. Eldridge and he refused to engage further and Rep. Hoonan refuses to meet with me. My blog is the most popular blog in MA for landlord issues with over 6,000 individual readers in 2013. It’s one thing to state why they believe TRAL should remain the law, it’s another thing to hide behind their chairs and lack the balls to even have the discussion.
Today I went to the State House and testified in front of the Housing Committee. During my testimony I jokingly mentioned that Rep. Honan refuses to see me and he finally met with me for 10-15 min after the Hearing.
It was a good Hearing. The tide is definitely moving in our favor and hopefully this year this bill will come out of the Housing Committee. About 18 people testified for Mandatory Rent Escrow and 16 for tenant issues but only 2 of them were against Mandatory Rent Escrow.
One question that rep. Eldridge asked during the Hearing was “What percentage of tenants use the Free Rent Trick?” trying to make the point that because it is a low percentage, no change in the law is required. Well, the truth is that about 5% of tenants resort to Retaliation but that low number is misleading because even one case of Retaliation can bring a landlord to bankruptcy and/or foreclosure. One thing to understand is that landlords’ profit (salary) is about 10% of rents. The rest goes to pay for mortgages, taxes, insurance, repairs, utilities, etc. So if you collect $100,000 from rents, your yearly salary is about $10,000. One retaliatory call to the Health Board can easily cost you $5,000 – that’s half of your yearly salary! Most MA landlords collect less than $100,000 in rents.
During the meeting with Rep.Honan I repeatedly asked him: “How do you feel about the issues we raise?”, “How do you feel about this bill?”, “What are the reasons this bill is not voted favorably out of your committee?”, “Do you have any concerns that I can address?” and the answer was consistently: “We are studying the issues and listening to both sides”. (hmm, you are “studying” this issue for 17 years? (:)
Rep. Honan asked me: “Why not let the judge order rent escrow?” The answer to that question is: “Because it takes 2 months to reach a judge. By the time we reach a judge, it’s already too late – two months of rent have been stolen and spent already. Even if the judge orders rent escrow (and they rarely do even when asked, I have tried 3 times and the answer was “no” because it’s not required by law) it will be too late. Having rent escrow at the time of the Health Board inspection is what we need. The health board inspector should give the tenant a statutory letter informing the tenant that they have 3 business days to put the rent in escrow otherwise they cannot use the Health Board report as Defenses or Counterclaims in Court because they will be presumed to have called in Bad Faith.
By the way having the rent in escrow also protects the Tenant because when the court’s order is that the Landlord owes, let’s says, 30% of the rent to the tenant because of “poor conditions” and he is entitled to the remaining 70%, the tenant is given (according to current law MGL 239, 8A) one week to come up with the 70% or they become homeless. Since the rent was never escrowed most tenants can’t come up with it. So Mandatory Rent Escrow actually can help preserve the tenancy. That point is missed by most Landlord and Tenant Advocates.
Another question that was raised was “Doesn’t Mandatory Rent Escrow deprive tenants of their due process rights?”. The answer is “No”. Tenants still have the right to call the Health Board and poor conditions documented and they still can have their day in Court. The only thing that changes is that they need to demonstrate that they have the rent in a safe place. They are supposed to have the rent to begin with. We are simply asking that they prove that they have the rent to make sure they did not call the Health Board in Bad Faith, Retaliation or because they don’t have the rent. About 95% of all calls to the Health Boards are made in Bad Faith and about 50% of all Housing Court cases are caused by these calls.
And finally the question was raised “If tenants cannot withhold rent, wouldn’t landlords lose motivation to repair?” Well, tenants can still withhold rent and they can still use some of the withheld rent to repair (provided they can produce the required receipts later). The difference is that they can withhold but they cannot spend the rent on anything other than repairs (like food and utilities, for example, as they are doing now). This money does not belong to them to spend it. It belongs to the landlord until a judge says otherwise. Landlords have due process rights too (not that anyone cares about it (:) Landlords will not lose motivation because they want to get as much of the escrowed rent as possible. The longer they delay the repairs, the less they will get not to mention if they ignore the Health Report completely they can be found negligent and owe the tenants three rents.
Rep. Honan politely listened to what I had to say, asked several questions, but he did not answer mine. He kept giving me the same lame answer “We are studying the issues and listening to all sides…”
I have to say – at least we know one thing: If this bill does not come out of this Committee this year then it will never come out until the Committee gets new Chairs.

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Enzio's, Wahoo's among FoCo restaurant closures
Hot Corner Concepts, the restaurant chain that includes Austin's American Grill, The Moot House and Big Al's Burgers and Dogs, is promising to replace Enzio's in downtown Fort Collins following the Saturday closure of the Italian restaurant.
A note on Enzio's door, 126 W. Mountain Ave., teases customers with the promise of the new restaurant to come.
HCC owner Steve Taylor said Enzio's "had a great run," but it was time to evaluate other concepts. "We decided we were going to take the space in a new direction."
The addition of RARE Italian and Nick's Homestyle Italian in recent years added competition to an already busy restaurant genre that includes Fort Collins mainstays Canino's and Bisetti's in Old Town.
Hot Corner Concepts has not launched a new brand since 2010, when Big Al's opened just a few doors west of Enzio's. Big Al's was a deviation from Hot Corner's other brands, which feature higher-end, table-service dining.
Big Al's by contrast, is starkly furnished in an industrial style with counter service.
The new concept, which won't be determined or publicly released until the end of the year, "will be a completely new direction for us. It will be very fun," Taylor said.
Enzio's opened in 2004 featuring fresh pasta, salads, Neapolitan pizza and a vast selection of wines.
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Taylor said he will look at the space after the interior is demolished "and see what's going to fit." The new restaurant is expected to open in the spring.
All of Enzio's staff has been moved to other HCC restaurants, Taylor said.
Enzio's is one of three restaurants to leave Fort Collins this month.
Wahoo's Fish Tacos, 2310 E. Harmony Road. The 5-year-old restaurant closed its doors in the Villaggio shops in mid-October after its lease was not renewed. There is no word yet on who might occupy the space or whether it will continue to be a restaurant.
Wahoo's, a California-based chain, was founded in 1980 and opened in Fort Collins in May 2011.
Red Robin Burger Works, 120 W. Stuart St. Red Robin's experiment with a smaller, fast-casual restaurant came to a screeching halt in early October when the chain closed most of its Burger Works locations across the country.
The restaurant opened at The Summit — now called State — in 2014, shortly after the student housing project opened. It didn't have a full bar, the menu was smaller and customers ordered at the counter. Burger Works was the lone eatery at State, which sits in an area full of popular restaurants.
White Tree, 1015 S. Taft Hill Road, Unit S (in Cedarwood shopping center). Offering sushi and Asian fare, owner Jack Koo opened White Tree last week. The restaurant offers traditional California rolls, rice bowls and fried rice as well as the more exotic eel roll, squid, octopus and fish eggs.
Thus far, White Tree has let people know it's open through word of mouth. Business "is getting better," Koo said. The restaurant is open from 10:30 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. Information: 970-286-2417.
MOD Pizza, 1013 Centre Ave. Fort Collins' robust pizza scene grew by one this week when MOD Pizza opened in a renovated gas station.
MOD Pizza franchisee Scott Schooler said he plans to open a couple dozen restaurants throughout Colorado in the next couple years. MOD Pizza uses a thin crust that cooks quickly — about three minutes — in a high-temperature oven. Information: modpizza.com.
Liquid N2 Ice Cream, a food truck that serves homemade ice cream made with liquid nitrogen, debuted at various events throughout Fort Collins this month.
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Locality, 2350 E. Harmony Road, No. 1. Locality, the latest farm-to-table offering in Fort Collins, is run by Jim Edwards, the creator of popular Loveland restaurant Door 222.
Locality replaces Rustic Oven, which closed earlier this year in the Villaggio shops on Harmony Road. As the name suggests, Locality emphasizes locally-sourced ingredients. Information: localityfoco.com.
Mountain Iris Cafe, 221 W. Prospect Road. Daniella Hobson brings her international travel experience to Fort Collins with Mountain Iris Cafe in the Prospect Station apartment complex. The coffee shop replaces B's Coffee.
The cafe is open from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily. Its website is still being developed, but it does accept messages at www.mountainiris.com.
Saigon Sandwich, 1015 S. Taft Hill (in Cedarwood Plaza). Located just a few doors down from White Tree, Saigon plans to offer sandwiches in the art of Bahn Mi, a fresh French roll, chopped cilantro, cucumbers, sweet and tangy diced carrots, Asian barbecue port, beef, chicken or tofu and sriracha aoili.
Signs on the door indicate the eatery is coming soon, but give no opening date.
Nothing Bundt Cake, Foothills mall. The store that features bundt cakes big and small is slated to open at 2200 S. College Ave., on Foothills property, in time for the holidays.
Franchise owner Jill and Jack Tregenza said the Fort Collins store will be the seventh NBC store in Colorado. Tregenza plans to hire about 20 employees to staff the bakery daily. Hours are still being determined, but Nothing Bundt Cakes will stay open late on Friday and Saturday nights.
Gilded Goat, 3500 S. College Ave. Fort Collins' newest brewery is expected to open in early December at The Square, just south of Foothills shopping center.
Owner Charlie Hoxmeier said he pushed back the brewery's opening to expand the vision for the Gilded Goat.
After Gov. John Hickenlooper signed a new bill that will eventually allow Colorado grocery stores to sell full-strength beer and wine, Hoxmeier said they expanded the Square Beverage liquor store that his brother, Alex, will run next door and redesigned the brewery a bit.
"We are going to open in 2016," Hoxmeier said, "even if it's the last day of 2016."
Peritus Coffee, which delivers its coffee via bike, plans to open a roastery in the Glick Brothers Business Park at 1833 E. Harmony Road, sharing space with an endurance training gym for cyclists.
Whitney Allison, who runs the business with her father, Quinn Schultz, told the Coloradoan last week there's been a lot of changes on that side of town, but it was still missing a coffee component. The roastery plans to open by the end of the year.
Ruby Tuesday, yes, the same Ruby Tuesday that closed its Fort Collins store in August, says it will reopen, presumably in a new location, in a couple months. Stay tuned for more details on that.
Coloradoan food and drink reporter Jake Laxen contributed to this report.


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Roasted butternut squash
Asking yourself how to cook butternut squash? Don’t be intimidated! It’s a great deal less complicated to peel, lower and roast butternut squash than it would seem! Find out how with stage-by-step directions right here.
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Let’s talk all things butternut squash! We get queries about this ALLL the time. Every thing from how to cook butternut squash, to how to peel butternut squash, to how to minimize butternut squash. It’s clear that you guys Adore the flavor of butternut squash, but are truly intimidated by how to prepare it.
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I like to chop prior to I roast for numerous reasons, but primarily because I like my squash to be perfectly cooked on the inside and a tiny golden brown and crispy on the outdoors. I don’t Really like squash when it’s super squishy and I’ve located the greatest texture by using this approach here. Let’s get into it:
How to Peel Butternut Squash
Okay, so 1st things very first, you are going to want to peel the skin off your butternut squash. You can use a basic vegetable peeler or knife for this. We choose a vegetable peeler for safety factors and have discovered that it’s comparatively effortless to get in a groove peeling about the squash and removing the best quantity of butternut squash skin without having wasting some of the tasty squash.
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Subsequent is the hardest part, cutting that sucker in half. You’re going to require to use some elbow power for this and don’t be afraid to give it all your might! When lower in half (long methods, so the sides mirror every other) you can take away all of the seeds from the within. Feel cost-free to rinse and conserve these seeds! They are super tasty when baked in the oven like pumpkin seeds.
From here you can cube away! The a single thing to make confident of when dicing up your butternut squash is the dimension of your cubes. You can minimize them to your preference, but attempt and get them all all around the same dimension. That way, they will cook evenly.
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When that poor boy is lower into cubes, it’s time to oil them up with some olive oil (or any oil of your preference) and season them up! My rule of thumb is starting with salt and pepper and then deviate from there dependent on what you’re making and what taste you’re hunting for!
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From there you throw the pan in the oven and roast away! I like to toss the butternut squash cubes half way through the bake time, so that every little thing bakes evenly and the edges of your roasted butternut squash are golden brown and a bit crispy.


Stakeholders under the aegis of Mkpat Enin Conscience (MEC) have demanded an apology from the State Commissioner for Works, Mr Ephraim Inyang-eyen, for accusing Mr Victor Ekwere, the Member representing Mkpat Enin State Constituency of highlighting just a section of dilapidated Ukam-Asong Road and duplicating it, with an apparent aim of discrediting him.
The said road has been marred by potholes few months after it was commissioned by Gov. Udom Emmanue while rounding off his first tenure and preparing for a second term.
Moved by the worsening state of the road, the Member representing Mkpat Enin State Constituency, Mr Victor Ekwere, queried Mr Inyang-eyen, when he (the Works Commissioner) appeared before the House Committee on Finance and Appropriation to defend the 2020 Budget Estimates for his Ministry.
But the Works Commissioner while responding, said the Lawmaker only snapped just a failed portion of the road and duplicated it, with the mere aim of discrediting him.
. So, the road in question is not up to 6 months. This very road was constructed by the Ministry of Works under Mr. Ephraim Inyang through whichever contractor he used.
However, the group in a communiqué issued at the end of an emergency general meeting last week, the said the road is riddled with potholes and expressed sadness that Commissioner for Works, Mr. Ephraim Inyang-eyen, accused their representative who has the mandate to speak on their behalf.
The group, comprising leaders spread across the 87 villages of Mkpat Enin local government area, called on the Works Commissioner, Mr Ephraim Inyang-eyen, “to apologise to Mkpat Enin people within 48 hours over his unguarded comments.”
While describing as hilarious Ephraim Inyang-eyen’s attribution of delay in road construction to rainfall, the body was quick to point out that the Mkpat Enin- Minya road done by the previous administration is still in good shape despite high vehicular movement.
“It is hilarious that the commissioner keeps pushing the blames for the massive failures of roads constructed under his watch to rainfalls. It is instructive that we note here that the Mkpat Enin- Minya road, constructed by the previous administration is still in good condition despite the heavy vehicular movements along the road.”
They noted that recent news reports published in some tabloids where the Works Commissioner is quoted to have said that the claim by the lawmaker that most road projects undertaken by the current administration have failed while others are ridden with potholes is not correct, saying that it is rather “most uncharitable if not condemnable”.
“We are further miffed that the Honourable Commissioner, according to the reports, is said to have attributed the Lawmaker’s concerns on roads as within his constituency as being ‘sponsored by evil men’, “adding that the statement, at any rate, is most uncalled for, unwarranted and absolutely out of point given the realities on ground.”
They called on the commissioner to pay attention to concerns raised over poor state of roads across the state rather than engage in what they described as trivialities.
The group regretted that the “Awa-Asong-Ikot Edim-Ukam road commissioned in May this year, is in a terrible state, also, the 49km- Ikot Edeghe- Ikot Ekpuk road earlier commissioned by this administration has completely fallen into a state of disrepair, advising that steps should be taken to fix the problem.


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The brownish-grey patch in the right corner of the central part of the image is a flat area with some agriculture, crisscrossed by canals. Mexico International Airport is also visible, and further along the dark green rectangle is Lake Nabor Carrillo.
This is a reservoir, encompassing more than 14,163 ha, which is 41 times larger than New York’s Central Park.
Mexico City sits in the Valley of Mexico, also called the Valley of Anáhuac, a large valley in the high plateaus at the center of Mexico, at an altitude of 2240 m. This valley is in the Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt, which is at least 2200 m above sea level. Mountains and volcanoes surround it, with elevations reaching beyond 5000 m.
The city rests mainly on the heavily saturated clay of what used to be Lake Texcoco. This soft base is collapsing through the over-extraction of groundwater, and the city has sunk as much as nine meters in some areas since the beginning of the 20th century.
Clouds are scattered throughout the image, under which lie various national parks and some of the still-active volcanoes, such as Popocatépetl at 5426 m.
Launched on 23 June, Sentinel-2A is a polar-orbiting, multispectral high-resolution imaging mission for land monitoring to provide images of vegetation, soil and water cover, inland waterways and coastal areas. While supplying our planet with such vital data, it can also deliver information for emergency services.
This image was captured by Sentinel-2A on August 6, 2015.

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The evolution of human mating: Trade-offs and strategic pluralism. At the same time, social roles and sexual scripts influence how emerging adults navigate their desires in a particular socio-cultural context proximate level explanations. On the other hand, we are very attracted to novelty…. It can be confusing to navigate this new causal relationship culture where, many times, relationships are completely undefined. Bogle states that the knowing of other's personal lives isn't just a purpose to gossip, but a way to observe, analyze, and be impacted by other's sexual actions, solely for the purpose of their own actions. Dropped into the raucous first week of freshman year, he discovered a way of life that seemed intensely foreign, frightening, and enticing.
Paying for the Party: How College Maintains Inequality. In this review, we consider how aspects of sexual popular culture reflect both the biological reproductive motive, social—sexual scripts, and how individuals adaptively, facultatively, respond to their environment. Other factors may include media consumption, personality, and biological predispositions. Studies have generally shown that greater alcohol use is associated with more sexual activity in the course of a hookup. In a study conducted by Danielle M. More than twice as likely, according to a study done by researchers at the Kinsey Institute and Binghamton University. Conclusion Hookups are part of a popular cultural shift that has infiltrated the lives of emerging adults throughout the Westernized world.
The moderating role of sociosexuality. Sexual hookups are most comprehensively understood in an interdisciplinary framework that combines multiple levels of analyses. Intimacies: Love and sex across cultures. In both contexts, men also reached orgasm more often than women. Almost a year ago , citing surveys from the 1960s and 70s that show students were having as much sex then as they are now. The term hookup has an ambiguous definition because it can indicate or any form of physical between.
In terms of a more permissive uncommitted sexual content, 20% of sexual intercourse cases involved characters who knew each other but were not in a relationship, and another 15% involved characters having sex after just meeting. Tracee teaches workshops, webinars, and offers two online courses on the DailyOm. Sexual behavior in the human male. Operational definitions of hookups differ among researchers. The most widely produced and promoted cultural sexual scripts are heterosexual in nature and include those focused on male roles ; ;. Either way, when relationships become more causal, it can make it more fun, relaxed, and even easier to develop it into something more later on.
Sociosexuality from Argentina to Zimbabwe: A 48-nation study of sex, culture, and strategies of human mating. Further, in accordance with an evolutionary model emphasizing pair-bonding, both men and women will have competing motivational drives for sexual engagement and pair-bond formation. An accomplished author, Tracee has written two books on the topic of personal soul excavation and deep healing from soul to body. The rain comes down harder, and they move inside to the living room, which has a couch, a coffee table, and tie-dyed tapestries everywhere. Studies show that most students most recent data suggest between 60% and 80% do have some sort of casual sex experience. From that moment on, I began to pull my energy away from the relationship to him; soon, all of the truths came flooding out.
Mentorship of practicing married couples, even in the midst of dating, is essential to couples that struggle with authentic communication. It has reduced the encounter to an economic exchange. Overall, it becomes important to make self-care a priority and assure yourself that you are having sex for the right reasons, with someone you trust to respect you in the long-run. In the current review, we examine and explore these patterns in sexual hookups. Again in opposition, many health care providers in the 1960s denied oral contraceptives to single, unmarried, women. Men are making that shift, and women are forced to go along with it in order to mate at all.
Although uncommitted sex among gay men occurs in a variety of locations, antigay prejudice and structural heterosexism can limit the availability of supportive and safe options for connecting with other men. He also holds an appointment in the Department of Theology at the University of Notre Dame. Human relationships, both platonic and romantic, are complicated, and sometimes hooking up with someone can even further complicate the situation. Like it or not, our sexual feelings and behaviour are deeply gendered. More than half of college relationships begin with a hookup, Bogle's research has found. London, England: British Film Institute; 1996.
Rosario; Rich, Michael; Shifrin, Donald L. Casual sex on spring break: Intentions and behaviors of Canadian students. Sexual behavior in the United States: Results from a national probability sample of men and women ages 14 —94. That being said not all young adults are hooking up with each other to fit the college norm, and gain sexual pleasure, but because they truly want to find someone they have a serious connection with. In a sample of 508 gay and bisexual men in college all under the age of 30 , nearly one third admitted to meeting partners in anonymous places i.


text: 'The Human Fly' stands on his head, above, on the Dime Savings Building, 12-14 N. 7th St., Allentown, on Sept. 15, 1926. The stunt by Henry D.D. Roland of Fayette County was a fund-raising event for the local Herbert Paul Lentz American Legion Post No. 29. A worker looks on from the roof of the nearby Globe Store, a dry goods business where Firstrust Savings Bank is today. At left, the daredevil throws a jaunty wave as he dangles over from the top of the nine-story Allentown National Bank building at 11-15 N. 7th St., adjacent to what today are the 7th and Hamilton Mall offices of Meridian Bank. Commenting on Roland's performance, The Morning Call noted at the time: 'He risked his neck enough to give the women a chance to scream, thrilled the kiddies and was the means by which the local Legion post collected a neat sum for their national convention fund.'

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Munster and Ireland lock Donncha O'Callaghan has been handed a starting berth for his debut match for the Barbarians against an England XV at Twickenham on Sunday (kick-off 3pm, live Sky Sports 1).
Argentina's Juan Manuel Leguizamon will captain a Barbarians side brimming with household names against hosts England this weekend.
The Lyon flanker leads a matchday squad drawn from nine different nations with more than 700 international caps between them.
Munster lock Donncha O'Callaghan - making his first appearance in the black and white jersey - heads the squad cap count with 94 for Ireland and four Test appearances for the British & Irish Lions.
Ulster's Roger Wilson is also poised to make his Barbarians debut having been named among the replacements.
Head coach Dean Ryan has named a physical forward pack featuring powerful Georgia number 8 Mamuka Gorgodze, and an exciting backs division that includes New Zealand wings Joe Rokocoko (Bayonne) and Hosea Gear (Toulouse). Clermont Auvergne out-half Brock James is the only uncapped player in the line-up.
"Juan Manuel Leguizamon commands respect as a player, he's led the Pumas in Tests and he'll do an excellent job throughout this week and at Twickenham on Sunday," said Ryan.
"It's a privilege to work with such an experienced and talented group, and in the short time we've been together they've shown how committed they are to delivering a first-class performance.
"The Barbarians is a special entity in the way it brings together outstanding players from all corners of the rugby world but ultimately we have to deliver on the pitch and that is our aim."
There are two late changes to the squad with tighthead prop Davit Kubriashvili (Stade Francais) coming in for injured fellow Georgian Davit Zirakashvili (Clermont), while All Black Anthony Tuitavake (Montpellier) replaces Australia's James O'Connor (London Irish).
Tickets to England XV v Barbarians, priced from £25 for adults (£10 juniors), are available from Ticketmaster on 0844 847 2492 or from the RFU ticketing site.
BARBARIANS (v England XV): Juan Martin Hernandez (Racing Metro 92/Argentina); Joe Rokocoko (Bayonne/New Zealand), Rene Ranger (Montpellier/New Zealand), Benson Stanley (Clermont Auvergne/New Zealand), Hosea Gear (Toulouse/New Zealand); Brock James (Clermont Auvergne), Jimmy Cowan (Gloucester/New Zealand); Sona Taumalolo (Perpignan/Tonga), Ti'i Paulo (Clermont Auvergne/Samoa), Davit Kubriashvili (Stade Francais/Georgia), Donncha O'Callaghan (Munster/Ireland), Juandre Kruger (Racing Metro 92/South Africa), Juan Manuel Leguizamon (Lyon/Argentina) (capt), Alexandre Lapandry (Clermont Auvergne/France), Mamuka Gorgodze (Montpellier/Georgia).
Replacements: Andrew Hore (Maniototo/New Zealand), Julien Brugnaut (Racing Metro 92/France), Nahuel Lobo (Montpellier/Argentina), Joe Tekori (Toulouse/Samoa), Roger Wilson (Ulster/Ireland), Tomas Cubelli (Belgrano/Argentina), Francois Trinh-Duc (Montpellier/France), Anthony Tuitavake (Montpellier/New Zealand).
We hear from BBC commentator Jim Neilly, Ulster Rugby CEO Shane Logan and Ulster and Ireland's Jared Payne as a 5,000-strong crowd came along to the Ireland open session at Kingspan Stadium in Belfast.
IRFU Chief Executive Philip Browne and Ireland Women's out-half and IRFU Women's & Girls Rugby Development Executive Nora Stapleton talk about the Irish bid to host the next Women's Rugby World Cup in 2017.
Looking forward to facing England on Sunday, Ireland winger Tommy Bowe said: "We've trained very well this week, we're really excited about the game. It's about going out there and doing whatever we can to get ourselves that win."
Second row Devin Toner previews Ireland's crunch RBS 6 Nations clash with England, saying: "It's a pretty formidable English pack. Attwood and Kruis have played fantastically well. They're well drilled and focused and their scrum and lineout are very good."
Looking forward to facing England this weekend, Ireland back rower Sean O'Brien said: "It's obviously exciting, but it's one game at a time. I don't think there's any more pressure on us than in the first two games. That's the way you have to look at it."
Irish Rugby TV sat down with Ireland Under-20 scrum coach John Fogarty to talk about the U-20 Six Nations so far and Friday's clash with England at Donnybrook. Tickets are on sale on www.ticketmaster.ie.
Ireland Under-20 captain Nick McCarthy and fellow back Billy Dardis spoke to Irish Rugby TV about Friday's U-20 Six Nations showdown with England at Donnybrook. Tickets available on www.ticketmaster.ie.
Shane Byrne and Malcolm O'Kelly preview the Ireland v England Legends match which takes place at Donnybrook this coming Saturday (kick-off 7.30pm). Tickets are available from www.ticketmaster.ie. All proceeds from the game will go to support the IRFU Charitable Trust and the RFU All Schools Charity.


Ken Barlow’s forecast is looking much warmer
Good Tuesday morning!
The air is not as cold out there this morning.
Well, at least not as “cold” compared to the way we started out Monday morning.
The cold air has already started to move out this morning as temperatures are rising into the 20’s after dipping into the teens overnight.
Warmer air started to move into the area last night and today, we will see afternoon temperatures rise into the upper 30’s to nearly 40-degrees and remain in the 40’s for the rest of the week.
The weekend will be mild with temperatures in the 40’s and some rain by Christmas Eve and perhaps Christmas Day as well.
No major accumulating snow in sight…anywhere in the state through the holiday.
Have a great day!


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According to an analyst, the advertising partnership between Pinterest (PINS), Amazon (AMZN) and PINS (the stock) that was struck earlier this year will benefit PINS's stock.
Mark Kelley, Stifel's analyst, said in a recent note that advertisers were more positive about Pinterest as the company built out an advertising agreement with the ecommerce giant. He added that Pinterest had "plenty" of room to grow outside the U.S.
Kelley increased his target price of PINS to 32. PINS is currently up nearly 2% on the stock exchange today. It's trading at 26.44.
Pinterest will announce its third quarter earnings on October 30.
PINS Stock: Making Moves Under New Leadership
Pinterest, based in San Francisco, offers a digital board to its 465,000,000 users. It makes most of its money from online advertising.
Bill Ready, a former Alphabet (GOOG), commerce executive was appointed chief executive of Pinterest on June 20, 2022. Ready has worked to increase the number of users shopping on Pinterest, partly through advertising partnerships.
Pinterest announced in April that it had entered into a multi-year partnership with Amazon to deliver ads for Amazon's products on Pinterest feeds. Ready wrote in a post on his blog that the deal was in line with Pinterest's goal of making all Pins shoppable.
Kelley, of Stifel, said that advertisers are paying attention in his note.
Kelley wrote: "Our conversations this time indicate that the changes made by the company to its native tech, coupled with the launch of Amazon's partnership, will likely bear fruit when we enter the holiday spending period." To be clear, Pinterest may not be the best platform for brands and agencies to promote their products. However, we think that more brands will look to Pinterest to increase their spending over time.
Amazon Deals: Watching the Rollout
Ready stated on the earnings call of the company in August that they are in an early stage of testing for their ad partnership. It will take several quarters to roll out.
This deal is crucial for Pinterest, as Amazon offers a wider range of advertising. This means that ads can be more closely targeted to topics Pinterest users search for. Amazon's advertising division generated $10.7 billion alone in revenue during the second quarter of this year. Pinterest's revenue is expected to reach $2.8 billion by 2022.
Kelley said that both the comments of the company and the advertising channels checks show that the partnership has already helped Pinterest improve the relevancy of its ads.
The PINS stock could benefit from potential international growth
Kelley believes Pinterest also has room to expand outside of the U.S. In recent quarters the company has expanded the types of ads it offers outside of the U.S., according to the report.
Kelley wrote: "A little under 20% of Pinterest's revenue comes from outside the U.S., Canada and Europe. Yet 80% of its (monthly active user) base is located abroad."
PINS Stock: Ups and Downs Following Investor Meeting
PINS' stock price rose temporarily after the company held an Investor Day in September. The company predicted that revenues would increase into the high teens in the next three-year period. Growth was slower in 2022 and 2023.
The S&P 500 is slightly ahead of the shares, which are up around 7% for the year.
PINS stock hit a 52 week high of 30,86 on 18 July after an upgrade from Evercore ISI to buy. PINS shares fell after a report on second-quarter earnings showed increasing expenses.
According to IBD MarketSmith's pattern recognition, PINS is also currently in a pattern of a double bottom with a purchase point of 28,90.
According to FactSet, analysts anticipate that the company will report an increase in earnings of 91% over the previous year, resulting in an adjusted 21 cents a share. Analysts also expect revenues to rise by 8.7%, or $744 million.


These 24 glass slides set out Walter Scott Griffiths' alternative vision for Canberra.
We're celebrating 20 years of The Matrix with a special screening and Q&A.
The beloved film opened in Australian cinemas 25 years ago. To celebrate, we're Undressing Priscilla all over again.
We mark the passing of 'Mr Movies', popular film critic and TV presenter, Bill Collins.
Jane Campion's bold and unconventional work has been acclaimed around the world.
'Homicide' premiered on TV on 20 October 1964. Here's 10 things you didn't know about the classic crime drama.
On the anniversary of the release of 'Gallipoli' in August 1981, we share this appearance of director Peter Weir and actors Mel Gibson and David Argue on the popular The Mike Walsh Show.
Sound Curator Thorsten Kaeding marks the passing of entertainer Jon English.
Discover the history of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, through these items from the NFSA collection.
Television archivist Bronwyn Barnett continues her look at the arrival of colour TV in Australia 40 years ago, on 1 March 1975.
The colour TV revolution hit Australia 40 years ago, on 1 March 1975. Television archivist Bronwyn Barnett explains what was involved in reaching this milestone - and why it took so long.
Norman Yemm (1933-2014) reflects on some of his acclaimed roles on television and the opera stage, in a 2005 Oral History interview.
Groundbreaking Australian TV crime drama Homicide is 50. Broadcast curator Simon Smith celebrates with behind-the-scenes images, production documents and interviews from the show's history.
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WINSTON-SALEM, North Carolina (AP) - A deadly shooting at a city building in Winston-Salem, North Carolina was an act of "workplace violence," the city's police chief said on Friday (Dec 20).
Winston-Salem Police Chief Catrina Thompson told news reporters the gunman at a city building was killed during a gunfight with police officers who responded to the scene.
One officer was wounded.
She said the gunman was a 60-year-old city employee who shot and killed another employee whom he had targeted.
Another city employee and a police officer were also wounded.
Police Captain Steven Tolley said the slain employee and the gunman had a "longstanding dislike for each other," but he couldn't elaborate on the source of their disagreements.
Tolley said the two men had been involved in a physical altercation on Thursday that wasn't reported at the time to their superiors.
Another city employee who was wounded wasn't targeted and was "collateral damage," Tolley said.
Tolley said the gunman brought multiple firearms to the shooting on Friday.
Winston-Salem city spokesman Ed McNeal said: "There is no ongoing threat."
Sanitation worker Dwight Black, 66, was running five minutes late when he parked his car at the facility.
He said he was about to swipe his card to enter the building when people ran past him.
"They're shooting. Run!"Black said, of the people leaving the building.
"Fight or flight. I just followed suit."
"I didn't know what was happening so I just kind of got out of the way until I could ascertain what was going on," he added.
Black ran back to his car and said other people did the same and drove off. He said he just stood back and watched until police arrived.
Black said he was "kind of numb" after the shooting.
"Everybody was devastated," he said. "Tough day."
Numerous police cars were on the scene in the late morning. Workers in the reflective gear worn by city sanitation workers were seen standing in a parking lot talking to each other. The scene outside the building appeared calm.
Herbert Martinez told local news outlets a coworker at the site ran out and told him someone was shooting inside the building east of downtown in the city about 245,000 people in the central part of the state.
Martinez said he stayed in his truck and heard gunshots. He said he and the coworker ran and hid in a ditch, where they heard more gunshots.


This PhD thesis aims at characterising dyes in historical and archaeological textiles by using chromatographic and mass spectrometric techniques (High Performance Liquid Chromatography with UV-Visible, Diode Array and Mass Spectrometric detector, Gas Chromatography / Mass Spectrometry and Direct Exposure – Mass Spectrometry). The analytical techniques used are evaluated in terms of sensitivity, selectivity and repeatability and are validated by analysing reference materials, both prepared in laboratory and kindly provided by experts of dyeing with natural sources. Electrochemical methods (cyclic voltammetry and controlled potential bulk electrolysis) are used for clarifying oxidation reactions of selected chromophores.
Particularly, Chapter 2 presents a review of the literature with regard to the characteristics of organic dyes and to the analytical methods used for their identification in textile samples of historical importance. Chapter 3 describes the materials and instrumentation used throughout the experimental work. In Chapter 4 and 5 the main analytical problematic connected with dye analysis are addressed and possible solutions are presented. Particularly, the following issues are discussed: the improvement of analytical techniques in terms of detection limits and reproducibility, in order to obtain reliable information notwithstanding the small amount of sample available for analysis; the development of methods applicable to the wide range of compounds used as molecular markers of dyestuffs; the characterisation of matrix components and the evaluation of their effects on the analysis of dyestuffs; the study of degradation processes. Moreover, in Chapter 5, results obtained with electrochemical methods with regard to the redox properties of some flavonoid chromophores are described. Chapter 6 presents a number of case studies: the developed analytical techniques were applied to the characterisation of archaeological and historical textiles. Although the amount of sample available was in most cases extremely low, the application of the optimised sample treatment allowed for efficiently extracting chromophores belonging to several chemical classes from unique micro samples. At the same time, the application of complementary chromatographic techniques, in some cases assisted by morphological and elemental analysis, enabled for achieving a complete picture of the analysed objects.


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Multiple blogs have speculated in the last day that 2012 may see the demise of Logic Pro:
- Bobby Owsinski writes “word has leaked out of Apple Europe (where Logic development is based) that the company has let go virtually its entire Logic team.”
- At MacWorld, Karen Haslam says “There may be no future for Apple’s pro audio application Logic if reports that the company has ‘decimated’ its Pro Audio applications team turn out to be true..”
- “There may be no future for Apple’s pro audio application Logic,” according to Computerworld, “if reports that the company has ‘decimated’ its Pro Audio applications team turn out to be true.”
Yes – and the Mayans may have predicted the demise of Logic Pro in 2012 – if it turns out that Apple actually kills off Logic Pro this year, based on a lost Mayan prophecy.
Should musicians upgrade to Microsoft’s new Windows 8?
Based on initial reports, few Windows users are rushing to upgrade.
But musicians have unique requirements, and Windows 8 promises to deliver better performance for music programs and to allow for new types of Windows multi-touch apps. As iOS developer Rob Fielding (Mugician, Geo Synth) puts it, “Microsoft realizes that music apps are going to push the touch hardware the way that games apps pushed parallel processing.”
Should you upgrade? We’ve received a lot of feedback from readers on Windows 8 already. It falls into four main categories:
This vintage comic from 1972 has Archie time-travelling to the distant future – 2012 – and finding out that all the music is made with computers!
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The New Radiophonic Workshop makes its debut today on new digital arts service The Space and BBC Radio 4?s Today programme.
While the original BBC Radiophonic Workshop is known for creating classic sound effects and music, between 1958 and 1998, in a makeshift audio laboratory, its successor is virtual.
The Space – the new digital arts service developed by the Arts Council and the BBC – has appointed experimental composer Matthew Herbert as Creative Director of the New Radiophonic Workshop. His mission is to lead seven fellow cutting edge collaborators on ‘an exploratory journey’ to discover new ways of making and presenting sound and music.
The New Radiophonic Workshop builds on the legacy of its predecessor, but rather than being confined to rooms full of equipment in the BBC?s Maida Vale studios, the new unit is a virtual institution, an online portal and forum for discussion around the challenges of creating new sounds, and bringing together music composition and software design.
Matthew Herbert says, ?It is the perfect time for the rebirth of the workshop ? the rapid pace of change in technologies has meant our imaginations are struggling to keep up. By bringing together the people making the technology with people making the music, we are hoping to find engaging answers to some of the modern problems associated with the role of sound and music on the internet, in certain creative forms and within broadcasting.?
This is video, 3D Printed Guitar Orchestra, highlights the potential of 3D printed instruments. In the video, Dave Marks plays a new arrangement of the 3D Printshow Theme, featuring Olaf Diegel’s ODD 3D Printed guitar. This arrangement features multiple harmonised parts, played with Ebows and a variety of effects to create the sound of guitar orchestra!
Has the iPad made digital synths obsolete?
That’s the question raised by a recent MatrixSynth post:
All digital synths are software based. I’ve stopped lusting after them ever since I picked the first gen iPad and Sunrizer and compared it with my Roland JP-8000.
I picked up the JP-8000 new for about $1100 back when it came out. I picked up Sunrizer when it was called Horizon Synth for $4.99. $4.99 for a full blown VA and it sounds great.
You can’t replicate analog, so maybe we will see more of that. As for full blown digital, I can see each having it’s flagship synth for the pro musician on the road, a flagship controller for the iPad, and apps to go along with it.
I think there will always be an audience for each, but there is no denying the iPad has become the new breed of digital hardware synthesis.
This echoes predictions we made when the iPad was introduced:


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Kilkenny County Council today voted to amend the County Development Plan to remove in the CEO’s report the designation of the Arrigle Valley as “acceptable in principle” for wind farms and instead designating it “open for consideration”, effectively reducing the number of turbines to five. The decision has been declared a victory for people power.
Ken McGuire on eating outdoors in Carlow and Kilkenny and all the details you need to know,
The Historyman – Donal Cadogan, who has written and narrated the Historyman Carlow series which tells stories from characters and events in Carlow’s past. This week we bring you the story of George Hartpole, a Carlow man who was unlucky in love
We hear from a local school principal about tomorrow’s big day for students, Majella Gleeson Principal of Coláiste Eamann Rís gives her advice to students,
Dr Justin Kwong pays us a house visit, his topics today include sleep hygiene and examination stress,
And We meet the Bagenalstown schoolgirl captain of the All Ireland Concern Debate winning team, Stephanie Doyle tells us all about her winning debate.